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#182) KMFDM - What Do You Know, Deutschland? (1986)
1. Kickin' Ass
2. Me I Funk
3. What Do You Know?
4. Zip
5. Conillon
6. Itchy Bitchy
7. Deutsche Schuld
8. Sieg Sieg
9. Positiv
10. Lufthans
11. Itchy Bitchy (Dance Version)
12. The Unrestrained Use of Excessive Force
so Adam's choice for the theme is "2nd Chances".
i got into KMFDM in the mid-90s when Juke-Joint Jezebel was a big single on the radio. i picked up a couple albums and loved them. later i borrowed this one, which is their debut, from a friend. i was very disappointed. where were all the cool beats and rad metal-ish riffs? this was nothing like the other albums i had listened to. instead of the beats and riffs there were..shitty basslines and simple drum machine patterns. the lyrics were pretty stupid and for the most part didn't seem as aggressive. i listened to it once and gave it back.
when Adam decided on 2nd chances i figured this would be a good time to check out the album again. i picked up the 2006 remaster version that includes the original tracklist plus the tracks that were included on various re-issues and the Kickin' Ass single. there are also some great liner notes that give a little backstory on the recording of this album and where all the tracks come from. as for the music, i appreciate it a lot more than i did. they did some pretty cool stuff with limited resources. unfortunately i still think that the lyrics are pretty shitty. although Zip, which is a warning about zipping up your dick, is fairly amusing.
while it doesn't compare to 90s era KMFDM, or even the current line-up, and the stupid lyrics ruin Raymond Watts' (oh yeah, i forgot to mention that Raymond Watts was pretty much a full member of the band at this point and recorded most of the record as well) awesome voice, it's actually a pretty rad album. initially i viewed it as a shitty start to an awesome band but now i think it's cool to hear how different these guys were when they started out.
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