Spectre (Laibach album)

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Spectre
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Studio album by Laibach
Released March 3, 2014 (2014-03-03)
Genre Martial industrial, neoclassical dark wave, electro-industrial
Length56:52
Label Mute
Laibach chronology
An Introduction To … Laibach / Reproduction Prohibited
(2012) An Introduction To … Laibach / Reproduction Prohibited2012
Spectre
(2014)
Spectremix
(2015) Spectremix 2015
Singles from Laibach
  1. "The Whistleblowers"
    Released: March 3, 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 73/100 [1]
Review scores
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Pitchfork Media 4.9/10 [4]
The Quietus Favourable [5]

Spectre is eighth studio album by Laibach. It was released on March 3, 2014 under Mute Records.

Mute Records Ltd. is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster, such as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Fad Gadget, Goldfrapp, Grinderman, Inspiral Carpets, Moby, New Order, Nitzer Ebb, Wire, Yeasayer, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Yazoo, and M83.

Track listing

Tracks 11-14 are bonus tracks, featured on the extended version of the album.

No.TitleLength
1."The Whistleblowers"3:31
2."No History"3:16
3."Eat Liver!"3:10
4."Americana"4:28
5."We Are Millions and Millions Are One"4:22
6."Eurovision"4:38
7."Walk With Me"3:55
8."Bossanova"3:10
9."Resistance is Futile"6:54
10."Koran"5:22
11."The Parade"4:04
12."Love On the Beat"3:20
13."Just Say No!"2:30
14."See That My Grave is Kept Clean"4:05

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References

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