Karat: Der Blaue Planet. Original 1982 (2025)

The album’s title track, " Der blaue Planet ," is a poignant pacifist anthem that captured the zeitgeist of the early 1980s.

Karat was one of the few GDR bands to achieve genuine "superstar" status in the West, with Der blaue Planet becoming one of the year’s top sellers across the border in 1982. Karat: Der Blaue Planet. Original 1982

The lyrics address the looming threat of nuclear war and environmental destruction, featuring lines like "Tanzt unsere Welt mit sich selbst schon im Fieber?" (Is our world already dancing with itself in a fever?) and "Uns hilft kein Gott, unsere Welt zu erhalten" (No God helps us preserve our world). The album’s title track, " Der blaue Planet

The album sold over 1.1 million copies in East Germany and approximately 500,000 copies in West Germany. The album sold over 1