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Money 
Studio album by KMFDM Released February 1992[1] Recorded Fall 1991[2] (M.O.B. Studios, Hamburg)[3] Genre Industrial rock Length 54:42 Label Wax Trax! Records Producer Sascha Konietzko KMFDM chronology Naïve
(1990)Money
(1992)Angst
(1993)Singles from Money KMFDM's sixth album, Money, was released in February 1992, and recorded in Hamburg, Germany. It was originally intended to be named Apart, with each of the two core members, Sascha Konietzko and En Esch, recording half an album and combining their work, but ended up using only Konietzko's half along with additional songs. It received mixed reviews, but spawned a number of club hits. It went out of print in the late 1990s and was re-released in 2006.
Contents
History
Sascha Konietzko and En Esch split up during the tour with My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult in 1990. With the budget split in half, Konietzko and Esch each wrote half the songs for the album.[5] However, Esch's half was rejected by Wax Trax! Records.[1] The record company gave them more money and Konietzko finished the album by including new remixes of previously released material.[5] A number of other tracks intended for the album ended up on other albums or singles.[5]
Apart tracks
Apart would have included:[1]
- "Thank You" – the lead off track, later included on Agogo.
- "Split" – version released as "Split-Apart", which appeared on the Vogue single.
- "Blood" – original version that was later released on the A Drug Against War single.
- Various En Esch tracks later released on Cheesy.
Critical reception
Money received both positive and negative reviews. Alex Henderson of allmusic.com called it "excellent"[6] and state that "a blistering metal guitar, distorted industrial vocals, and a syncopated dance beat could indeed be united into a cohesive, exciting whole."[6] Rick Roos from The Tech said "The main problem with the album is its lack of new material."[7] He noted that there were only seven new tracks, and that the rest were either remixes or remakes of songs from Naïve, KMFDM's previous album. However, he said that the new tracks were "for the most part aggressive, ferocious songs... with surprisingly strong musicianship."[7] He called "Sex on the Flag" the album's best song, and its chorus "addictive."[7] He also said that the album's first two tracks were "exceptional and entertaining."[7] He concluded by calling the album "very strong and fierce but... actually quite easy to listen to."[7]
Chuck Eddy of Spin magazine was less complimentary. He said KMFDM was "concentrating on atmosphere now, not songs."[8] He went on to say that "there are some neat little touches,"[8] but that "the drone-y dinks barely coalesce into hooks."[8] His final thoughts were that "novelty bands should learn to stick to novelty."[8]
Track listing
No. Title Music Length 1. "Money" Sascha Konietzko, En Esch, Gunter Schulz 5:31 2. "Vogue" Konietzko, Esch, Schulz 4:07 3. "Help Us/Save Us/Take Us Away[9]" Konietzko, Schulz 6:03 4. "Bargeld" Konietzko, Esch, Schulz 7:15 5. "Spiritual House" Konietzko, Schulz 5:23 6. "Sex on the Flag" (Jezebeelzebuttfunkmix) Konietzko, Schulz 4:25 7. "I Will Pray" Konietzko, Esch, Schulz 6:01 8. "We Must Awaken" Konietzko, Schulz 5:02 9. "Under Satan" (Dub) (CD only) Konietzko, Schulz 4:14 10. "Vogue" (2000) (CD only) Konietzko, Esch, Schulz 3:01 11. "Money" (Deutschmark Mix) (CD only) Konietzko, Esch, Schulz 3:38 Total length:54:40 Translation of German song title
- "Bargeld" = Cash
Personnel
- Sascha Konietzko – vocals, bass, synths, programming
- Günter Schulz – guitar
- En Esch – vocals (7)
- Dorona Alberti – background vocals
- Christine Siewert – background vocals (2, 10)
References
- ^ a b c d (2006) Album notes for Money by KMFDM [CD booklet]. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Metropolis Records.
- ^ "KMFDM History on April 4, 1997". KMFDM.net. KMFDM Enterprises. Archived from the original on 8 April 1997. http://web.archive.org/web/19970408173452/http://www.kmfdm.net/history.html. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ (1992) Album notes for Money by KMFDM [CD booklet]. Chicago, Illinois: Wax Trax! Records.
- ^ "Discography - Help Us – Save Us – Take Us Away". Kmfdm.net. http://www.kmfdm.net/discography/singles/helpus.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ a b c Yücel, Ilker (February 28, 2010). "KMFDM: Here's to Another Round!". ReGen Magazine. http://www.regenmag.com/Blog-73-KMFDM-Heres-to-another-round.html. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
- ^ a b Henderson, Alex. "KMFDM Money Review". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r73967. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Roos, Rick (March 13, 1992). "KMFDM injects life into stale industrial music scene". The Tech (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). http://tech.mit.edu/V112/N13/kmfdm.13a.html. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Eddy, Chuck (July 1992). "KMFDM Money Review". Spin Magazine (Bob Guccioni Jr.): p. 71. http://books.google.com/books?id=_hQxGHrtDC0C&pg=PT74#v=onepage&q=&f=false. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- ^ "Discography - Money". Kmfdm.net. http://www.kmfdm.net/discography/albums/money.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
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