Naïve (album)
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Naïve is industrial rock
group KMFDM
's fifth album, released in 1990
. It was recorded in Hamburg
, Germany
upon KMFDM's return from their first visit to America and subsequent tour with Ministry
. It was also the first record that they released after signing directly to Wax Trax! Records
.
The album was out of print for over a decade due to copyright infringement: the seventh track, "Liebeslied", used unauthorized samples
from a recording of "O Fortuna," from Carl Orff
's 1930s cantata
Carmina Burana
. The album was recalled approximately three years after being released. Copies today are rare and considered collector's items, often fetching high prices at auction.
All of the tracks on the album, except for the original mixes of "Die Now-Live Later", "Liebeslied" and "Go to Hell" were subsequently available on other discs. The album was re-released as Naïve/Hell to Go, with some songs remixed, in 1994. A digitally remastered reissue of Naïve was released on November 21, 2006, along with Money
and Angst. It was reissued with an edited version of the track "Liebeslied" without the offending sample. It also features the remixes that initially appeared on Naïve/Hell To Go.
Ned Raggett of allmusic.com began his review by saying "KMFDM brought it all together on the brilliant Naïve," doing "everything from four-to-the-floor beats to Wagnerian epic metal and back again." He went on to call it "one of industrial/electronic body music's key albums" and said that KMFDM was a band "so ridiculously good that everything they touch pretty much turns to gold." He also said that while the title track was "fantastic," that the "total standout" of the album was "Liebeslied":
samples. Several songs from Naïve were remixed and were unique to this release until the 2006 re-issue of the original Naïve, which included the remixed versions as bonus tracks.
Industrial rock
Industrial rock is a musical genre that fuses industrial music and specific rock subgenres. Industrial rock spawned industrial metal, with which it is often confused...
group KMFDM
KMFDM
KMFDM is an industrial band led by German multi-instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko, who founded the group in 1984 as a performance art project...
's fifth album, released in 1990
1990 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990.-Events:*January 21 – MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with British band Squeeze...
. It was recorded in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, Germany
Germany
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upon KMFDM's return from their first visit to America and subsequent tour with Ministry
Ministry (band)
Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...
. It was also the first record that they released after signing directly to Wax Trax! Records
Wax Trax! Records
Wax Trax! Records was an independent record label in the United States. Wax Trax! began as a record shop in Denver, Colorado opened by Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher. They sold the store in 1978 and, in November of that year, opened a new one under the same name at 2449 North Lincoln Avenue in...
.
The album was out of print for over a decade due to copyright infringement: the seventh track, "Liebeslied", used unauthorized samples
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
from a recording of "O Fortuna," from Carl Orff
Carl Orff
Carl Orff was a 20th-century German composer, best known for his cantata Carmina Burana . In addition to his career as a composer, Orff developed an influential method of music education for children.-Early life:...
's 1930s cantata
Cantata
A cantata is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir....
Carmina Burana
Carmina Burana (Orff)
Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff in 1935 and 1936. It is based on 24 of the poems found in the medieval collection Carmina Burana...
. The album was recalled approximately three years after being released. Copies today are rare and considered collector's items, often fetching high prices at auction.
All of the tracks on the album, except for the original mixes of "Die Now-Live Later", "Liebeslied" and "Go to Hell" were subsequently available on other discs. The album was re-released as Naïve/Hell to Go, with some songs remixed, in 1994. A digitally remastered reissue of Naïve was released on November 21, 2006, along with Money
Money (album)
KMFDM's sixth album, Money, was released in February 1992, and recorded in Hamburg, Germany. It was originally intended to be named Apart, with each of the two core members, Sascha Konietzko and En Esch, recording half an album and combining their work, but ended up using only Konietzko's half...
and Angst. It was reissued with an edited version of the track "Liebeslied" without the offending sample. It also features the remixes that initially appeared on Naïve/Hell To Go.
Critical reception
Naïve received excellent reviews. Stephen Thomas Erlewine calls Naïve "one of [KMFDM's] strongest releases."Ned Raggett of allmusic.com began his review by saying "KMFDM brought it all together on the brilliant Naïve," doing "everything from four-to-the-floor beats to Wagnerian epic metal and back again." He went on to call it "one of industrial/electronic body music's key albums" and said that KMFDM was a band "so ridiculously good that everything they touch pretty much turns to gold." He also said that while the title track was "fantastic," that the "total standout" of the album was "Liebeslied":
Original release (1990)
Metropolis reissue (2006)
Personnel
- Sascha Konietzko – vocals, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, synthsSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
, programming, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - En Esch – vocals, drums, guitars
- Günter Schulz – guitars
- Rudolph Naomi – drums
- Christine Siewert – background vocals
- Johann Bley – drums (5)
- Paul BarkerPaul BarkerPaul Barker , also referred to as Hermes Pan, is the former bass guitarist, producer and engineer with the industrial metal band Ministry from 1986 to 2004...
– bass (11) - William Tucker - guitar (11)
- Bill Rieflin - Hi-hat (11)
- Mark DuranteMark DuranteMark Durante is a pedal steel guitarist who is currently based in Chicago.Durante began playing guitar in 1968 after being inspired by the fretwork of Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa and Merle Travis. Ten years later, Durante founded a rock combo he named "Public Enemy"...
- guitar (11-16)
Naïve/Hell To Go
Naïve/Hell to Go is the re-released version of Naïve, which was recalled due to its use of copyright-infringingCopyright infringement
Copyright infringement is the unauthorized or prohibited use of works under copyright, infringing the copyright holder's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works.- "Piracy" :...
samples. Several songs from Naïve were remixed and were unique to this release until the 2006 re-issue of the original Naïve, which included the remixed versions as bonus tracks.
Track listing
Translations of German Song Titles
- "Friede" = "Peace"
- "Achtung" = "Attention"
- "Liebeslied" = "Love Song"
- "Leibesleid" = "Body Sorrow"
External links
- KMFDM DØTKØM Naïve lyrics at the official KMFDM website
- KMFDM DØTKØM Naïve/Hell to Go lyrics at the official KMFDM website