Lust is the debut album by Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 electronic

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

 band Lords of Acid

Lords of Acid

Lords of Acid is a Belgian-American post-industrial/techno band, led by musician Praga Khan. They debuted with the controversial new beat single "I Sit on Acid" in 1988...

, released in 1991. The band had released several 12-inch single

12-inch single

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s prior to their full-length debut, and these songs ("I Sit on Acid" and "Hey Ho!") were already dance club hits.

Continuing with their outrageous sexually-explicit, always tongue-in-cheek

Tongue-in-cheek

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, often humorous lyrical themes, Lust presented an album's worth of techno and rave

Rave music

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 anthems that earned positive reviews from music critics, both in and out of the dance music community. As the album's title implies, the tracks touch upon various sexually-related topics, including sadism and masochism

Sadism and masochism

Sadomasochism broadly refers to the receiving of pleasure—often sexual—from acts involving the infliction or reception of pain or humiliation. The name originates from two authors on the subject, Marquis de Sade and Leopold von Sacher-Masoch...

 ("Rough Sex"), breast

Breast

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 size ("I Must Increase My Bust"), sex with aliens

Extraterrestrial life in popular culture

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 ("Spacy Bitch") and oral

Oral sex

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 and anal sex

Anal sex

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 ("I Sit on Acid", whose entire lyrical content consists of the chant "I wanna sit on your face").

"The Most Wonderful Girl", an ode to self-love and masturbation

Masturbation

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, also appeared on the soundtrack to the film Sliver

Sliver (film)

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. The track "Hey Ho!" originally contained a sample

Sampling (music)

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 of the "it's off to work we go" song from the 1937 Walt Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)

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, however this sample was removed when the track appeared on this album.

Lust has been re-issued twice: in 1996 (three bonus tracks added, "Paris France" and "Wet Dream" and "I Sit On Acid 96 Mix") and in 2001 in a "Stript" version, which presented the entire album with all vocals removed.

Track listing

• All Songs Written By Oliver Adams, Somora (aka Praga Khan) & Nikkie Van Lierop, except where noted. (1991 BE's Songs)

1. "Take Control" 4:41
2. "Rough Sex" 4:51
3. "Let's Get High" 5:16
4. "The Most Wonderful Girl" 4:46
5. "I Sit on Acid" (Original version) 5:52
6. "Spacy Bitch" 5:32
7. "Pump My Body to the Top" 5:08
8. "Mixed Emotions" 4:27
9. "Lessons in Love" 4:21
10. "Hey Ho!" (Agaric, Bhab) 4:42
11. "I Must Increase My Bust" 4:31
12. "I Sit on Acid" (Remix) (Van Lierop, Praga Khan, Harry Van Oekel, Chris Inger) 6:22

Re-Issued Bonus Tracks

13. "Paris France"
14. "Wet Dream"
15. "I Sit On Acid 96 Mix"

Personnel

• Praga Khan
  Praga Khan
  Praga Khan is a Belgian techno musician, primarily in the new beat style.-Overview:Praga Khan is one of the pioneers of the new beat / acid house / rave sound, and has contributed to the theatrical scene with his musical collaborations in The Next Dimension and Code Red.In the late 1980s, he...
  
  : Vocals, Synthesizers, Programming
• Oliver Adams: Synthesizers, Programming
• Jade 4 U: Vocals, Synthesizers, Programming

Production

• Produced By Jade 4 U, Oliver Adams, Praga Khan, Agaric, Bhab & Jachri Praha
• Mixed By Oliver Adams & Carl S. Johansen