What Do You Know, Deutschland?

What Do You Know, Deutschland?
Studio album by KMFDM
Released	1986
Recorded	The Building Site & Zitty Sound, Hamburg, West Germany
Genre	Post-industrial
Length	40:50 (Z Records) 61:48 (SkySaw Records) 57:47 (Wax Trax!/TVT)
Label	Z Records
Producer	KMFDM
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KMFDM chronology
Opium (1984) What Do You Know, Deutschland? (1986) Don't Blow Your Top (1988)

What Do You Know, Deutschland? is a 1986 album by KMFDM. Indicative of the band's early style, the music is relatively crude, with a strong drum beat and synthesizer. The title track is a lengthy montage of spliced samples parodying US involvement in Europe post World War II. The songs on What Do You Know, Deutschland? are rarely played live. The album was recorded in Hamburg, Germany.

Originally released by Z Records in Germany in 1986, the album was re-released, with several additional tracks, in 1987 by SkySaw Records in the United Kingdom. In 1991, Wax Trax! Records released What Do You Know, Deutschland? in the United States without "Zip".

A digitally remastered reissue of What Do You Know, Deutschland? was released September 12, 2006, along with 1988's Don't Blow Your Top and 1989's UAIOE. The re-release includes the track "Zip", marking the first time all tracks from the various versions of the album were available together on the same disc.

Track listing

Z Records release (1986)

1. "Zip" (En Esch, Sascha Konietzko) – 5:11
2. "Deutsche Schuld" (Konietzko, Nainz Watts, Esch) – 4:45
3. "Sieg-Sieg" (Konietzko, Watts, Esch) – 7:00
4. "Positive" (Konietzko, Watts, Esch) – 3:25
5. "Conillon" (Konietzko, Watts, Esch) – 5:50
6. "What Do You Know" (Watts) – 6:25
7. "Me I Funk" (Konietzko, Watts, Esch) – 8:14

Alternative Cover

SkySaw Records release (1987)

1. "Kickin' Ass" (Konietzko, Watts, Esch) – 4:01
   • The Skysaw LP contains an edited version with additional samples, 3:01
2. "Me I Funk" – 8:24
3. "What Do You Know?" – 5:56
4. "Zip" – 5:12
5. "Conillon" – 5:50
6. "Itchy Bitchy" (Konietzko, Watts, Jr. Blackmail) – 3:33
7. "Deutsche Schuld" – 4:48
8. "Sieg Sieg" – 5:36
9. "Positiv" – 3:31
10. "Lufthans" (Jr. Blackmail) – 4:44
11. "Itchy Bitchy (Dance Version)" – 3:54
12. "The Unrestrained Use of Excessive Force" (Watts) – 7:12

Wax Trax!/TVT releases

1. "Kickin' Ass" – 4:03
2. "Me I Funk" – 8:19
3. "What Do You Know?" – 5:34
4. "Conillon" – 5:57
5. "Itchy Bitchy" – 3:35
6. "Deutsche Schuld" – 4:49
7. "Sieg Sieg" – 5:33
8. "Positiv" – 3:28
9. "Lufthans" – 4:44
10. "Itchy Bitchy (Dance Version)" – 3:54
11. "The Unrestrained Use of Excessive Force" – 7:11

Metropolis reissue (2006) (MET439)

1. "Kickin' Ass" – 4:04
2. "Me I Funk" – 8:20
3. "What Do You Know?" – 5:34
4. "Zip" – 5:11
5. "Conillon" – 5:58
6. "Itchy Bitchy" – 3:35
7. "Deutsche Schuld" – 4:49
8. "Sieg Sieg" – 5:34
9. "Positiv" - 3:29
10. "Lufthans" – 4:45
11. "Itchy Bitchy (Dance Version)" – 3:54
12. "The Unrestained Use of Excessive Force" – 7:14

• "Zip" is also found on the rarities compilation album Agogo.

Personnel

• Sascha Konietzko
• En Esch
• Raymond Watts
• Jr. Blackmail

Singles

• Kickin' Ass

External links

• KMFDM DØTKØM What Do You Know, Deutschland? lyrics at the official KMFDM website