WTF?!

This article is about the KMFDM album. For other uses, see WTF.

WTF?!
Studio album by KMFDM
Released	April 26, 2011
Genre	Industrial rock, electro-industrial
Length	50:49
Label	Metropolis[1]/KMFDM
Producer	KMFDM
KMFDM chronology
Blitz (2009) WTF?! (2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
COMA Music Magazine	(Favorable)[2]

WTF?!^[3] is the seventeenth studio album by industrial rock band KMFDM. It was released on April 26, 2011.^[1][4]

History

The song "Rebels in Kontrol" was made available on the band's website in December as a show of support for Wikileaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange, and was streamed more than 75,000 times in two days.^[3] The album's first single, "Krank", was released March 8, 2011,^[4] and debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard Singles Chart.^[5] The song "Panzerfaust" marks the first time the band has written a song with Italian lyrics,^[6] and is a remake of "Liebeslied" from the band's 1990 album Naïve.^[7] The song "Death and Burial of C.R." is lyrically based on the English nursery rhyme "Who Killed Cock Robin".^[8]

Cover art

The concept for the album cover was conceived jointly by band leader Sascha Konietzko and longtime band associate and cover artist Aidan "Brute!" Hughes.^[9] Hughes stated that he achieved a look similar to the angelic look of Renaissance paintings of the Madonna with the artwork.^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Krank"	Sascha Konietzko	5:11
2.	"Come On – Go Off"	Konietzko	4:18
3.	"Rebels in Kontrol"	Konietzko, Lucia Cifarelli	4:45
4.	"Lynchmob"	Cifarelli, Jules Hodgson	4:56
5.	"Take It Like a Man"	Konietzko, Cifarelli	3:50
6.	"Vive la Mort!"	Konietzko, Steve White	4:07
7.	"Dystopia"	Konietzko, Cifarelli	4:57
8.	"Panzerfaust"	Konietzko	4:10
9.	"Spectre"	Konietzko, William Wilson	4:10
10.	"Amnesia"	Konietzko, Cifarelli	5:05
11.	"Death & Burial of C. R."	Konietzko	5:20
Total length:			50:49

Personnel

Band members

• Sascha Konietzko – vocals, synthesizers, programming, drum programming (1–3, 5, 7–11), party balloon solo (3), bass guitar (3, 7–8, 11), guitar (9), feedback guitar (7), metal percussion (9)^[8]
• Lucia Cifarelli – vocals^[8]
• Jules Hodgson – guitar, synths (3), all programming and instruments (4), drum programming (5)^[8]
• Andy Selway – drums^[8]
• Steve White – guitar, drum programming (6), synths (6), bass guitar (9), keyboards (9)^[8]

Additional personnel

• Free Dominguez – vocals (5)^[6]
• Che Eckert – news speak (3)^[8]
• Koichi Fukuda^[10] – guitar (2)^[6]
• Sebastian Komor – drum programming (3, 10), synth production (3, 10)^[8]
• Bill Rieflin^[6][10] – nervous chatter (7), jaw shivers (7)^[8]
• William Wilson – vocals (9)^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Palfrey, Sean (January 20, 2011). "KMFDM - 'WTF?!' release date announced". http://truecultheavymetal.com/index.php/dominion/2011/01/20/kmfdm-wtf-release-date-announced. Retrieved April 15, 2011. 
2. ^ :Review: KMFDM – WTF?! COMA Music Magazine
3. ^ ^{a b} "KMFDM Wikileaks tribute song gets over 75.000 streams in 48 hours". SideLine News. Dec 23, 2010. http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=45590_0_2_0_C. Retrieved January 18, 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "KMFDM News: Transmission 4.859". January 14, 2011. http://www.kmfdm.net/news/news.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-16. 
5. ^ "KMFDM - KRANK makes the Billboard Charts!". March 18, 2011. http://www.metropolis-records.com/news/?id=64. Retrieved March 20, 2011. 
6. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Metropolis Mail Order // WTF?!". January 21, 2011. http://www.metropolis-mailorder.com/product.php?prodnum=MET+708. Retrieved January 21, 2011. 
7. ^ Burkart, Gregory (April 26, 2011). "KMFDM: 'WTF?!' - CD Review". Fearnet. http://www.fearnet.com/news/reviews/b22426_kmfdm_wtf_cd_review.html. Retrieved April 26, 2011. 
8. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} (2011) Album notes for WTF?! by KMFDM [CD booklet]. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Metropolis Records.
9. ^ ^{a b} Hughes, Aidan (January 16, 2011). "KMFDM: WTF? album artwork". http://blog.bruteprop.co.uk/?p=970. Retrieved March 22, 2011. 
10. ^ ^{a b} Terrorizer: Dominion (Dark Arts Ltd) (5): 11. August 2010.