| Disco Rigido | ||||
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| Released | October 3, 1989 [1] [2] | |||
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| Length | 40:25 | |||
| Label | Fiction/PolyGram | |||
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| Singles from Disco Rigido | ||||
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Disco Rigido is the debut studio album of Die Warzau, released on October 3, 1989 by Fiction and PolyGram. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Van Christie claimed that the band wanted to integrate music that breaks racial barriers into compositions their audience could listen to us as much as dance. [8] [9] [10]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [11] |
AllMusic gave Disco Rigido a negative mark of two out of five possible stars. [11] More positive in their critique of the album was Trouser Press , who identified Die Warzau's strength for combining rhythm and samples and claimed that "the group's political agenda never gets in the way of the fun." [12] The album made CMJ's "Jackpot" picks in October 1989, claiming that "Die Warzau could be poised to fill the void on dancefloors" left behind after fellow Chicagoan Al Jourgenson "turned in his industrial-strength samplers and synth grooves for a sadomasochistic metal guitar crunch." [13]
All tracks are written by Van Christie and Jim Marcus.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Welcome to America" | 4:56 |
| 2. | "Man Is Meat" | 5:35 |
| 3. | "Jack Hammer" | 5:14 |
| 4. | "Bodybag" | 4:29 |
| 5. | "Sexus" | 1:03 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Strike to the Body" | 3:49 |
| 2. | "I've Got to Make Sense" | 5:10 |
| 3. | "National Security" | 1:15 |
| 4. | "Shake Down" | 4:37 |
| 5. | "Tear It Down" | 4:17 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Welcome to America" | 4:56 |
| 2. | "Man Is Meat" | 5:35 |
| 3. | "Jack Hammer" | 5:14 |
| 4. | "Bodybag" | 4:29 |
| 5. | "Sexus" | 1:03 |
| 6. | "Money After All" | 7:05 |
| 7. | "Strike to the Body" | 3:49 |
| 8. | "I've Got to Make Sense" | 5:10 |
| 9. | "National Security" | 1:15 |
| 10. | "Shake Down" | 4:37 |
| 11. | "Tear It Down" | 4:17 |
| 12. | "Bodybag" (Dub Edit) | 3:59 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Free Radio Africa" | 3:03 |
| 14. | "Y Tagata en Situ" | 5:40 |
| 15. | "Cross Burning Part Two" | 2:24 |
| 16. | "Land of the Free" | 5:04 |
Adapted from the Disco Rigido liner notes. [14]
Die Warzau
Additional performers
Production and design
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 1989 | PolyGram | CD, CS, LP | 841 251 |
| Fiction | ||||
| Europe | CD, LP | FIX 15, 839 673 | ||
| Fiction/Polydor | CS |
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