UAIOE
UAIOE is an album by the German industrial band KMFDM, released on 7 October 1989 on Wax Trax! Records. Its place in the band's story is a little confusing on paper: it sits fourth in the studio discography, after Opium, What Do You Know, Deutschland? and Don't Blow Your Top, and ahead of Naïve in 1990. It sits in the territory where industrial rock meets electronic and alternative rock.
What makes it fun is how openly it plays with rock history. The title track leans heavily on the lyrical habits of Frank Zappa, while "En Esch" is effectively a lyrical cover of Deep Purple's "Demon's Eye", complete with the opening riff from Slayer's "Jesus Saves". It's a record for anyone who enjoys hearing 1970s rock and thrash get chewed up and rebuilt as industrial noise.
UAIOE: tracklist and credits
9 tracks · 33:27Tracklist
- 1MurderEn Esch and Sascha Konietzko3:26
- 2UAIOEEn Esch and Sascha Konietzko3:57
- 3Loving Can Be an Art (Saturation mix)Esch, Konietzko, Watts4:13
- 4More & Faster 243En Esch and Sascha Konietzko2:55
- 5Rip the System (Duck & Cover mix)En Esch and Sascha Konietzko3:20
- 6Thrash Up!En Esch and Sascha Konietzko3:17
- 7En EschEn Esch and Sascha Konietzko3:19
- 8Ganja RockEn Esch and Sascha Konietzko5:04
- 9Thumb ThumbEsch, Konietzko, Watts3:55
- Produced by
- KMFDM, F.M. Einheit
- Recorded at
- M.O.B., Hamburg
- Recorded
- 1988–89
- Mixed by
- KMFDM, Nick Head, Adrian Sherwood
- Engineered by
- Blank Fontana, Nick Head
- Artwork
- Brute, Brutefish, Justin Gammon
- Photography
- Fritz Brinckmanniherz, Alice Turzynski
- Labels
- Wax Trax! Records, Cash Beat
- Length
- 33:27
Line-up
- En Esch · guitar, vocals · guest
- Sascha Konietzko · bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer, vocals
- Rudolf Naomi · membranophone · guest
- Sigrid Meyer · background vocals · guest
- Morgan Adjei · vocals
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 7 October 1989 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 7 October 1989 | |
| Wikidata | 1989 | |
| US release | 7 October 1989 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1989 | earliest UK or European date |
13 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | US | Wax Trax! Records | 017837708320 | other |
| 1989 | US | Wax Trax! Records | 017837708344 | other |
| 1989 | DE | Cashbeat | other | |
| 1989 | DE | Cashbeat | other | |
| 1989 | GB | Strike Back Records | other | |
| 7 October 1989 | US | Wax Trax! Records | 017837708313 | original |
| 1992 | GB | Strike Back Records | other | |
| 4 March 1993 | US | TVT Records | 016581708327 | other |
| 25 June 1994 | JP | Polystar | 4988023027876 | other |
| 1995 | NL | Bullet Proof Records | 724348423528 | other |
| 12 September 2006 | US | Metropolis Records | 782388044127 | remaster |
| 2007 | RU | Soyuz Music | 4601250350028 | other |
| 24 January 2013 | XW | Metropolis Records | 782388044165 | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |