Hau Ruck by KMFDM, album cover

Album

Hau Ruck

Released13 September 2005

LabelMetropolis Records

Popularity47.0

industrial ebm electronic industrial metal industrial rock

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Hau Ruck is the thirteenth album from the industrial rock band KMFDM, released on 13 September 2005 through Metropolis Records. It was recorded in Seattle, Washington, and it arrived between WWIII in 2003 and Tohuvabohu in 2007.

For anyone tracing the band's long run of studio records, which stretches back to Opium in 1984 and carries on well into the 2020s, this one marks the mid-2000s stretch of that story. It sits comfortably in the industrial and industrial rock camp the band is known for, so it makes a handy stop if you want to hear how KMFDM sounded in that period.

Hau Ruck: tracklist and credits

11 tracks · 52:43

Tracklist

1Free Your HateCifarelli, Hodgson, Konietzko, Selway, White4:59
2Hau RuckCifarelli, Hodgson, Konietzko, Selway, White5:22
3You’re No GoodCifarelli, Hodgson, Konietzko, Selway, White4:59
4New American CenturyCifarelli, Hodgson, Konietzko, Selway, White4:51
5Real ThingCifarelli, Hodgson, Konietzko, Selway, White5:05
6Every Day’s a Good DayCifarelli, Hodgson, Konietzko, Selway, White4:44
7Mini Mini MiniJacques Dutronc and Jacques Lanzmann2:56
8Professional KillerCifarelli, Hodgson, Konietzko, Selway, White4:34
9Feed Our FameCifarelli, Hodgson, Konietzko, Selway, White4:31
10Ready to BlowCifarelli, Hodgson, Konietzko, Selway, White4:28
11Auf Wiederseh’nCifarelli, Hodgson, Konietzko, Selway, White6:14

Produced by: KMFDM
Mixed by: KMFDM
Engineered by: Jules Hodgson, Sascha Konietzko, KMFDM
Mastered by: Brian Gardner
Artwork: Justin Gammon, Brute
Photography: Karen Moskowitz
Recorded: December 2004 – July 2005
Label: Metropolis Records
Length: 52:43

Line-up

Jules Hodgson · bass guitar, guitar · guest
Sascha Konietzko · electronic instruments, synthesizer, vocals · guest
Andy Selway · drums (drum set) · guest
Steve White · guitar · guest
Lucia Cifarelli · vocals · guest
Mina Stolle · trumpet · guest

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Releases and pressings

How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz

Source	Date	Note
MusicBrainz	13 September 2005
Wikipedia infobox	13 September 2005
Wikidata	2005
US release	13 September 2005	earliest US date

4 editions

Date	Country	Label	Barcode	Kind
13 September 2005	US	Metropolis Records	782388039321	original
2006	RU	Soyuz Music	4601250340869	other
2007	UA	Moon Records	4601250345628	other
23 May 2025	XW	Metropolis Records	782388140164	other

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