L'eau rouge

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L'eau rouge
The Young Gods L'Eau Rouge.jpg
Studio album by
The Young Gods
ReleasedSeptember 1989
RecordedArtag Studio
(Zurich, CH)
Genre Industrial rock, dark cabaret, symphonic metal
Length33:46
40:50 (CD release)
Label PIAS
Producer Roli Mosimann
The Young Gods chronology
The Young Gods
(1987)		L'eau rouge
(1989)		 The Young Gods Play Kurt Weill
(1991)
Singles from L'eau rouge
  1. "Longue route (Remix)"
    Released: March 1990

L'eau rouge (French for The Red Water) is the second album by industrial band The Young Gods, released in September 1989 by Play It Again Sam Records. [1] It is usually referred to as their masterpiece and was included in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die in 2005.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]

Accolades

YearPublicationCountryAccoladeRank
1989TipGermany"Albums of the Year" (Hanspeter Künzler)1 [3]
1989TipGermany"Albums of the Year" (Christina Moles Kaup)1 [4]
1989 Melody Maker United Kingdom"Albums of the Year"7 [5]
1989 Sounds United Kingdom"Albums of the Year"24 [6]
1989 OOR Netherlands"Albums of the Year"31 [7]
2000 Terrorizer United Kingdom"100 Most Important Albums of the Eighties"* [8]
2005 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die Robert Dimery"1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die"* [9]
2021 Metal Hammer United KingdomThe 25 Best Symphonic Metal Albums22 [10]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Franz Treichler; all music is composed by The Young Gods.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."La fille de la mort" ("The Daughter of Death")7:58
2."Rue des Tempêtes" ("Tempest Street")2:51
3."L'eau rouge" ("The Red Water")4:20
4."Charlotte"2:01
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Longue route" ("Long Route")3:41
2."Crier les chiens" ("Screaming the Dogs")3:15
3."Ville nôtre" ("City of Ours")4:07
4."Les enfants" ("The Children")5:33
CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
9."L'Amourir" ("The Love Beat")4:18
10."Pas Mal" ("Not Bad")2:46

Personnel

Adapted from the L'eau rouge liner notes. [11]

Charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
UK Indie Chart [12] 3

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Belgium1989 PIAS CD, CS, LP BIAS 130
United States1995 Interscope CD92629

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Aswad, Jem; Fasolino, Greg (2007). "Young Gods". Trouser Press . Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "The Young Gods: L'eau rouge [Red Water] > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tip – Albums of the Year". Poplist.de. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
  4. ↑ "Tip – Albums of the Year". Poplist.de. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
  5. ↑ "Melody Maker – Albums of the Year". Melody Maker . Archived from the original on February 16, 2006. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
  6. ↑ "Sounds – Albums of the Year". Sounds . Archived from the original on February 16, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
  7. ↑ "OOR – Albums of the Year". OOR . Retrieved 2009-12-03.
  8. ↑ "Terrorizer – 100 Most Important Albums of the Eighties". Terrorizer . Archived from the original on February 23, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
  9. ↑ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (2014). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. p. 614. ISBN   978-0-7893-2074-2.
  10. ↑ Davies, Hywel; Dome, Malcolm; Goodman, Eleanor; Chantler, Chris; Gordon, Connie; Grady, Spencer; Rees, Adam; Selzer, Jonathan (17 November 2021). "The 25 best symphonic metal albums". Metal Hammer . Future plc . Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  11. ↑ L'eau rouge (booklet). The Young Gods. Brussels, Belgium: Play It Again Sam Records. 1989.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
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