I is the fourth studio album by German Industrial metal band Die Krupps. It was released in 1992 through record label Our Choice. The 1992 release contained a standard CD version, a digipack version and a vinyl record version.[1][2][3] Several songs on the album make use of film samples.[4] On "Doppelgänger" and "The Power", samples of Star Wars can be heard. "One", which is a Metallica cover, contains samples from Born on the Fourth of July (1989), "Disciples of Discipline" contains samples from Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981).

I
Studio album by
Released1992
Genre
Length45:06
LabelRough Trade Records
Producer
  • Jürgen Engler
  • Christopher Lietz
Die Krupps chronology
Entering the Arena
(1985)
I
(1992)
II - The Final Option
(1993)

Track listing edit

All lyrics are written by Ralf Dörper, except where noted; all music is composed by Jürgen Engler, except where noted

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."High Tech/Low Life"  3:05
2."Metal Machine Music"Dörper, Rüdiger Esch, Mary BuckEngler, Buck4:10
3."Doppelgänger" Esch5:06
4."The Dawning of Doom"  3:52
5."Ministry of Fear"  5:01
6."One"James Hetfield, Lars UlrichHetfield, Ulrich5:01
7."Simply Say No"Esch 3:59
8."Disciples of Discipline" Engler, Dörper4:46
9."The Power"  5:22
10."Rings of Steel"  4:44

Personnel edit

  • Jürgen Engler – vocals, keyboard, guitar, samples
  • Ralf Dörper – samples
  • Rüdiger Esch – bass guitar
  • Volker Borchert – (live) drums
  • René Schütz – guitar on "Metal Machine Music", "Doppelgänger" and "The Dawning of Doom"
  • Frank Thoms – guitar on "Metal Machine Music", "Simply Say No" and "The Power and Rings of Steel"
  • Dirk Ivens – second voice on "The Dawning of Doom"

References edit

  1. ^ Die Krupps - I Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-11-30
  2. ^ "Die Krupps - I - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". www.metal-archives.com. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  3. ^ Die Krupps - I, 1992, retrieved 2023-11-30
  4. ^ "Die Krupps Fanbase - Discography - I". Die Krupps. Retrieved March 27, 2014.