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  • Artist: KMFDM
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: June 25, 1996
  • Total Time: 45:35
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

XTORT doesn't sound markedly different than KMFDM's other releases -- there are still the bruising mechanical drum beats and numbingly drilling guitars, combined with barked vocals. What's noticeable about XTORT -- their first album since industrial broke into the Top 40 with Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral -- is how the band made no concessions to the pop/rock mainstream whatsoever. They are still the same grimy, dank heavy dance band they were in the '80s. For some listeners, that means they're keeping the flame burning and, to a certain extent, they'd be right -- KMFDM sounds as good as they ever have, and several tracks rank among their best. But, over a decade into their career, it would be nice to hear the band branch out and start to experiment a little bit more. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Power Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz KMFDM (5:26)
Apathy Mark Durante, Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz KMFDM (3:10)
Rules (Lyrics) Chris Connelly, Mark Durante, Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz KMFDM (4:07)
Craze Chris Connelly, Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz KMFDM (3:31)
Dogma F.M. Einheit, Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz, Nicole Blackman KMFDM (4:06)
Inane Mark Durante, Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz KMFDM (5:30)
Blame Chris Connelly, Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz KMFDM (4:05)
Son of a Gun Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz, John VanEaton KMFDM (4:23)
Ikons Chris Connelly, F.M. Einheit, Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz KMFDM (4:11)
Wrath Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz, John VanEaton KMFDM (10:09)

Credits

Chris Connelly (Vocals), KMFDM (Main Performer), Bruce Breckenfeld (Organ (Hammond)), Michael Cichowicz (Trumpet), Mark Durante (Guitar), Mark Durante (Slide Guitar), F.M. Einheit (Noise), En Esch (Guitar), Sascha Konietzko (Synthesizer), Sascha Konietzko (Bass), Sascha Konietzko (Drums), Sascha Konietzko (Vocals), Sascha Konietzko (Producer), Sascha Konietzko (Sampling), Sascha Konietzko (Loops), Sascha Konietzko (Mixing), Bill Rieflin (Drums), Chris Shepard (Producer), Chris Shepard (Engineer), Chris Shepard (Mixing), Cheryl Wilson (Vocals), Konrad Strauss (Mastering), Dorona Alberti (Vocals), Steve Finckle (Saxophone), Jack Kramer (Trumpet), Ron Lowe (Noise), Ron Lowe (Engineer), Günter Schulz (Bass), Günter Schulz (Guitar), Günter Schulz (Piano), Günter Schulz (Producer), Günter Schulz (Mixing), Günter Schulz (Photography), Nicole Blackman (Vocals), Jr. Blackmail (Narrator), Jr. Blackmail (Group Member), Bruce Bendinger (Voices)
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Xtort
Studio album by KMFDM
Released June 25, 1996
Recorded 1996
Genre Industrial rock
Industrial metal
Length 48:46
Label Wax Trax!/TVT, Metropolis
Producer Sascha Konietzko
Günter Schulz
Chris Shepard
Professional reviews
KMFDM chronology
Nihil
(1995)		 Xtort
(1996)		 Retro
(1996)

Xtort is industrial rock group KMFDM's ninth studio album, released in 1996. It was recorded in Chicago, Illinois, and bears the distinction of being the KMFDM album with the most collaborations. Xtort was made as a harsher, less radio-friendly piece in reaction to the relative commercial success of Nihil, the album preceding it.[citation needed]

The title "XTORT" in the notation used (most notably the inverted "R") may also be a reference to the Russian word "хотят," (Cyrillic writing) which translates to "(they) want" and can be transliterated as "khotyat."

A digitally remastered re-release of Xtort was released on March 6, 2007, along with Nihil.

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Track listing

  1. "Power" (Sascha Konietzko/Günter Schulz) – 5:26
  2. "Apathy" (Konietzko/Schulz) – 3:11
  3. "Rules" (Chris Connelly/Mark Durante/Konietzko/Schulz) – 4:07
  4. "Craze" (Connelly/Konietzko/Schulz) – 3:34
  5. "Dogma" (Nicole Blackman/Konietzko/Schulz) – 4:06
  6. "Inane" (Konietzko/Schulz) – 5:30
  7. "Blame" (Connelly/Konietzko/Schulz) – 4:06
  8. "Son of a Gun" (Konietzko/Schulz) – 4:23
  9. "Ikons" (Connelly/F. M. Einheit/Konietzko/Schulz) – 4:12
  10. "Wrath" (Konietzko/Schulz) – 5:27 (followed by 0:15 of silence)
  11. "Fairy" – 4:27
    • "Fairy" originally appeared as a hidden track at the end of "Wrath" on the original Wax Trax!/TVT release.

Personnel

  • Sascha Konietzko – vocals, programming (1-10)
  • Günter Schulz – guitar (1-10)
  • Chris Connelly – vocals (3, 4, 7, 9)
  • Bill Rieflin – drums (5-10)
  • Mark Durante – guitar (2, 3, 6)
  • Cheryl Wilson – vocals (1, 3, 6)
  • Jennifer Ginsberg – vocals (7)
  • Dorona Alberti – vocals (4, 8, 9)
  • Nicole Blackman – vocals (5)
  • F. M. Einheit – noise (5, 9)
  • Jr Blackmail – narration (10)
  • En Esch – hihats (10)
  • Chris Shepard (engineer)
  • Jon Van Eaton

Singles

Notes

  1. ^ DiMartino, Dave (July 12, 1996). "Xtort: Music Review:Entertainment Weekly". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,293286,00.html. Retrieved August 23, 2009. 
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