Don't Blow Your Top (album)
| Don't Blow Your Top | ||||
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| Studio album by KMFDM | ||||
| Released | 12 February 1988 | |||
| Studio | M.O.B. Studios (Hamburg, West Germany) | |||
| Genre | Industrial rock | |||
| Length | 32:49 | |||
| Label | Cash Beat (West Germany), SkySaw (UK), Wax Trax! (US) | |||
| Producer | Sascha Konietzko | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 2006 re-release cover | ||||
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| Allmusic |   |
Don't Blow Your Top is industrial rock group KMFDM's third album. The album was recorded in Hamburg, Germany, with Adrian Sherwood. It was released in 1988 in Germany by Cash Beat Records (Hamburg), in the UK by SkySaw Records, and in the US by Wax Trax.
A remastered reissue of Don't Blow Your Top was released on September 12, 2006, featuring new liner notes and photos of the band.[2]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by En Esch and Sascha Konietzko unless otherwise noted.
Vinyl/Cassette release
| Side A | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "No Meat—No Man" (Esch, Konietzko, Raymond Watts) | 3:52 |
| 2. | "Don't Blow Your Top" (Esch, Konietzko, Watts) | 3:40 |
| 3. | "Disgust (12" Version)" (Esch, Konietzko, Watts) | 4:28 |
| 4. | "Oh Look" | 2:40 |
| 5. | "King Kong Dub (Rubber Mix)" (Jr. Blackmale, Esch, Konietzko) | 2:02 |
| Side B | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 6. | "Killing" | 5:20 |
| 7. | "What a Race" | 3:37 |
| 8. | "No News" | 4:30 |
| 9. | "Oh Look II" | 2:38 |
| Total length: | 32:49 | |
CD release
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "No Meat—No Man" | 3:53 |
| 2. | "Don't Blow Your Top" | 3:40 |
| 3. | "Killing" | 5:27 |
| 4. | "Disgust" | 5:29 |
| 5. | "Oh Look" | 2:39 |
| 6. | "King Kong Dub (Rubber Mix)" | 2:04 |
| 7. | "What a Race" | 3:37 |
| 8. | "No News" | 4:37 |
| 9. | "Tod Durch Bongo-Bongo" | 6:36 |
| 10. | "Killing (For Your Sampling Kit)" | 8:39 |
| 11. | "Oh Shit" | 4:51 |
| Total length: | 51:32 | |
Reception
Andy Hinds from Allmusic said that Don't Blow Your Top "sounds a little flimsy when compared to the band's pile-driving later work", and that it sounds "like a combination of early Meat Beat Manifesto, Twitch-era Ministry, and even...the more primitive stuff of Alien Sex Fiend." [1]
Personnel
- Sascha Konietzko – bass, vocals, guitars, synths, programming
- En Esch – vocals, guitars, drums, programming
- Raymond Watts – vocals ("No Meat—No Man", "Don't Blow Your Top", "Disgust"), programming ("No Meat—No Man", "Don't Blow Your Top", "Disgust")
- Jr. Blackmale – vocals ("King Kong Dub (Rubber Mix)")
References
- 1 2 Hinds, Andy. "Don't Blow Your Top - KMFDM". AllMusic. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
- ↑ MTV News Staff (September 11, 2006). "For The Record". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
External links
- KMFDM DØTKØM Don't Blow Your Top lyrics at the official KMFDM website