Tabula Rasa (Einstürzende Neubauten album)

Tabula Rasa
Studio album by
Einstürzende Neubauten
Released1993
Recorded1990–1992
GenreIndustrial
Length45:14
LabelMute
ProducerEinstürzende Neubauten, Jon Caffery
Einstürzende Neubauten chronology
Haus der Lüge
(1989) 		Tabula Rasa
(1993) 		Ende Neu
(1996)

Tabula Rasa is the sixth full-length studio album by the German industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten, released in 1993 through Mute Records worldwide and through the band's own label Potomak in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.[1]

Anita Lane joins Blixa Bargeld on vocals for the song "Blume."

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Trouser Press described the album as "a gripping blend of stately seduction and brutality that sounds like the masterpiece Einstürzende Neubauten was born to make."[3]

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Blixa Bargeld, Mark Chung, F. M. Einheit, Alexander Hacke and N. U. Unruh, copyright Freibank Music.

  1. "Die Interimsliebenden" ("The Interim Lovers") - 7:41
  2. "Zebulon" - 3:43
  3. "Blume" ("Flower") - 4:33
  4. "12305(te Nacht)" ("12305th Night") - 4:13
  5. "Sie" (She) - 6:08
  6. "Wüste" ("Desert") - 4:07
  7. "Headcleaner" - 9:55
    I. "Zentrifuge" / "Stabs" / "Rotlichtachse" / "Propaganda" / "Aufmarsch" ("Centrifuge" / "Stabs" / "Red Light Axis" / "Propaganda" / "Deployment")
    II. "Einhorn" ("Unicorn")
    III. "Marschlied" ("Marching Song")
  8. "Headcleaner" - 5:12
    "Das Gleissen / Schlacht" ("The Glare / Battle")
    IV. "Lyrischer Rückzug" ("Lyric Retreat")

"Marschlied" contains a sample of, and interpolates modified lyrics from, the Beatles song "All You Need Is Love", changing the refrain to: "All you need is headcleaner."

Personnel

Einstürzende Neubauten

Production

  • Produced by E. N. & Jon Caffery
  • Recorded and engineered by Jon Caffery and Boris Wilsdorf
  • Mixed by Jon Caffery

References

  1. ^ "Einstürzende Neubauten - Tabula Rasa". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  2. ^ "Tabula Rasa - Einstürzende Neubauten". Allmusic.
  3. ^ Sheridan, David; Fasolino, Greg; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Einstürzende Neubauten". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved June 14, 2016.