Also Sprach Zarathustra (album)

Also Sprach Zarathustra is an album by NSK industrial group Laibach originally produced for a theatrical production of Thus Spoke Zarathustra, based on Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophical novel of the same name,[1][2][3] by director Matjaz Berger, which premiered in March 2016.[4] The single "Vor Sonnen-Aufgang" was released from the album.[5]

Also Sprach Zarathustra
Studio album by
Laibach
Released2017
GenreElectronic
LabelMute Records
Laibach chronology
Spectre
(2014)		 Also Sprach Zarathustra
(2017)		 The Sound of Music
(2018)

Track listing
  1. Vor Sonnen-Untergang
  2. Ein Untergang
  3. Die Unschuld I
  4. Ein Verkündiger
  5. Von Gipfel Zu Gipfel
  6. Das Glück
  7. Das Nachtlied I
  8. Das Nachtlied II
  9. Die Unschuld II
  10. Als Geist
  11. Vor Sonnen-Aufgang
  12. Von Den Drei Verwandlungen

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Mladina[8]
Sputnikmusic[9]
PopMatters[10]

The album was well received by critics. On the website of the collected reviews, Metacritic has an 81 ratings rating of 100 based on 9 reviews, which means "general recognition". For Mladino , Veljko Njegovan rated the album with 5 stars and wrote: "[...] Laibach undoubtedly proves that on the symbolic level" has broken "many iron curtains, which lasts since the beginning of the eighties."

On Radio Študent , the album was ranked 8th, while on 24ur.com , it was ranked 2nd in the best Slovenian albums of the year.[11][12]

References
  1. "The Quietus - News - LISTEN: New Laibach Track".
  2. "MUTE • Laibach • ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA".
  3. "Laibach: Also Sprach Zarathustra". 25 July 2017.
  4. Matoz, Zdenko. "Album tedna: Laibach, Also Sprach Zarathustra".
  5. Video on YouTube
  6. "Reviews for Also Sprach Zarathustra by Laibach". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  7. Simpson, Paul. "Laibach: Also Sprach Zarathustra". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  8. Njegovan, Veljko (28 July 2017). "Laibach: Also sprach Zarathustra". Mladina. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  9. Stanciu, Raul (16 July 2017). "Laibach: Also Sprach Zarathustra". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  10. Ezell, Brice (25 July 2017). "Laibach – Spectre". PopMatters. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  11. "Vsak dan prvi - 24ur.com". www.24ur.com.
  12. "Naj Tolpe bumov leta 2017". 30 December 2017.


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