Tabula Rasa (Einstürzende Neubauten album)

Tabula Rasa is the sixth full-length studio album by the German industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten, released in 1993 through Mute Records worldwide and through the band's own label Potomak in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.[1]

Tabula Rasa
Studio album by
Released1993
Recorded1990–1992
GenreIndustrial
Length45:14
LabelMute
ProducerEinstürzende Neubauten, Jon Caffery
Einstürzende Neubauten chronology
Haus der Lüge
(1989)
Tabula Rasa
(1993)
Ende Neu
(1996)

Anita Lane joins Blixa Bargeld on vocals for the song "Blume."

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]

Trouser Press described the album as "a gripping blend of stately seduction and brutality that sounds like the masterpiece Einstürzende Neubauten was born to make."[3]

Track listing edit

All songs written and arranged by Blixa Bargeld, Mark Chung, F. M. Einheit, Alexander Hacke and N. U. Unruh, copyright Freibank Music.

  1. "Die Interimsliebenden" ("The Interim Lovers") - 7:41
  2. "Zebulon" - 3:43
  3. "Blume" ("Flower") - 4:33
  4. "12305(te Nacht)" ("12305th Night") - 4:13
  5. "Sie" (She) - 6:08
  6. "Wüste" ("Desert") - 4:07
  7. "Headcleaner" - 9:55
    I. "Zentrifuge" / "Stabs" / "Rotlichtachse" / "Propaganda" / "Aufmarsch" ("Centrifuge" / "Stabs" / "Red Light Axis" / "Propaganda" / "Deployment")
    II. "Einhorn" ("Unicorn")
    III. "Marschlied" ("Marching Song")
  8. "Headcleaner" - 5:12
    "Das Gleissen / Schlacht" ("The Glare / Battle")
    IV. "Lyrischer Rückzug" ("Lyric Retreat")

"Marschlied" contains a sample of, and interpolates modified lyrics from, the Beatles song "All You Need Is Love", changing the refrain to: "All you need is headcleaner."

Personnel edit

Einstürzende Neubauten

Production edit

  • Produced by E. N. & Jon Caffery
  • Recorded and engineered by Jon Caffery and Boris Wilsdorf
  • Mixed by Jon Caffery

References edit

  1. ^ "Einstürzende Neubauten - Tabula Rasa". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  2. ^ "Tabula Rasa - Einstürzende Neubauten". Allmusic.
  3. ^ Sheridan, David; Fasolino, Greg; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Einstürzende Neubauten". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved June 14, 2016.