Big Electric Metal Bass Face

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Big Electric Metal Bass Face
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Studio album by
Die Warzau
ReleasedOctober 1, 1991 (1991-10-01) [1] [2]
Studio
Various
    • Chicago Trax
    • (Chicago, IL)
    • D&D Studios
    • (New York City, NY)
    • Streeterville
    • (Chicago, IL)
Genre
Length63:20
Label Atlantic/Fiction
Producer
Die Warzau chronology
Disco Rigido
(1989)		Big Electric Metal Bass Face
(1991)		 Engine
(1995)
Singles from Big Electric Metal Bass Face
  1. "Funkopolis"
    Released: 1991
  2. "Never Again"
    Released: 1992

Big Electric Metal Bass Face is the second studio album by Die Warzau, released on October 1, 1991 by Atlantic and Fiction Records. [3] [4] [5] [6] The band introduced elements of funk music and the speeches of American politicians into their sample library to musically articulate topics concerning race relations such as "Funkopolis". [7] Percussionist Chris Vrenna, who had performed on Nine Inch Nails' 1989 debut Pretty Hate Machine , joined the band to collaborate on tour and to record in studio. [8]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Tim Griggs of AllMusic gave Big Electric Metal Bass Face a mostly negative review and called the songs "not as heavy as other industrial recordings; in fact, considering the name of the band and album title, some are wimpier than they should be." [9] Ben Thompson of The Wire was also critical of the album and said "the single 'Funkopolis' is something of a toe-tapper but much of the rest steers perilously close to the little-lamented early 80s college-educated tribal funk essays of Shriekback et al." [10]

A critic at Keyboard was more positive in their review, identifying the band's strength at rhythm arrangements and saying "their mixes are unusually bright: Samples punch, synth saxes honk, Moogish bass lines go yowp-yowp, drums thump, unidentified noises circle and take off, all of them clear and sharp." [11] Mondo 2000 praised the band for developing a jazzy and more quiet and kinetic energy, describing the album as "a dance – till – it – hurts mutant blend of industrial, rap, funk, and house." [12] Similarly, CMJ claimed that the album "not only avoids cliché but manages to evoke a fluid R&B feel throughout." [13]

In comparing the album to Disco Rigido, Tony Fletcher of Trouser Press called "stronger and smarter, a worthy blending of funky rock, chanted vocals, spoken-word samples and proto-electronica" and compared the band favorably to Red Hot Chili Peppers. [14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Van Christie and Jim Marcus, except "Head" by James Woolley

No.TitleLength
1."Crack Radio"4:42
2."Funkopolis"3:59
3."Never Again"4:30
4."Shock Box"3:27
5."Brand New Convertible Car"6:25
6."Burning"4:34
7."All Cut Up"3:37
8."Coming Down" (live)4:33
9."My Pretty Little Girlfriend"6:20
10."Red All Over"4:55
11."Pig City"4:19
12."Dying in Paradise"5:31
13."Suck It Up"2:52
14."Head"3:34

Personnel

Adapted from the Big Electric Metal Bass Face liner notes. [15]

Die Warzau

Additional performers

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1991 Atlantic CD, CS 7 82295
Fiction 82295
Japan1992CDPOCP-1206

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