Mutter

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Mutter
Studio album by Rammstein
Released April 2, 2001
Recorded Studio Miraval, France, 2000
Genre Neue Deutsche Härte
Length 45:05
Label Motor Music
Producer Jacob Hellner, Rammstein
Rammstein chronology
Live aus Berlin
(1999)		 Mutter
(2001)		 Reise, Reise
(2004)
Singles from Mutter
  1. "Sonne"
    Released: February 12, 2001
  2. "Links 2-3-4"
    Released: May 14, 2001
  3. "Ich will"
    Released: September 10, 2001
  4. "Mutter"
    Released: March 25, 2002
  5. "Feuer frei!"
    Released: October 14, 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Blender 3/5 stars[2]
Entertainment Weekly B+[3]
Jam! (favourable)[4]
NME 5/10 stars[5]
Q 2/5 stars
Robert Christgau (1-star Honorable Mention)[6]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars
The Austin Chronicle 3.5/5 stars[7]

Mutter (German for "mother") is the third album by German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein. It was released on 2 April 2001 through Motor Music. The cover of the album is of a dead child, it was taken by Daniel Fuchs and Geo Fuchs.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Rammstein.

  1. "Mein Herz brennt" ("My heart burns") – 4:39
  2. "Links 2 3 4" ("Left 2-3-4") – 3:36
  3. "Sonne" ("Sun") – 4:32
  4. "Ich will" ("I want") – 3:37
  5. "Feuer frei!" ("Open fire!" Literally 'fire freely' or 'fire at will') – 3:11
  6. "Mutter" ("Mother") – 4:32
  7. "Spieluhr" ("Music-box") (featuring Khira Li) – 4:46
  8. "Zwitter" ("Hermaphrodite") – 4:17
  9. "Rein, raus" ("In, out") – 3:09
  10. "Adios" (Sp. "Goodbye") – 3:49
  11. "Nebel" ("Fog")  – 4:54

There are various editions of Mutter, each with different features:

  • The Limited Tour Edition had the same cover, but red with the Rammstein logo embossed on the front. It also had a second CD with the following live tracks:
  1. "Ich will" – 3:57
  2. "Links 2 3 4" – 4:54
  3. "Sonne" – 4:42
  4. "Spieluhr" – 5:27
  • The Japanese edition had "Halleluja" as a hidden track, found after "Nebel" (there is a two minute intermission of silence).
  • Another Japanese edition had "Halleluja" as a 12th track.
  • The limited edition had a second CD with just one track, "Hallelujah", and a CD-ROM area featuring the "Sonne" video.
  • A 12" vinyl version and a MC version were released, with the same tracklist (Side A = 1–6; B = 7–11)
  • The Limited Tour Edition was also released as a double cassette set, with the second cassette containing the live tracks (Side A = 1–2; B = 3–4).

Note: Some copies that have "Halleluja" as a hidden track can not be played for unknown reasons. On April 3, 2010 Rammstein posted a video with an official translation of "Halleluja" on their Facebook page, "in light of recent events".[8]

[edit] Personnel

Rammstein
Guest musicians
Production
  • Ulf Kruckenberg – engineer
  • Dirk Rudolph – sleeve design
  • Daniel & Geo Fuchs – photography

[edit] Chart positions

Charts (2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[9] 10
Austrian Albums Chart[10] 1
Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)[11] 7
Belgium Albums Chart (Wallonia)[12] 45
Canadian Albums Chart[13] 14
Danish Albums Chart[14] 22
Dutch Albums Chart[15] 4
Finnish Albums Chart[16] 7
French Albums Chart[17] 23
German Albums Chart[18] 1
New Zealand Albums Chart[19] 12
Norwegian Albums Chart[14] 12
Swiss Albums Chart[20] 1
Swedish Albums Chart[21] 2
UK Albums Chart[22] 91
US Billboard 200[13] 77

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Mutter - Rammstein". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/mutter-r527208. 
  2. ^ http://www.blender.com/guide/new/51108/mutter.html[dead link]
  3. ^ "Mutter Review". Entertainment Weekly. April 6, 2001. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,280648,00.html. 
  4. ^ "Album Review - Mutter". Jam!. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/R/Rammstein/AlbumReviews/2001/04/13/771725.html. 
  5. ^ "Rammstein : Mutter". NME. http://www.nme.com/reviews/rammstein/4935. 
  6. ^ "Rammstein". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=rammstein. 
  7. ^ "Rammstein Mutter (Republic/Universal) - Music Review". The Austin Chronicle. http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid%3A81703. 
  8. ^ "Halleluja / translation". Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=383228621267. Retrieved 2012-03-02. 
  9. ^ "Rammstein - Mutter". australian-charts.com. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rammstein&titel=Mutter&cat=a. 
  10. ^ "Rammstein - Mutter". austriancharts.at. http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Rammstein&titel=Mutter&cat=a. 
  11. ^ "Rammstein - Mutter". ultratop.de. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Rammstein&titel=Mutter&cat=a. 
  12. ^ "Rammstein - Mutter". ultratop.de. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Rammstein&titel=Mutter&cat=a. 
  13. ^ a b allmusic ((( Mutter > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums ))). Allmusic. Accessed June 21, 2009.
  14. ^ a b "Rammstein - Mutter". norwegiancharts.com. http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rammstein&titel=Mutter&cat=a. 
  15. ^ "Rammstein - Mutter". dutchcharts.nl. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Rammstein&titel=Mutter&cat=a. 
  16. ^ "Rammstein - Mutter". finnishcharts.com. http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rammstein&titel=Mutter&cat=a. 
  17. ^ "Rammstein - Mutter". lescharts.com. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rammstein&titel=Mutter&cat=a. 
  18. ^ "Album - Rammstein, Mutter". charts.de. http://charts.de/album.asp?artist=Rammstein&title=Mutter&cat=a&country=de. 
  19. ^ "Rammstein - Mutter". charts.org.nz. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rammstein&titel=Mutter&cat=a. 
  20. ^ "Rammstein - Mutter". hitparade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Rammstein&titel=Mutter&cat=a. 
  21. ^ "Rammstein - Mutter". swedishcharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rammstein&titel=Mutter&cat=a. 
  22. ^ "Rammstein albums chart history - chartstats.com". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=381. 
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