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KMFDM - Don't Blow Your Top Audio CD

A fair review of the KMFDM "Don't Blow Your Top" 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: Don't Blow Your Top
Rating:
Release Date: 2006-09-12
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: No Meat No Man 2: Don't Blow Your Top 3: Killing 4: Disgust 5: Oh Look [Instrumental] 6: King Kong Dub Rubber Mix 7: What a Race [Instrumental] 8: No News [Instrumental] 9: Tod Durch Bongo-Bongo [Instrumental] 10: Killing (For Your Sampling Kit) 11: Oh Shit!

Don't Blow Your Cash
. . or perhaps a more fair title would be "Don't make this your first KMFDM album". This album was released before I really got into the band or even knew who they were, so I'm doing a bit of backtracking on my KMFDM collection by picking up the newly remastered edition here.

There's not much meat on the bones of most of these songs. The first four tracks are the only ones with substanial amount of lead vocals, but even these are weak and unmemorable. The vocals for "No Meat, No Man" annoy me, and contain some of the worst lyrics I've ever heard. The remaining tracks in this group are at least listenable, but the title track is the best by far, featuring female vocals to deliver the hook in the chorus (already at this early stage the band was setting itself apart from their Industrial contemporaries).

The remainder of DBYT is nearly devoid of any vocalists. Cut-and-paste style audio clips dress up the still aggressive beats. None of these are so horrible (I prefer this section of the CD), yet collectively they feel a bit monotonus. Mostly between 2 and 4 minutes at least they're kept reasonable on time length. The bass-heavy "Tod Durch Bongo-Bongo" is rife with trippy sounds and echo, the biggest departure from anything else on here. The last two tracks aren't intriguing for me to keep coming back to.

For me the band really hit their stride in the early 90's. DBYT might not have aged well, but shows KMFDM playing with different ideas early on.

Final Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Favorite tracks: "Don't Blow Your Top", "Disgust", "What a Race".


KMFDM is stronger than never ever before!
Not only are they releasing awesome new music in the form of Hau Ruck and the Ruck Zuck EP, they are releasing remastered versions of their classic back catalog. This is a great time to be a KMFDM fan. One thing I always disliked about old KMFDM was the sound level on their discs was always so long. Not anymore! Everything about this package is great. Old and new fans alike owe it to themselves to pick this up.


Classic KMFDM
It might even take some getting used to. If your new to KMFDM you might be suprised or shocked at how different they sounded in the old days. Don't let that scare you. It is an awsome album with some of KMFDM's "classic" songs like "no meat not man" and "don't blow your top", or at least thats my opinion. If your a long time KMFDM fan this purchase is a no brainer, if your new give it a shot, you probably won't regret it.


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