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]
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| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1990–1992 | |||
| Genre | Industrial | |||
| Length | 45:14 | |||
| Label | Mute | |||
| Producer | Einstürzende Neubauten, Jon Caffery | |||
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Anita Lane joins Blixa Bargeld on vocals for the song "Blume."
Reception
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| 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
editAll songs written and arranged by Blixa Bargeld, Mark Chung, F. M. Einheit, Alexander Hacke and N. U. Unruh, copyright Freibank Music.
- "Die Interimsliebenden" ("The Interim Lovers") - 7:41
- "Zebulon" - 3:43
- "Blume" ("Flower") - 4:33
- "12305(te Nacht)" ("12305th Night") - 4:13
- "Sie" (She) - 6:08
- "Wüste" ("Desert") - 4:07
- "Headcleaner" - 9:55
- I. "Zentrifuge" / "Stabs" / "Rotlichtachse" / "Propaganda" / "Aufmarsch" ("Centrifuge" / "Stabs" / "Red Light Axis" / "Propaganda" / "Deployment")
- II. "Einhorn" ("Unicorn")
- III. "Marschlied" ("Marching Song")
- "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
- Blixa Bargeld - lead vocals
- Alexander Hacke - guitar, backing vocals
- F. M. Einheit - percussion, backing vocals, keyboards
- Mark Chung - bass, backing vocals
- N. U. Unruh - percussion, backing vocals
Production
edit- Produced by E. N. & Jon Caffery
- Recorded and engineered by Jon Caffery and Boris Wilsdorf
- Mixed by Jon Caffery
References
edit- ^ "Einstürzende Neubauten - Tabula Rasa". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ "Tabula Rasa - Einstürzende Neubauten". Allmusic.
- ^ Sheridan, David; Fasolino, Greg; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Einstürzende Neubauten". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved June 14, 2016.