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Mute Records
Mute Records was an independent record label based in the UK, founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller. In 2002 the label was sold to EMI.
Mute Records made a name for itself as the label that was willing to sign post-punk artists like Fad Gadget (Frank Tovey's pseudonym), Einstürzende Neubauten, Throbbing...
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Violator
Violator is the seventh studio album by the English electronic group Depeche Mode, released by Mute Records on March 19, 1990. Preceded by the hit singles "Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy the Silence" (a Top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic),...
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- Mar 19, 1990
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- 47 min 5 s
Opus Dei
Opus Dei is the fourth album by Laibach. It was released in 1987. It features two cover versions - "Geburt einer Nation", a German cover of Queen's "One Vision" and two reworkings of Austrian band Opus' sole hit single "Live Is Life". The Opus song...
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- Mar 23, 1987
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- 59 min 4 s
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Let It Be
Let It Be is the fifth album by Laibach. It was released in 1988. It is a cover of the Beatles' album Let It Be recorded in Laibach style with military rhythms and choirs, though a few tracks deviate from this formula, most notably "Across the...
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- Oct 24, 1988
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- 42 min 19 s
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Macbeth
Macbeth is a Laibach album released in 1990. Like Baptism it is the soundtrack to a play, this time Shakespeare's Macbeth. The music was originally written for a staging of Macbeth by Wilfried Minks at Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, Germany,...
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- Jan 22, 1990
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Kapital
Kapital (Capital) is a 1992 album by Laibach. It includes tracks such as "Wirtschaft ist tot" (Economy is Dead). Interestingly, the LP, CD and cassette versions each contain different versions of every song. Track "Steel Trust" by Laibach sub-group...
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- Apr 21, 1992
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- 1 h 18 min 42 s
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NATO
NATO October 10, 1994 is an album by Slovenian industrial / techno group Laibach, named after NATO. It is a selection of cover versions with the theme of war.
Covers include Edwin Starr's "War" 1970 and Europe's "The Final Countdown".
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- Oct 10, 1994
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- 41 min 10 s
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Jesus Christ Superstars
Jesus Christ Superstars is an album by Slovenian industrial/electronic music group Laibach. It was released in 1996 and is a collection of cover versions and originals on the theme of religion. Unlike the albums before it, Jesus Christ Superstars...
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- Oct 22, 1996
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- 46 min 43 s
WAT
WAT is an album by Slovenian industrial/techno music group Laibach, released September 8, 2003.
The CD included a bonus video of "Tanz mit Laibach" and the vinyl LP and promo CD "Reject or Breed".
While the topics referred to in many songs ...
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- Sep 8, 2003
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- 58 min 24 s
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Construction Time Again
Construction Time Again is the third studio album by the British synthpop band Depeche Mode, released in 1983. This was the first Depeche Mode album with Alan Wilder, who composed the songs "Two Minute Warning" and "The Landscape Is Changing" (as...
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- Aug 22, 1983
Running Time:
- 49 min 60 s
Play
Play is the fifth studio album by the music artist Moby, released on May 17, 1999 on V2 Records. While some of Moby's earlier work garnered critical and commercial success within the electronic dance music scene, Play was his first true pop success....
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- May 17, 1999
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- 1 h 3 min 14 s
The Catalogue
The Catalogue (German title: Der Katalog) is a forthcoming boxed set comprised of eight albums by Kraftwerk that were released from 1974 to 2003. All albums were digitally remastered, with most of the cover art redesigned (sometimes to remove images...
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Black Celebration
Black Celebration is the fifth studio album by Depeche Mode. Released by Mute Records on 17 March 1986, it further cemented the darkening sound that was initially hinted towards on their album Construction Time Again.
Black Celebration did not sell...
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- Mar 17, 1986
Running Time:
- 55 min 15 s
Third Reich & Roll
The Third Reich 'n Roll is a 1976 album by the U.S. avant-garde rock group The Residents. Their second (officially) released album, it is a parody and satire of pop music and commercials from the 1960s. The work consists of two side-long pastiches...
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- 1976
Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus is the 13th studio album released by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It is a double CD, with 17 songs (9 on Abattoir Blues and 8 on The Lyre of Orpheus), and was released on the 20th of September 2004.
The double...
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- Sep 20, 2004
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The Firstborn Is Dead
The Firstborn Is Dead is the second studio album released by the post-punk band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It was first released in 1985. On this record, singer Nick Cave continued his fascination with the American South, with its references to...
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- Jun 3, 1985
Some Great Reward
Some Great Reward is the fourth album by the British electronic group Depeche Mode, released in 1984. The album peaked at #5 in the UK and at #54 in the US. The title comes from the last lines of the bridge in "Lie to Me" when it repeats near the...
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- Sep 24, 1984
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- 40 min 28 s
18
18 is a 2002 album by electronic artist Moby. It sees Moby following a similar direction to that of his previous album Play, sampling old field recordings of negro spirituals and combining them with mellow dance beats. However, 18 features a...
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- May 14, 2002
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- 1 h 11 min 26 s
Music for the Masses
Music for the Masses is the sixth studio album by Depeche Mode. Released by Mute Records on September 28, 1987, it provided the band with mainstream success in the United States for the first time since Some Great Reward. It was supported by the...
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- Sep 28, 1987
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- 1 h 2 min 49 s
Easy Listening for Iron Youth
Easy Listening for Iron Youth: The Best of Non is a 1991 compilation album of Boyd Rice's NON recordings. It is a "best of" collection from 1975-1991.
It was released by Mute Records (UK) on CD and an ultra-limited LP (without tracks 14-16).
Boyd...
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- Dec 2, 1991
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The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is a compilation album from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It was released in 1998, following The Boatman's Call (1997).
In order to decide the track listing, Cave asked each of the Bad Seeds, past and present,...
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- Mar 26, 1998
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A Broken Frame
A Broken Frame is the second studio album by the British synthpop band Depeche Mode, released in 1982. The album was written entirely by Martin Gore and recorded after the departure of Vince Clarke, who had left the band to form Yazoo with singer...
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- Sep 27, 1982
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- 40 min 59 s
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Songs of Faith and Devotion
Songs of Faith and Devotion is the eighth studio album by Depeche Mode, first released in March 1993. The album incorporated more guitar textures than previous releases. Upon its release, Songs of Faith and Devotion reached #1 in both the UK and US...
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- Mar 22, 1993
Songs of Faith and Devotion Live
Songs of Faith and Devotion Live is Depeche Mode's live album recorded during their worldwide Devotional tour, and was released December 6, 1993.
The album, which featured performances mainly recorded in Liévin with two other tracks recorded in...
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- Dec 6, 1993
The End of Everything
The End of Everything is a 1996 electronic music album written, produced, and performed by Moby, released under his pseudonym "Voodoo Child."
The U.S. version of the album featured Moby's name on the cover, in addition to "Voodoo Child," and was...
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- Jul 16, 1996
Strategies Against Architecture III
Strategies Against Architecture III (Strategien gegen Architekturen III) (1991-2001, double CD) is an album by Einstürzende Neubauten and was released in 2001.
This album featured a retrospective overview of the previous decade of the band's music....
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- Oct 23, 2001
A Bell Is a Cup...Until It Is Struck
A Bell Is a Cup ... Until It Is Struck is the fifth studio album album by the British post-punk group Wire.
In 1989, the Trouser Press Record Guide described the album as "a stylized set of dreamscapes and consciousness streams.... It's arguably...
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- May 1988
In the Shadow of the Sword
In the Shadow of the Sword is an album by NON. Released in October of 1992 by Mute Records as a CD and a LP.
Selections 1-8 were recorded live in Osaka, Japan, on July 3, 1989. Performed by Boyd Rice with Douglas Pearce, Tony Wakeford, Michael...
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- 1992
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Animal Lover
Animal Lover is an album, released in 2005 by The Residents.
It portrays human life through the eyes of different animals. In the CD booklet, the lyrics to a song are preceded by a story from an animal's point of view. For example, "On the way (To...
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- Apr 5, 2005
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B-Sides & Rarities
B-Sides & Rarities is a 3CD compilation by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in March 2005. It features over 20 years of the band's B-sides and previously unreleased tracks, including tracks performed with Shane MacGowan and acoustic versions of...
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- Mar 22, 2005
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Before the Dawn Heals Us
Before the Dawn Heals Us is the third studio album by the French electronic/dream pop group M83, released in January 2005 to positive reviews. The album was released on the Gooom label in Europe and on the Mute label in the United States. It was the...
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- Jan 25, 2005
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- 1 h 1 min 24 s
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The Singles
The Singles 81→85 is a singles compilation album released in October 1985 by Depeche Mode. The compilation was not originally released in North America, being replaced by its counterpart Catching Up with Depeche Mode. This was their first ever...
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- Oct 14, 1985
Supernature
Supernature is the third album by British electronic duo Goldfrapp. It was released by Mute Records on 22 August 2005 in the United Kingdom, and was the duo's first album to receive mixed reviews. Most critics complimented its blend of pop and...
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- Aug 22, 2005
Running Time:
- 48 min 7 s
The Two Ring Circus
The Two-Ring Circus is a combination remix and live album from Erasure that served as a companion piece to their second album The Circus. It was released in 1987 on Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the U.S. The vinyl version was a double...
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- Nov 16, 1987
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Crackers International
Crackers International is an EP released by Erasure in 1988, in between the albums The Innocents and Wild!.
The EP appeared in several different versions. The original UK release by Mute Records consisted of four original, self-produced tracks. In...
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- Nov 28, 1988
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Abba-esque
Abba-esque is an EP by Erasure. It scored their first number one on the UK singles chart with the release in 1992. Always big fans of the Swedish quartet ABBA, performing various songs in concert for years, Erasure (Vince Clarke and Andy Bell)...
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- May 1992
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Pop! - the First 20 Hits
Pop! The First 20 Hits is a greatest hits collection from Erasure, released in 1992 by Mute Records in the UK and Elektra Records in the U.S. The album utilizes a straightforward format: all of Erasure's singles up to that point, sequenced in...
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- 1992
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Hits!
Hits! - The Very Best Of Erasure was the second greatest hits package released by the group. Capitalizing on a resurgence of Erasure music after their successful covers album Other People's Songs, Mute Records released Hits! in 2003 to reintroduce...
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- Oct 28, 2003
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Play: The B Sides
Play: The B Sides is an album by the musician Moby. It was originally bundled in a limited edition box set in 2000 with Moby's previously acclaimed album, Play, but later released separately on July 27, 2004.
Play: The B-Sides is a compilation of...
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- Oct 23, 2000
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- 1 h 41 s
Everything Is Wrong
Everything Is Wrong is the third album released in 1995 by the artist Moby. The album was Moby’s first acclaimed electronica album, but his true success did not come about until the release of his 1999 album, Play.
Everything Is Wrong was released...
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- Mar 14, 1995
Running Time:
- 46 min 55 s
The Singles
The Singles 86>98 is a singles compilation album released in 1998 by Depeche Mode. It was released as a follow-up to the bands previous compilation, The Singles 81>85, which was also re-released in the same year. The compilation covers the band's 7...
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- Sep 28, 1998
M83
M83 is the debut album by M83. It was recorded in 2000 and released in Europe and other areas in 2001 by Gooom. The album was reissued in North America by Mute Records in September 2005 and is thus sometimes referred to as 0905.
Tracks from the...
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- Apr 18, 2001
Running Time:
- 1 h 6 min 29 s
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Soundtracks
Soundtracks is a soundtrack album by the Krautrock group Can. It was first released in 1970 and consists of tracks written for various films. The album marks the departure of the band's original vocalist Malcolm Mooney, who sings on two tracks, to...
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- 1970
Future Days
Future Days is a 1973 album by the rock music group Can. This is the last album to feature Japanese vocalist Damo Suzuki. On Future Days, the band employs more of an ambient sound than on their previous efforts, especially on the title track and the...
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- 1973
EBX
EBX is the title given to retrospective box sets from Erasure, released in the UK by Mute Records in 2000 and 2001. Four volumes of EBX have been released.
Each set presents, in chronological order, five singles (in each set) released by Erasure,...
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101
101 is a live album and documentary by Depeche Mode released in 1989 chronicling the band's 1988 Music for the Masses U.S. tour and their final show at the Pasadena Rose Bowl. Group member Alan Wilder is credited with coming up with the name; the...
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- Mar 11, 1989
The Sporting Life
The Sporting Life is an album by singer Diamanda Galás and multi-instrumentalist John Paul Jones, released in 1994.
Release Date:
- Sep 6, 1994
Counterfeit²
Counterfeit² is the first solo LP by Martin Gore, the primary songwriter for the band Depeche Mode, and his second release (his first being Counterfeit e.p. in 1989).
Released April 28, 2003 in Europe and April 29, 2003 in the USA, Counterfeit² is...
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- Apr 28, 2003
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Kesto
Kesto (234.48:4), released jointly by Blast First and Mute Records, is the fifth album released by Pan sonic. The Finnish title roughly translates to "strength" or "duration", referencing both the quadruple-disc album and the general abrasiveness of...
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- May 18, 2004
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Fireside Favourites
Fireside Favourites is an album released by Frank Tovey, better known as Fad Gadget, in September 1980. The music developed the primitive industrial sound of his first recordings, the singles "Back to Nature" (1979) and "Ricky's Hand" (1980)....
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- Sep 1, 1980
God & Beast
God & Beast is a 1997 album of Boyd Rice's NON.
It was released by Mute Records (UK) on CD.
Boyd Rice wrote all tracks and provided vocals and sound construction. Douglas P. provided vocals, played chimes and E-bow. Rose McDowall provided vocals....
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- Dec 9, 1997
Easy Listening for the Hard of Hearing
Easy Listening for the Hard of Hearing is a collaboration album between Boyd Rice and Frank Tovey, released in 1984 on Mute Records, and is composed on 12 tracks labeled "extractions" 1-12. Each extraction is a minimalist noise song, none of which...
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- May 21, 1996
Seasons in the Sun
A collaboration between Rose McDowall and Boyd Rice recording under the name of The Spell, released in 1993 on Mute Records. The two cover a number of songs from the 1960s and 1970's, often modifying the lyrics to make them darker. For instance the...
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- 1993
Children of the Black Sun
An album by Non, the primary project of musician Boyd Rice, released by Mute Records in 2002. Consists of seven tracks all of which are minimalist ambient noise compositions. One track, for instance, includes a French horn and a number of other...
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- 2002
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Part Two
Part Two: The Endless Not is an album released by British industrial group Throbbing Gristle on April 1, 2007. All of the original line-up are present. Included with the first 4000 copies is one of four "totemic gifts", each made from one of the...
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- Apr 1, 2007
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Malediction & Prayer
Malediction and Prayer is an album by Diamanda Galás, featuring live recordings from her concert tour "Malediction and Prayer: Concert for the Damned." It was released in 1998 by Asphodel Ltd.
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- 1998
Counterfeit e.p.
Counterfeit e.p. is the first solo recording by Martin L. Gore, the primary songwriter for the band Depeche Mode.
Released in 1989, Counterfeit is a six-song E.P. of cover songs, hence the name, implying that the songs were not written by Gore....
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- Jun 12, 1989
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Wonderful Electric
Wonderful Electric is a video album by British electronic duo Goldfrapp. It was released by Mute Records on 20 September 2004 in the United Kingdom. The DVD was accompanied by a digital album on 11 October 2004.
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- Oct 11, 2004
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Soon Over Babaluma
Soon Over Babaluma is a 1974 album by the rock music group Can. This is the band's first album without a lead vocalist who does not play an instrument, following the departure of Damo Suzuki in 1973 during which he married his German girlfriend. The...
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- 1974
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Saw Delight
Saw Delight is the ninth Can album, and features two new band members who were ex-members of the band Traffic, with Can's bassist Holger Czukay giving up the bass in favour of experimental effects.
The music itself works as an attempt at world music...
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- 1977
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Strategies Against Architecture 80-83
Strategies Against Architecture 80-83 (Gr: Strategien gegen Architekturen) is a compilation album of live tracks and B-sides by the German industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten recorded from 1980 to 1983 and released in 1984. It was originally...
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- 1984
