Don't Blow Your Top (album)
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Don't Blow Your Top | ||||
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Released | 12 February 1988 | |||
Studio | M.O.B. Studios, Hamburg | |||
Genre | Industrial rock | |||
Length | 32:49 | |||
Label | Cash Beat | |||
Producer | Sascha Konietzko | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Don't Blow Your Top is the third studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released on 12 February 1988 by Cash Beat Records.
A remastered version of the album was released on 12 September 2006, featuring new liner notes and photos of the band.[2]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by En Esch and Sascha Konietzko unless otherwise noted.
Vinyl/Cassette release
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "No Meat—No Man" (Esch, Konietzko, Raymond Watts) | 3:52 |
2. | "Don't Blow Your Top" (Esch, Konietzko, Watts) | 3:40 |
3. | "Disgust (12" Version)" (Esch, Konietzko, Watts) | 4:28 |
4. | "Oh Look" | 2:40 |
5. | "King Kong Dub (Rubber Mix)" (Jr. Blackmale, Esch, Konietzko) | 2:02 |
No. | Title | Length |
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6. | "Killing" | 5:20 |
7. | "What a Race" | 3:37 |
8. | "No News" | 4:30 |
9. | "Oh Look II" | 2:38 |
Total length: | 32:49 |
CD release
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "No Meat—No Man" | 3:53 |
2. | "Don't Blow Your Top" | 3:40 |
3. | "Killing" | 5:27 |
4. | "Disgust" | 5:29 |
5. | "Oh Look" | 2:39 |
6. | "King Kong Dub (Rubber Mix)" | 2:04 |
7. | "What a Race" | 3:37 |
8. | "No News" | 4:37 |
9. | "Tod Durch Bongo-Bongo" | 6:36 |
10. | "Killing (For Your Sampling Kit)" | 8:39 |
11. | "Oh Shit" | 4:51 |
Total length: | 51:32 |
Reception
Andy Hinds from Allmusic said that Don't Blow Your Top "sounds a little flimsy when compared to the band's pile-driving later work", and that it sounds "like a combination of early Meat Beat Manifesto, Twitch-era Ministry, and even...the more primitive stuff of Alien Sex Fiend."[1]
Personnel
- Sascha Konietzko – bass, vocals, guitars, synths, programming
- En Esch – vocals, guitars, drums, programming
- Raymond Watts – vocals, programming ("No Meat—No Man", "Don't Blow Your Top", "Disgust")
- Jr. Blackmale – vocals ("King Kong Dub (Rubber Mix)")
- Sigrid Meyer – vocals ("Don't Blow Your Top", "Disgust", "Oh Shit")
References
- ^ a b Hinds, Andy. "Don't Blow Your Top - KMFDM". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ^ MTV News Staff (11 September 2006). "For The Record". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
External links
- KMFDM DØTKØM Don't Blow Your Top lyrics at the official KMFDM website