Attak by KMFDM, album cover

Album

Attak

Released19 March 2002

LabelMetropolis Records

Popularity37.8

industrial alternative rock ebm electronic rock

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Attak is the eleventh studio album by the German industrial band KMFDM, released on 19 March 2002 through Metropolis Records. It arrived after a three-year hiatus, following Adios in 1999, and marked the group's return to the studio after that break.

The record is a turning point in the band's line-up. It was the first KMFDM album to feature Lucia Cifarelli, who would go on to become a central part of the group's story, and the last to feature Tim Sköld. Fans tracing how the band's personnel shifted in the early 2000s will find it a useful marker, with WWIII following in 2003. It is worth hearing for that changing of the guard alone, and for how it sits within KMFDM's long run of industrial records.

Attak: tracklist and credits

11 tracks · 50:31

Tracklist

1Attak/ReloadLucia Cifarelli and Sascha Konietzko3:59
2SkurkSascha Konietzko and Skold3:55
3DirtyHodgson, Konietzko, Rieflin, Watts4:41
4Urban Monkey WarfareLucia Cifarelli and Sascha Konietzko4:32
5Save MeSascha Konietzko and Skold5:42
6YohohoCifarelli, Konietzko, Watts4:17
7SuperheroLucia Cifarelli and Sascha Konietzko4:25
8Sturm & DrangSascha Konietzko and Skold3:58
9Preach/PervertSascha Konietzko and Raymond Watts4:30
10RisenSascha Konietzko and Skold6:00
11SleepCifarelli, Konietzko, Rieflin4:31

Produced by: Sascha Konietzko, Bill Rieflin, Skold, Sascha Konietzko, Raymond Watts, Tim Skold
Recorded at: Moscozzi Studios, Seattle
Recorded: 2001
Mixed by: Chris Shepard
Engineered by: Raymond Watts
Mastered by: George Marino
Artwork: Brute, Maren Costa
Labels: Metropolis Records, Metropolis
Length: 50:31

Line-up

Sascha Konietzko · bass guitar, membranophone, synthesizer, vocals, guitar, percussion
Bill Rieflin · bass guitar, membranophone, percussion, synthesizer
Skold · guitar, bass guitar, membranophone, synthesizer, vocals, percussion
Lucia Cifarelli · vocals, keyboard
Jules Hodgson · synthesizer, guitar · guest
Arianne Schreiber · vocals · guest
Raymond Watts · vocals
Curt Golden · slide guitar · guest
Dorona Alberti · vocals · guest

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Releases and pressings

How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz

Source	Date	Note
MusicBrainz	19 March 2002
Wikipedia infobox	19 March 2002
Wikidata	2002
US release	19 March 2002	earliest US date

2 editions

Date	Country	Label	Barcode	Kind
19 March 2002	US	Metropolis Records	782388023528	original
2006	RU	Soyuz Music	4601250342160	other

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coverartarchive	600×600	upscaled