Dessau (Dessau album)

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Dessau
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Studio album by
Dessau
ReleasedNovember 21, 1995 (1995-11-21)
Studio
  • LSI
  • Sixteenth Avenue Sound
  • Sound Vortex
  • Studio 19
  • (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Industrial rock
Length58:49
Label Mausoleum
Producer
Dessau chronology
Details Sketchy
(1995)		Dessau
(1995)		 The Truth Hurts 1985-2000
(2009)

Dessau is the second studio album by Dessau, released on November 21, 1995 by Mausoleum. [1]

Contents

Music

Dessau contained previously unreleased recordings with material the band had released previously. "Suffer" was released on the WTII Records 2014 Free Sampler and a remix was released on Fifth Colvmn Records' Fascist Communist Revolutionaries compilation prior to Dessau's release. [2] [3] "Beijing" and the band's cover of Joy Division's "Isolation", which had become a minor hits for the band, were previously released on their 1989 studio album Exercise in Tension . [1] [4] "Isolation" was recorded in 1988 and produced by Paul Barker of Revolting Cocks and Al Jourgensen of Ministry. [5] [6] The cover has been released as a 12" single and on three various artists compilations: C'Est La Silenz Qui Fait La Musique... (1994, Electro Pulse), [7] CDPRO Vol #13 (June 1996) (1996, EMI Music Canada) [8] and Down & Dirty (1999, Pet Rock). [9]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Tim Griggs of AllMusic gave Dessau a negative review, calling the material "tired" and that "most of the tracks are mindless screamfests that don't seem to go anywhere." [10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Elliott, except "Isolation" by Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris.

No.TitleLength
1."Suffer"4:14
2."Thanksgiving"4:59
3."Spinning on My Head"5:19
4."Move Seoul"3:19
5."Skeletons By Nature"6:14
6."Isolation" (Joy Division cover)5:05
7."Cull"3:45
8."No Way"3:34
9."Sun 90"4:35
10."Party Zone"4:32
11."Beijing"5:51
12."Unshakeable" (Remix)7:22

Personnel

Adapted from the Dessau liner notes. [11]

Dessau

Additional performers

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1995MausoleumCD71278-60016
Germany1996904176.2

References

  1. 1 2 A. Gordon, Rev. Keith. "Dessau > Biography". AllMusic . Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. ↑ Worley, Jon (November 4, 1996). "Various Artists: Fascist Communist Revolutionaries". Aiding & Abetting (122). Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  3. ↑ Christian, Chris (December 1996). "Various Artists: Fascist Communist Revolutionaries". Sonic Boom. 4 (11). Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  4. ↑ Pfanenstiel, Bart; Schock, David (1998). "Artists: Dessau". WTII Records . Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  5. ↑ DJ Hypno5 (August 26, 2015). "Isolation – Dessau: Revisit Industrial Classic From 1988". Hypno5ive . Retrieved September 7, 2020.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Jourgensen, Al (September 8, 2015). Production Credits. Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen. Hachette Books. p. 283. ISBN   9780306824647 . Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  7. ↑ C'Est La Silenz Qui Fait La Musique... (booklet). Various Artists. Germany: SilenZ Records. 1991.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ↑ CDPRO Vol #13 (June 1996) (booklet). Various Artists. Mississauga, Ontario: EMI Music Canada. 1996.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ↑ Huey, Steve. "Dessau: Various Artists: Down & Dirty > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  10. 1 2 Griggs, Tim. "Dessau: Dessau > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  11. ↑ Dessau (booklet). Dessau. FDR Station, New York City: Mausoleum. 1995.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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