Mutter

This article is about the Rammstein album. For other uses, see Mutter (disambiguation).

Mutter
Studio album by Rammstein
Released	April 2, 2001
Recorded	Studio Miraval, France, 2000
Genre	Neue Deutsche Härte Industrial metal
Length	45:05
Label	Motor Music
Producer	Jacob Hellner, Rammstein
Rammstein chronology
Live aus Berlin (1999) Mutter (2001) Reise, Reise (2004)
Singles from Mutter
"Sonne" "Links 2-3-4" "Ich will" "Mutter" "Feuer frei!"

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Blender	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	(B+)[3]
Jam!	(favourable)[4]
NME	[5]
Q
Robert Christgau	[6]
Rolling Stone
The Austin Chronicle	[7]

Mutter (German for "mother") is the third album by German industrial metal band Rammstein. It was released on 2 April 2001 through Motor Music.

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") (feat. 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]

Personnel

Rammstein

• Till Lindemann – vocals
• Richard Z. Kruspe – electric guitar
• Paul H. Landers – electric guitar
• Oliver "Ollie" Riedel – bass guitar
• Christoph "Doom" Schneider – drums
• Christian "Flake" Lorenz – keyboards

Guest musicians

• Bobo – background vocals (track 11)
• Khira Li Lindemann – vocals (track 7)
• Olsen Involtini – string arrangements (tracks 1, 6, 11)
• Orchestra parts by the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg, conducted by Gunter Joseck

Production

• Ulf Kruckenberg – engineer
• Dirk Rudolph – sleeve design
• Daniel & Geo Fuchs – photography

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[20]	12
Swiss Albums Chart[21]	1
Swedish Albums Chart[22]	2
UK Albums Chart[23]	91
US Billboard 200[13]	77

References

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