Xtort

Infobox Album |
Name = Xtort
Type = Album
Artist = KMFDM


Released = June 25, 1996
Recorded = 1996
Genre = Industrial rock Industrial metal
Length = 48:46
Label = Wax Trax!/TVT, Metropolis
Producer = Sascha Konietzko Günter Schulz Chris Shepard
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0aogtq2znu42 link]
* Rolling Stone Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kmfdm/albums/album/297422/review/5943415/xtort link]
Last album = "Nihil" (1995)
This album = "Xtort" (1996)
Next album = "Retro" (1998)

"Xtort" is industrial rock group KMFDM's ninth studio album, released in 1996. It was recorded in Chicago, Illinois, and bears the distinction of being the KMFDM album with the most collaborations. "Xtort" was made as a harsher, less radio-friendly piece in reaction to the relative commercial success of "Nihil", the album preceding it. Fact|date=March 2007

The title "XTORT" in the notation used (most notably the inverted "R") may also be a reference to the Russian word "хотят," (Cyrillic writing) which translates to "(they) want" and can be transliterated as "khotyat."

A digitally remastered re-release of "Xtort" was released on March 6, 2007, along with "Nihil".

Track listing

# "Power" (Sascha Konietzko/Günter Schulz) – 5:26
# "Apathy" (Konietzko/Schulz) – 3:11
# "Rules" (Chris Connelly/Mark Durante/Konietzko/Schulz) – 4:07
# "Craze" (Connelly/Konietzko/Schulz) – 3:34
# "Dogma" (Nicole Blackman/Konietzko/Schulz) – 4:06
# "Inane" (Konietzko/Schulz) – 5:30
# "Blame" (Connelly/Konietzko/Schulz) – 4:06
# "Son of a Gun" (Konietzko/Schulz) – 4:23
# "Ikons" (Connelly/F. M. Einheit/Konietzko/Schulz) – 4:12
# "Wrath" (Konietzko/Schulz) – 5:27 (followed by 0:15 of silence)
# "Fairy" – 4:27
#*"Fairy" originally appeared as a hidden track at the end of "Wrath" on the original Wax Trax!/TVT release.

Personnel

*Sascha Konietzko – vocals, programming (1-10)
*Günter Schulz – guitar (1-10)
*Chris Connelly – vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
*Bill Rieflin – drums (5-10)
*Mark Durante – guitar (2, 3, 6)
*Cheryl Wilson – vocals (1, 3, 6)
*Jennifer Ginsberg – vocals (7)
*Dorona Alberti – vocals (4, 8, 9)
*Nicole Blackman – vocals (5)
*F. M. Einheit – noise (5, 9)
*Jr Blackmail – narration (10)
*En Esch – hihats (10)
*Chris Shepard (engineer)
*Jon Van Eaton

ingles

*"Rules"