# Volk (album)

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Volk is the seventh studio album by Slovenian industrial group Laibach, released in 2006. The word "volk" means "people" or "nation" in German and "wolf" in Slovene. The album is a collection of thirteen songs inspired by national or pan-national anthems, plus the anthem of the Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK) State, a fictional state invented by the band. The album is a collaboration with another Slovenian band, Silence.
The anthem of the NSK state is essentially the same arrangement as "The Great Seal", a song on their 1987 album Opus Dei. Like "The Great Seal", the words are based on Winston Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.

## Track listing

* "Germania" – based on "Das Lied der Deutschen" (Germany)
* "America" – based on "The Star-Spangled Banner" (United States)
* "Anglia" – based on "God Save the Queen" (United Kingdom)
* "Rossiya" – based on the State Anthem of the Soviet Union, post-2000 "National Anthem of Russia" (Russia), and "The Internationale"
* "Francia" – based on "La Marseillaise" (France)
* "Italia" – based on "Il Canto degli Italiani" (Italy)
* "España" – based on "Marcha Real" (music) and "El Himno de Riego" (lyrics) (Spain)
* "Yisra’el" – based on "Hatikvah" (Israel) and "Fida'i" (Palestine)
* "Türkiye" – based on "İstiklâl Marşı" (Turkey)
* "Zhonghuá" – based on "March of the Volunteers" (People's Republic of China)
* "Nippon" – based on "Kimi ga Yo" (Japan)
* "Slovania" – based on "Hey, Slavs" (anthem of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and unofficial anthem of Pan-Slavism)
* "Vaticanae" – based on "Inno e Marcia Pontificale" (Vatican City)
* "NSK" – the anthem of Neue Slowenische Kunst, also known as "The Great Seal"

## Personnel

Album written and produced by Laibach and Silence, 2005–2006.
* Laibach are:
** Eber
** Saliger
** Dachauer
** Keller
* Silence are:
** Boris Benko
** Primož Hladnik
* Additional musicians:
** Boris Benko (Silence): vocals on all tracks except 08, 09, 10 and 14
** Yolanda Grant-Thompson: vocals on tracks 02 and 13
** Mina Špiler (Melodrom): vocals on tracks 05 and 07
** Maria Awa: vocals on track 07
** Artie Fishel: vocals on track 08
** Zed Mehmet: vocals on track 09
** Elvira Hasanagić: vocals on track 09
** Seaming To: vocals on track 10
** Nagisa Moritoki: vocals on track 11
** Brina Vogelnik Saje: vocals on track 12
** Luka Jamnik: analogue synthesizer sounds on tracks 02, 04 and 05
** Miha Dovžan: zither on track 06
** Peter Dekleva: acoustic guitar on track 04
** Anne Carruthers: cello on tracks 04 and 11
** Alojz Zupan: conductor of brass orchestra on track 14:
*** Delavska Godba Trbovlje
** Vitalij Osmačko: conductor of children's choir on track 04:
*** Janja Cerar
*** Dasha Khotuleva
*** Anna Vidovich
*** Nastja Yatsko
* Technical support:
** Gregor Zemljič
** Iztok Turk
** Uroš Umek
* Mixing and mastering:
** Paul PDub Walton
** James Aparcio
** Tom Meyer
* Project manager (Mute Records):
** Robert Schilling
* Cover painting:
** Laibach
* Design and layout:
** Phant & Puntza
* Text editing:
** Schrankmeister
* Special thanks to:
** Daniel Miller
** Robert Schilling
* Label: Mute Records