Belief (Nitzer Ebb album)

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Belief
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Studio album by
Released1989
Recorded1988
Genre EBM
Length37:25
Label Mute (UK)
STUMM 61
Geffen/Warner Bros. (U.S.)
GHS 24213
Producer Flood
Nitzer Ebb chronology
That Total Age
(1987)
Belief
(1989)
Showtime
(1990)
Singles from Belief
  1. "Control, I'm Here"
    Released: 1988
  2. "Hearts & Minds"
    Released: 1989
  3. "Shame"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Belief is the second album of the British EBM group Nitzer Ebb. It was the first album recorded with drummer Julian Beeston (who took over from David Gooday), and Flood took over as producer from Phil Harding. It was released by Mute Records in 1989.

Contents

The fifth song on the album, "T.W.A.", appears to have been inspired by the Hezbollah hijacking of TWA flight 847 in 1985.

In a 1989 retrospective for Rolling Stone , Jim Farber wrote that the music video for "Control, I'm Here" had "the most harshly industrial visuals of the year". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Hearts & Minds" – 3:45
  2. "For Fun" – 3:03
  3. "Control, I'm Here" – 3:52
  4. "Captivate" – 3:57
  5. "T.W.A." – 5:00
  6. "Blood Money" – 4:29
  7. "Shame" – 4:03
  8. "Drive" – 5:07
  9. "Without Belief" – 4:16

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References

  1. Belief at AllMusic
  2. Farber, Jim (December 1989). "Beyond the Big Hair: Video News and Note". Rolling Stone : 235.