Reise, Reise

Reise, Reise
Studio album by Rammstein
Released	27 September 2004
Recorded	2003–2004 El Cortijo Studios, Málaga, Spain
Genre	Neue Deutsche Härte Industrial metal
Length	47:47
Language	German, English, Russian, French
Label	Motor, Republic
Producer	Jacob Hellner, Rammstein
Rammstein chronology
Mutter (2001) Reise, Reise (2004) Rosenrot (2005)
Singles from Reise, Reise
"Mein Teil" Released: July 26, 2004 "Amerika" Released: September 6, 2004 "Ohne dich" Released: November 22, 2004 "Keine Lust" Released: February 28, 2005
Japanese edition cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
BBC	2004
Entertainment Weekly	(C+) 2004
PopMatters	link

Reise, Reise (German for Journey, Journey) is industrial metal band Rammstein's fourth studio album. It was released on 27 September 2004 in Germany and followed shortly by its release across Europe. It was released in North America on 16 November 2004. It was in the top ten in several European charts and a number one hit in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Iceland, Finland, Estonia and Mexico. As of February 2006, the album has shipped 1.5 million copies globally.^[1]

Album art

The album art shows a damaged airplane cockpit voice recorder depicted on the front and back covers. Its caption ("Flugrekorder, nicht öffnen") means "Flight Recorder, Do Not Open". The inner part of the Digipak edition case shows a picture of the six members in suits wielding suitcases and weapons (like Michael Douglas in Falling Down) leaving from a crashed airplane.

The cover art is an allusion to the song "Dalai Lama", which deals with an airplane accident. It is also suggestive of the overarching 'travelling' theme of the album.

The album is based on the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 on the evening of August 12, 1985. Twelve minutes into its flight, the Boeing 747 suffered an explosive decompression due to failure of its rear pressure bulkhead, caused by a faulty repair years earlier. The explosion tore off most of the aircraft's vertical stabilizer and ruptured all four of the hydraulic systems, causing the loss of all flight control surfaces and rendering the aircraft uncontrollable. The pilots fought to keep the aircraft aloft for nearly 32 minutes, but eventually became trapped in the towering mountain ranges surrounding Mt. Fuji and crashed, killing 520 out of the 524 passengers and crew on board. As of 2011 it remains the deadliest single aircraft disaster in history.

Some pressings of the album contain a recording of the last 30 seconds of the flight as an easter egg hidden in the pregap.

The length of the album is often related to the Japan Airlines Flight 123's Boeing 747 that suffered an accident.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Reise, Reise" (Arise, Arise / Journey, Journey / Travel, Travel)	4:11
2.	"Mein Teil" (My Part)	4:32
3.	"Dalai Lama"	5:38
4.	"Keine Lust" (No Desire)	3:42
5.	"Los" (-Less)	4:25
6.	"Amerika" (America)	3:46
7.	"Moskau" (Moscow, feat. Viktoria Fersh)	4:16
8.	"Morgenstern" (Morning Star)	3:59
9.	"Stein um Stein" (Stone by Stone)	3:56
10.	"Ohne dich" (Without You)	4:32
11.	"Amour" (Fr. Love)	4:50

• A micro-cassette is available (Side A = 1-5; Side B = 6-11).

U.S. edition

On this release, the "easter egg" fragment is placed at the beginning of "Reise, Reise" in normal playback. The 2005 pressing does not contain the easter egg, but the original 2004 pressing does. On the European version the easter egg is in negative time, to access it, you must rewind the CD past the beginning of "Reise, Reise". The American iTunes version of "Reise, Reise" also contains the easter egg.

Japanese edition

On 21 April 2005, Rammstein released a special Japanese version of Reise, Reise. Different cover art, which was later used as the Rosenrot cover art, though slightly altered. The booklet also features the same art as Rosenrot, but with the songs from Reise, Reise. The easter egg is not present in negative time as it is on the European version.

It has two bonus tracks :

1. "Mein Teil (You Are What You Eat Edit)"
2. "Amerika (Digital Hardcore Mix)"

• The Japanese Limited Edition has a bonus DVD featuring footage from Lichtspielhaus

The Japanese Limited Edition was re-issued in 2009 as SHMCD and DVD edition, featuring the original orange cover art.

Release history

Country	Date
Europe	27 September 2004
United States	6 November 2004

Charts

Chart (2004)[2]	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	61
UK Albums Chart	37
German Albums Chart	1
ARIA Albums Chart	19
Austrian Albums Chart	1
Belgium Albums Chart	5
Finnish Albums Chart	1
French Albums Chart	3
Netherlands Albums Chart	2
Norwegian Albums Chart	4
Poland Albums Chart	17
Swedish Albums Chart	2
Swiss Albums Chart	1
Russian Albums Chart	1

Personnel

• Till Lindemann – vocals
• Richard Z. Kruspe – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Paul Landers – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Oliver Riedel – bass guitar
• Christoph Schneider – drums
• Christian Lorenz – keyboards
• Viktoria Fersh – vocals (track 7)
• Bärbel Bühler – oboe (track 10)
• Michael Kaden – accordion (tracks 1, 7)
• Olsen Involtini – string arrangements (tracks 9, 10)
• Sven Helbig – string arrangements (tracks 1, 9), choir arrangements (tracks 2, 6, 8)
• Kinderchor Canzonetta – choir (track 6)
• Dresdner Kammerchor – choir (tracks 2, 6, 8), conducted by Andreas Pabst
• Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg – Orchestra parts, conducted by Wolf Kerschek, coordination by Nucleus, Jens Kuphal
• Köpenicker Zupforchester – Mandolin (track 10)

References

1. ^ Ferguson, Tom. "Rammstein's Grammy Nom Fires Up Universal". Billboard 118 (6): 82. 11 February 2006. ISSN 0006-2510.
2. ^ allmusic ((( Reise, Reise > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums ))). Allmusic. Accessed 26 June 2009.