Operation Hummingbird (album)

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Operation Hummingbird
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Studio album by
Released1999
RecordedJune – July 1999
Genre
Length28:11
Label New European Recordings
Death in June chronology
Take Care & Control
(1998)
Operation Hummingbird
(1999)
All Pigs Must Die
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Operation Hummingbird is a studio album by Death In June, released in 1999. [2] [3]

Contents

The album contains seven new songs recorded with Albin Julius of Der Blutharsch. It is considered a smaller, sister album to Take Care & Control .

Critical reception

AllMusic thought that "led by chanting vocals, 'The Snows of the Enemy (Little Black Baby)' and 'Let a Wind Catch a Rainbow on Fire' are eerily reminiscent of Britain's pre-Christian past."

Track listing

  1. "Gorilla Tactics" – 1:45
  2. "Kapitulation" – 3:09
  3. "Flieger" – 6:02
  4. "The Snows of the Enemy (Little Black Baby)" – 6:15
  5. "Hand Grenades and Olympic Flames" – 2:58
  6. "Winter Eagle" – 3:53
  7. "Let the Wind Catch a Rainbow on Fire" – 4:07

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References

  1. "Operation Hummingbird - Death in June | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  2. "Death in June Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. Webb, Peter (10 June 2010). Exploring the Networked Worlds of Popular Music: Milieux Cultures. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-135-91079-2 via Google Books.