Deaf Dumb Blind

For the album by Pharoah Sanders, see Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun).

Deaf Dumb Blind
Studio album by
Clawfinger
Released21 April 1993
Recorded1992
Genre
Length39:47
LabelWEA / MVG
ProducerClawfinger, Jacob Hellner
Clawfinger chronology
Deaf Dumb Blind
(1993) 		Use Your Brain
(1995)
Singles from Deaf Dumb Blind
  1. "Nigger"
    Released: November 12, 1993
  2. "The Truth"
    Released: 1993
  3. "Rosegrove"
    Released: 1993
  4. "Warfair"
    Released: 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Music Week[3]
Rock Hard[4]

Deaf Dumb Blind is the debut studio album by Swedish rap metal band Clawfinger, released on 21 April 1993. Produced by the band and Jacob Hellner, the album sold over 600,000 copies worldwide and was critically acclaimed by the Swedish press.[5] The band won a Swedish Grammy Award in the Hard Rock/Metal of the Year category in 1994 for the album. Deaf Dumb Blind spawned four singles, including the successful single "Nigger", a controversial anti-racist statement.[5][6]

Background

The musical content is mainly metal/hard rock modernized with a few electronic elements. The vocal approach is an aggressive flux of words sung in a rap style.

The album contains ten standard tracks; three bonus tracks were added to the re-release in 2004. Clawfinger also released four singles (detailed below) and three videos ("Nigger", "The Truth" and "Warfair").

The lyrics of "Catch Me" are translated from the Asta Kask song "Dom Får Aldrig Mig".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Clawfinger.

No.TitleLength
1."Nigger"3:47
2."The Truth"4:12
3."Rosegrove"4:02
4."Don't Get Me Wrong"3:12
5."I Need You"4:58
6."Catch Me"4:39
7."Warfair"3:48
8."Wonderful World"2:40
9."Sad to See Your Sorrow"5:18
10."I Don't Care"3:11
Total length:39:47
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Get It"4:44
12."Profit Preacher"5:55
13."Stars & Stripes"3:52

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[7]

  • Martin Beskow – photography
  • Clawfinger – producer
  • Björn Engelman – mastering
  • Stefan Glaumann – mixing
  • Lena Granefelt – photography
  • Jacob Hellner – producer
  • Adam Kviman – engineer
  • Per Kviman – A&R
  • Sebastian Oberg – cello, soloist, cover design
  • Erlend Ottem – guitar, group member
  • Andre Skaug – bass guitar
  • Morten Skaug – drums
  • Jocke Skog – keyboards, programming, backing vocals, group member
  • Zak Tell – vocals, group member
  • Bård Torstensen – guitar, backing vocals
  • Patrik Elofsson – scratches
  • Gustave Lund – scratches

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[13] Gold 250,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[14] Gold 25,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b Deaf Dumb Blind at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Clawfinger – Hate Yourself with Style review".
  3. ^ Martin, Andy (21 August 1993). "Market Preview: Rock" (PDF). Music Week. p. 14. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  4. ^ Marcus Schleutermann. "Deaf, Dumb Blind review". Rock Hard. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  5. ^ a b Blabbermouth (4 March 2022). "CLAWFINGER Is Back With New Single 'Environmental Patients'". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  6. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 100. ISBN 0-7535-0257-7.
  7. ^ Clawfinger — Deaf Dumb Blind
  8. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Clawfinger – Deaf Dumb Blind" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Clawfinger – Deaf Dumb Blind" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Clawfinger – Deaf Dumb Blind". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Clawfinger – Deaf Dumb Blind". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Clawfinger; 'Deaf Dumb Blind')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  14. ^ "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved 1 March 2020.