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KMFDM - Retro Audio CD

A fair review of the KMFDM "Retro" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all KMFDM reviews here, or go back to the KMFDM tabs.

KMFDM Band: KMFDM
Title: Retro
Rating:
Release Date: 1998-11-17
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Power 2: Juke Joint Jezebel 3: Brute 4: Drug Against War 5: Light 6: Money 7: Vogue 8: Godlike-Doglike 9: Virus-Pestilence 10: Liebeslied-Leibesleid 11: More and Faster 12: Rip the System! 13: What Do You Know, Deutschland? 14: Don't Blow Your Top

Great intro to underrated band
One part industrial, one part Nu Metal, and one part electronica, this set of singles is an essential comp for any music collection. KMFDM defy classification. Of course, long-time fans will not be satisfied with this collection, as inevitably it does not have EVERYTHING on it, but to the uninitiated, this is a fine introduction to a great, underrated and underplayed band. .


MORE AND FASTER!!
There was a song on there that seemed to mix dance, techno, metal, and rock all in one. I was first introduced to these guys in 97 or so when I was watching the movie based on a Dean Koontz book called "Hideaway" starring Alicia Silverstone and Jeff Goldbloom. The song was Godlike/Doglike. . . from there I was hooked. If you like Anything with a great beat and driving guitars then I suggest you get this album. It's missing songs on it that I would have preferred to see like "Lust" "Bargled" and "Beast" but you can always check into those later. Overall a great compilation of a band that was jamming out industrial metal trance (or whatever you call this kind of music) about the same time NIN and Ministry hit the mainstream.

The cover is spectacular as it has 9 of their studio released related to the songs found within on the cover. As you can see, their covers are usually done by the same artist, in 2 color tones and have some sort of 1930's comic book Scare on them. . . well just look at the covers to know what I'm talking about. Often it takes album art from the outset to show a new listener that a band stands out from the crowd, and this is one of those bands!

POWER, JUKE JOINT JEZEBEL, MORE AND FASTER, and many more are truly powerful songs that will take you on a journey. Leave the mainstream for a while, and jump into the world of KMFDM!


1. Power
2. Juke Joint Jezebel
3. Brute
4. Drug Against War
5. Light
6. Money
7. Vogue
8. Godlike-Doglike
9. Virus-Pestilence
10. Liebeslied-Leibesleid
11. More and Faster
12. Rip the System!
13. What Do You Know, Deutschland?
14. Don't Blow Your Top
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An excellent compilation.
I think that's what it was intended as, and I couldn't agree with the idea behind it better. This is perfect for people who want an introduction to KMFDM.

You don't have all the best tracks, but you have a sampling of some of the really good stuff ---->"Juke Joint Jezebel" and they don't have the really hard stuff on here either, so you don't scare newbies away with that.

I think this is a perfect introduction to this exciting band. If you're new to the genre, this is a place to start. Buy this album and see if you like it.


good cd to have
if you love kmfdm like I do, this is a must have, it has all the great songs from many of their albums, I'd use this one in my car rather than have all my kmfdm cds piled up in the glove box or in the back seat getting wrecked.


I HATE YOU KMFDM
Some guy I knew from work used to play these guys all the time and I used to give him so much crap for it. My whole life I'ved hated industrial, techno, trans, rap, whatever it is you call that music with all the machines. I thought songs like "Power" and "Juke Joint Jezebel" Were some of the crappiest things I had ever heard. There just so cheesy! But low and behold after weeks of listening to this emotionally unstable trench coat mafia guy's KMFDM CDs. . . . . . By god it just grew on me!!! I've only been listening to them for a year and i Just can't get enough. I'm completely obsessed. now he makes fun of me cause I have more KMFDM cds than he does. BEWARE! No matter how much you hate this music the first, second, third, or 27th time you hear it, it will take over your life eventually and you will become as obsessed as I am. . . . . . spending hundreds of dollars on amazon trying to get all nineteenbajillion of thier CDs and shucking out an extra 20 dollars an order for one day shipping cause you can't wait. I hate you KMFDM, you turned my world upside down! .


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