Big Hit (album)

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Big Hit
Nitzerbighit.jpg
Studio album by
Nitzer Ebb
Released27 March 1995 (1995-03-27)
Genre
Length44:04
Label
Producer Flood
Nitzer Ebb chronology
Ebbhead
(1991)		Big Hit
(1995)		Body of Work
(2006)
Singles from Big Hit
  1. "Kick It"
    Released: 20 February 1995
  2. "I Thought"
    Released: 24 April 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Music From the Empty Quarterfavourable [3]

Big Hit is the fifth studio album by British EBM group Nitzer Ebb. [4] [5] It was released by Mute Records in 1995. [6] The album included two singles, "Kick It" and "I Thought". The album is a great departure from the previous albums EBM stylings, featuring a heavy influence from alternative rock and a greater emphasis on more traditional instruments. Big Hit was the band's final release for Mute until its 2006 retrospective, Body of Work.

Contents

Critical reception

CMJ New Music Monthly called the album "catchy, sinister and subversive", writing that "it's an 'industrial' album that plays through the whole range of emotions and textures instead of just high-tech rage". [7] The Quietus called the album "unfairly maligned". [8]

Track listing

  1. "Cherry Blossom" – 5:30
  2. "Hear Me Say" – 4:07
  3. "Kick It" – 3:39
  4. "I Thought" – 5:16
  5. "Floodwater" – 3:35
  6. "Bordertalk" – 3:25
  7. "In Decline" – 5:36
  8. "Living Out of a Bag" – 5:41
  9. "Boy" – 4:17
  10. "Our Own World" – 5:37

Personnel

[9] [10]

Nitzer Ebb

Production/other

References

  1. ↑ "Big Hit – Nitzer Ebb". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 217.
  3. ↑ Deadhead (August–September 1995). "Nitzer Ebb Big Hit". Music From the Empty Quarter. No. 12. Ilford: The Empty Quarter. p. 99. ISSN   0964-542X. OCLC   1057117763.
  4. ↑ "POP MUSIC REVIEW : Primal Elements Power Nitzer Ebb's Brand of Rock". Los Angeles Times. 4 July 1995.
  5. ↑ "U. S. Tour For Nitzer Ebb". MTV News. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "Nitzer Ebb | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ↑ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. 14 April 1995.
  8. ↑ "The Quietus | Reviews | Nitzer Ebb". The Quietus. 24 February 2010.
  9. ↑ Big Hit – Nitzer Ebb | Credits | AllMusic , retrieved 25 December 2020
  10. ↑ "Nitzer Ebb – Big Hit". Discogs. 1995. Retrieved 25 December 2020.


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