Attak
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Attak |
| type | studio |
| artist | KMFDM |
| cover | KMFDM - Attak.png |
| released | |
| recorded | 2001 |
| studio | Moscozzi Studios, Seattle |
| genre | *Industrial metal |
| length | |
| label | Metropolis |
| producer | {{flatlist |
| prev_title | Adios |
| prev_year | 1999 |
| next_title | WWIII |
| next_year | 2003 |
| :: |
| name = Attak | type = studio | artist = KMFDM | cover = KMFDM - Attak.png | alt = | released = | recorded = 2001 | venue = | studio = Moscozzi Studios, Seattle | genre = *Industrial metal | length = | label = Metropolis | producer = {{flatlist|
- Sascha Konietzko
- Tim Skold
- Bill Rieflin | prev_title = Adios | prev_year = 1999 | next_title = WWIII | next_year = 2003
Attak is the eleventh studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released on March 19, 2002, by Metropolis Records. The band's first album following a three-year hiatus, it was the first to feature member Lucia Cifarelli and the last to feature member Tim Sköld.
History
The album was originally going to be titled Attaq and written in a Middle Eastern font, but was changed by Konietzko after the September 11 attacks, who explained that the band's history with the Columbine shootings would have made the original title "pretty fucking harsh".
Reception
| MC = 56/100 | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = Rolling Stone | rev2Score = favorable | rev3 = Splendid | rev3Score = unfavorable Attak received mixed reviews. Bradley Torreano of AllMusic describes the album's production as "ugly" and that it has a "few songs that are way too long" but still claims it has a "few truly inspiring industrial metal anthems".
Track listing
| title1 = Attak/Reload | music1 = Lucia Cifarelli, Sascha Konietzko | length1 = 3:59 | title2 = Skurk | music2 = Konietzko, Tim Sköld | length2 = 3:55 | title3 = Dirty | music3 = Jules Hodgson, Konietzko, Bill Rieflin, Raymond Watts | length3 = 4:41 | title4 = Urban Monkey Warfare | music4 = Cifarelli, Konietzko | length4 = 4:31 | title5 = Save Me | music5 = Konietzko, Sköld | length5 = 5:42 | title6 = Yohoho | music6 = Cifarelli, Konietzko, Watts | length6 = 4:16 | title7 = Superhero | music7 = Cifarelli, Konietzko | length7 = 4:25 | title8 = Sturm & Drang | music8 = Konietzko, Sköld | length8 = 3:57 | title9 = Preach/Pervert | music9 = Konietzko, Watts | length9 = 4:30 | title10 = Risen | music10 = Konietzko, Sköld | length10 = 5:59 | title11 = Sleep | music11 = Cifarelli, Konietzko, Rieflin | length11 = 4:30 | total_length = 50:25
Personnel
- Sascha Konietzko – drums (1–7, 9, 10), programming (1–11), synthesizers (1–6, 10), vocals (1–8, 10, 11), bass (3–7, 9, 10), guitars (3, 4, 6, 7, 11), percussion (5), cockpit voice recorder (6)
- Tim Sköld – guitars (1, 2, 5, 8, 10), bass (2, 8, 10), drums (2, 8, 10), programming (2, 5, 8, 10), synthesizers (2, 5, 8, 10), vocals (2, 5, 8, 10), percussion (5), drumloops (9)
- Bill Rieflin – drums (1, 5, 11), bass (1, 11), programming (3, 5), synthesizers (3, 5, 11), percussion (5, 11), guitars (11)
- Lucia Cifarelli – vocals (1, 4–7, 11), Sidstation "Ninja" (4)
- Jules Hodgson – guitars (3, 9)
- Raymond Watts – vocals (3, 6, 9), drumloops (9)
- Arianne Schreiber – vocals (3)
- Curt Golden – slide guitars (11)
- Dorona Alberti – vocals (11)
References
References
- "KMFDM Reloads with: Attak". Hybrid.
- "Attak – KMFDM". [[Metacritic]].
- Torreano, Bradley. "Attak Review". [[Allmusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]].
- Baltin, Steve. (March 7, 2002). "KMFDM Prepare to "Attak"". [[Rolling Stone]].
- Zahora, George. (April 8, 2002). "KMFDM: Attak".
- Sutherland, Sonya. (April 2, 2002). "KMFDM, Attak". The Michigan Daily.
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