Blitz (KMFDM album)

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Blitz is industrial rock group KMFDM's sixteenth studio album. It was released on March 24, 2009, on the band's record label KMFDM Records and Metropolis Records. It also marks the first use of five letter song titles and a five letter album title since WWIII. "Bait and Switch" contains lyrics from Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. The lyrics for "Davai" are Russian, while the lyrics for "Potz Blitz!" are German. Most of the songs from Blitz were remixed for Krieg.

Symbol meaning

The symbol used for the first track, , is a variation of the astronomical symbol for the planet Uranus, . Sascha Konietzko, the band's founder, mentions the lyrics "Up Uranus" in his blog, and at the place of the symbol in lyrics, "up Uranus" is sung.

Reception

Blitz reached #1 on the CMJ Loud Rock Select Chart and #15 on the FMQB Metal Detector Chart. "People of the Lie" reached #1 on CMJ Loud Rock. It charted in the top ten on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums Chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	" (Up Uranus)"	Sascha Konietzko	4:04
2.	"Bait & Switch"	Lucia Cifarelli, Konietzko	5:56
3.	"Davai"	Konietzko	4:30
4.	"Never Say Never"	Cifarelli, Jules Hodgson, Konietzko	4:19
5.	"Potz Blitz!"	Hodgson, Konietzko	4:23
6.	"People of the Lie"	Cifarelli, Konietzko	4:53
7.	"Being Boiled" (The Human League cover)	Martyn Ware, Ian Craig Marsh, Philip Oakey	4:07
8.	"Strut"	Cifarelli, Konietzko, Andy Selway	5:30
9.	"Bitches"	Konietzko	4:23
10.	"Me & My Gun"	Cifarelli, Konietzko	3:30
11.	"Take'm Out"	Konietzko	6:51
12.	"Bait & Switch (All 4 One Mix by Combichrist)" (available with mp3 versions of the album, also released on Krieg)	Cifarelli, Konietzko	4:21
13.	"Davai (Bloody Fog Mix by Assemblage 23)" (available with mp3 versions of the album, also released on Krieg)	Konietzko	4:46
Total length:			61:33

Personnel

• Jules Hodgson – guitar (1-4, 6-10), drum programming (4), drum enhancement (9, 10), all instruments (5)
• Sascha Konietzko – vocals (1-7, 9-11), analog synthesizers (1-4, 6-10), drum programming (1-4, 6-10), sitar (4), loops (7), P-Funk bass (8), all instruments (11)
• Tim Skold – bass (1, 9), cymbals and hi-hats (1-4, 6, 9, 10), drum enhancement (1, 4, 8), drum sound design (2, 3, 6, 9, 10), Soviet synth (6, 8, 9)
• Lucia Cifarelli – vocals (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 10)
• Anna Koudriachova – Countup (3)
• Andy Selway – digital synthesizers (8), drum programming (8)
• Steve White – guitar (8)
• Cheryl Wilson – vocals (8)

External links

• Blitz at the official KMFDM website