Völkerball (live)

Völkerball ("Dodgeball", lit. "Peoples' ball") is Rammstein's live album/DVD set. It was released on November 17, 2006 in Europe, December 19 2006 in Canada, and on September 18, 2007 in the U.S. The album was advertised within media by the Ich will live video featured on the DVD and Mann gegen Mann single.

The standard edition-packaging comes in both CD-sized and DVD-sized formats. The special edition features two DVDs and one CD. The extra DVD comes with the documentary 'Anakonda Im Netz' and the 'Making Of Reise, Reise album'. The limited edition has two DVDs, two CDs and a photobook.

Name

Völkerball is the German name for the game of dodge ball. Literally it means Peoples' Ball. One could also think that the combination of the word Ball, being a dancing event like English ball or prom, in connection with Peoples and relating to the musical act Rammstein, means Dancing/Musical event of (all) peoples.

Versions

Standard Edition: 2 Disc Set

• 1 DVD, 140min concert footage filmed in: Nîmes, Tokyo, London, and Moscow
• 1 Audio CD, 75min live audio recorded in Nîmes

Special Edition: 3 Disc Set

• 1 DVD, 140min concert footage filmed in: Nîmes, Tokyo, London, and Moscow
• 1 Audio CD, 75min live audio recorded in Nîmes

Including:

• 1 DVD, 90min documentary: Anaconda in the Net and Reise, Reise: The Making of the Album

Limited 'Tourbook' Edition: 4 Disc Set

• 1 DVD, 140min concert footage filmed in: Nîmes, Tokyo, London, and Moscow
• 2 Audio CDs, the entire live-audio-recording of the concert in Nîmes (105 minutes, dead airs were edited)

Including:

• 1 DVD, 90min documentary: Anaconda in the Net and Reise, Reise: The Making of the Album
• 190 page special numbered tour-photobook (27cm x 31cm),
• This edition was released on a very limited print of 40,000 copies, and each copy has a sticker saying what its number is.

Track listing

Standard Edition	Special Edition	Limited Edition
Live DVD
Les Arènes de Nîmes, France, July 23, 2005 Intro Reise, Reise Links 2 3 4 Keine Lust Feuer frei! Asche Zu Asche Morgenstern Mein Teil Stein um Stein Los Du riechst so gut Benzin Du hast Sehnsucht Amerika Rammstein Sonne Ich will Ohne dich Stripped Outro Brixton Academy, London, England, February 3, 2005 to February 5, 2005 Sonne Rein raus Ohne dich Feuer frei! Club Citta, Tokyo, Japan, June 3, 2005 Mein Teil Du hast Los – Trailer Sport Complex Olympiski, Moscow, Russia, November 28, 2004 Moskau (Special)
Live in Nîmes		Entire Nîmes concert
Intro Reise, Reise Links 2 3 4 Keine Lust Feuer frei! Asche zu Asche Morgenstern Mein Teil Los Du riechst so gut Benzin Du hast Sehnsucht Amerika Rammstein Sonne Ich will Ohne Dich Stripped		CD 1 Intro Reise, Reise Links 2 3 4 Keine Lust Feuer frei! Asche zu Asche Morgenstern Mein Teil Stein um Stein Los CD 2 Du riechst so gut Benzin Du hast Sehnsucht Amerika "Rammstein" Sonne Ich will Ohne dich Stripped Outro
Bonus DVD – Documentaries & Interviews
Not present	"Anakonda im Netz": 60 min "Making of the Album Reise, Reise: 25 min

Trivia

• The emblem on the front of the package below the Rammstein emblem is identical to that of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, a possible tribute to the Olympics Till Lindemann was to compete in.
• Most of the Nîmes footage was taped in the old Arènes, but the close-ups of the band members were filmed during the UK tour.
• The outro is Scala & Kolacny Brothers's version of Engel.
• Völkerball was nominated for Echo Awards 2007 in the Best DVD category, which was won by Pink Floyd's Pulse.