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Anthems

Laibach

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With their albums often based around one concept, this two-disc collection of "anthems" by Laibach is filled with tracks that are best in their original environment, but for a sampler, it's perfect and fans get a fantastic bonus. The two descriptors Laibach dislike the most -- Teutonic and Wagnerian -- best describe the Slovenian band for newcomers, but as Anthems displays, they're much more than that. Any band that does goose-stepping industrial versions of "Sympathy for the Devil," "Get Back," and Europe's "Final Countdown" could be written off as merely clever, but Laibach are nothing if not great destructors of pop who skillfully put the pieces back together for optimum absurdness. Laibach's rebuilding of pop borrows from show tunes, classical music, soundtracks, and practically everything else. Their new version of Nana Mouskouri's drippy and sentimental "Mama Leone" has sweet orchestration, with lead singer Milan Fras' stern growl delivering each line in an incongruous, maudlin style. Like their Beatles and Stones interpretations, it's ridiculous but extremely well crafted in arrangement and production. Just listen how the minimal synth band D.A.F.'s "Alle Gegen Alle" is turned into a chaotic symphony with a choir weaving in and out until it all explodes Carmina Burana style. If it's not symphonic splendor, it's stabbing techno (in their later years) or claustrophobic experimentalism (their early years), and you can't help but feel the chronological-going-backward style of the first disc could have mixed it up better. The second disc of remixes is the real treat for the faithful, rounding up hard to find 12"s and offering a fractured, aggressive, and even more menacing view of the band. Smart choices like Umek, Richie Hawtin, and Philipp Erb strip the music down to the bare essentials and Detroit the heck out of the tunes. Sounding unlike any of the other remixes but just as welcome, the mysteriously named Kraftbach rip apart "Geburt Einer Nation" with equal parts smirk and scowl and enough robotic bleeping to make you think a Ralf or Florian were involved. The remix disc is the first treasure, and the beautifully illustrated, "you still you don't get that they're antifascists?" booklet is the second. With their albums being so hard to pick apart, you can easily forgive the bumpy ride of disc one, and the compilers have made as good a track selection as any. For an impossible-to-compile band, Anthems is as good as it gets and justifies itself with desirable extras.

© David Jeffries /TiVo

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1
Das Spiel Ist Aus (Remix)
00:03:17

Turk, Composer - Laibach, Composer, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 2004 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

2
Tanz Mit Laibach
00:04:17

Turk, Composer - Umek, Composer - Laibach, Composer, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 2003 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

3
Final Countdown
00:05:39

Tempest, Composer - Laibach, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1994 The Copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Limited

4
Alle Gegen Alle
00:03:52

Delgado, Composer - Laibach, MainArtist - Robert Gorl, Composer

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1994 The Copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Limited

5
Wirtschaft Ist Tot
00:03:45

Novák, Composer - Laibach, Composer, Arranger, MainArtist - BURGALAT, Composer - Fras, Composer - Knez, Composer

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1992 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

6
God Is God
00:03:42

Nick Burton, Composer, Writer - Ben Watkins, Composer, Writer - Laibach, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1996 The Copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Limited

7
In The Army Now
00:04:31

Rob Bolland, Composer - Ferdi Bolland, Composer - Laibach, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1994 The Copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Limited

8
Get Back
00:04:23

John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer - Laibach, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1988 The Copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Limited

9
Sympathy For The Devil
00:05:43

KEITH RICHARDS, Writer - MICK JAGGER, Writer - Laibach, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1988 The Copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Limited

10
Leben Heißt Leben
00:05:29

Franz Xaver Gruber, Composer - Plisnier, Composer - Pfleger, Composer - Grasmuck, Composer - Opus, Composer - Laibach, MainArtist - Ruedisser, Composer

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1987 The Copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Limited

11
Geburt Einer Nation
00:04:21

May, Composer - Taylor, Composer - Mercury, Composer - Deacon, Composer - Laibach, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1987 The Copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Limited

12
Opus Dei
00:05:02

Laibach, Composer, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1987 The Copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Limited

13
Die Liebe (Edit)
00:03:52

Laibach, MainArtist - Barbara Morgenstern, Composer - Milan Fras, Composer - Ivan Novak, Composer - Dejan Knez, Composer

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1985 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

14
Panorama
00:04:52

Laibach, MainArtist - Milan Fras, Composer - Ivan Novak, Composer - Dejan Knez, Composer

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1985 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

15
Drzava
00:04:19

Laibach, Composer, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1985 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

16
Brat Moj
00:06:02

Laibach, Composer, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1985 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

17
Mama Leone
00:04:50

Drafi Deutscher, Composer - Laibach, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 2004 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

DISC 2

1
Das Spiel Ist Aus (Ouroborots Mix)
00:04:05

Turk, Composer - Laibach, Composer, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 2004 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

2
Liewerk - 3. Oktober (Kraftbach Mix)
00:04:21

Laibach, Composer, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1990 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

3
Wir Tanzen Ado Hynkel (Zeta Reticula Mix)
00:05:39

Laibach, Composer, MainArtist - Zeta Reticula, Remixer

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 2003 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

4
Final Countdown (Beyond The Infinite Juno Reactor Mix)
00:07:37

Juno Reactor, Remixer - J Tempest, Composer - Tempest, Composer - Laibach, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1994 The Copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Limited

5
God Is God (Optical Vocal Mix)
00:05:44

Nick Burton, Composer, Writer - Ben Watkins, Composer, Writer - Laibach, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1996 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

6
War (Ultraviolence Meets Hitman Remix)
00:06:19

Barrett Strong, Composer - Norman Whitfield, Composer - Laibach, MainArtist - Ultraviolence, Remixer

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1995 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

7
God Is God (Diabolig Mix)
00:03:36

Nick Burton, Composer, Writer - Ben Watkins, Composer, Writer - Laibach, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1996 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

8
Final Countdown (Mark Stent Alternate Mix)
00:05:48

MARK STENT, Remixer - Tempest, Composer - Laibach, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1994 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

9
Wirtschaft Ist Tot (Late Night Mix)
00:05:22

Ron Aslan, MixingEngineer, RemixingEngineer - Daniel Miller, Mixer - PK, Mixer, Engineer - Novák, Composer - Laibach, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Instruments, MainArtist - BURGALAT, Composer - Fras, Composer - Knez, Composer - Cveto Kobal, Vocals - Phillipp Erb, Remixer, Remixer Mixer

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1992 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

10
Jesus Christ Superstar (Random Logic Mix)
00:06:22

Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Composer - Rice, Composer - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer, Writer - Webber, Composer - Tim Rice, Composer, Writer - Laibach, MainArtist - Random Logic, Remixer

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 1996 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

11
Wirtschaft (R.Hawtin Hardcore Noise Mix)
00:05:18

Novák, Composer - Laibach, Composer, Arranger, MainArtist - BURGALAT, Composer - Fras, Composer - Richie Hawtin, Remixer - Knez, Composer

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 2004 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

12
Brat Moj (Random Logic Mix)
00:05:09

Laibach, Composer, MainArtist - Random Logic, Remixer

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 2004 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

13
Smrt Za Smrt (Octex Mix)
00:07:02

Octex, Remixer - Laibach, Composer, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 2004 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

14
Wat (iTurk Mix)
00:05:29

Turk, Composer - Umek, Composer - Avsenik, Composer - Laibach, Composer, MainArtist

© 2004 Mute Records Limited ℗ 2004 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mute Records Ltd

Album review

With their albums often based around one concept, this two-disc collection of "anthems" by Laibach is filled with tracks that are best in their original environment, but for a sampler, it's perfect and fans get a fantastic bonus. The two descriptors Laibach dislike the most -- Teutonic and Wagnerian -- best describe the Slovenian band for newcomers, but as Anthems displays, they're much more than that. Any band that does goose-stepping industrial versions of "Sympathy for the Devil," "Get Back," and Europe's "Final Countdown" could be written off as merely clever, but Laibach are nothing if not great destructors of pop who skillfully put the pieces back together for optimum absurdness. Laibach's rebuilding of pop borrows from show tunes, classical music, soundtracks, and practically everything else. Their new version of Nana Mouskouri's drippy and sentimental "Mama Leone" has sweet orchestration, with lead singer Milan Fras' stern growl delivering each line in an incongruous, maudlin style. Like their Beatles and Stones interpretations, it's ridiculous but extremely well crafted in arrangement and production. Just listen how the minimal synth band D.A.F.'s "Alle Gegen Alle" is turned into a chaotic symphony with a choir weaving in and out until it all explodes Carmina Burana style. If it's not symphonic splendor, it's stabbing techno (in their later years) or claustrophobic experimentalism (their early years), and you can't help but feel the chronological-going-backward style of the first disc could have mixed it up better. The second disc of remixes is the real treat for the faithful, rounding up hard to find 12"s and offering a fractured, aggressive, and even more menacing view of the band. Smart choices like Umek, Richie Hawtin, and Philipp Erb strip the music down to the bare essentials and Detroit the heck out of the tunes. Sounding unlike any of the other remixes but just as welcome, the mysteriously named Kraftbach rip apart "Geburt Einer Nation" with equal parts smirk and scowl and enough robotic bleeping to make you think a Ralf or Florian were involved. The remix disc is the first treasure, and the beautifully illustrated, "you still you don't get that they're antifascists?" booklet is the second. With their albums being so hard to pick apart, you can easily forgive the bumpy ride of disc one, and the compilers have made as good a track selection as any. For an impossible-to-compile band, Anthems is as good as it gets and justifies itself with desirable extras.

© David Jeffries /TiVo

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