Album · 40 years old this year
What Do You Know, Deutschland?
What Do You Know, Deutschland? is a 1986 album by the German band KMFDM, released on Z-Records. It blends electronic music, rock and post-industrial sounds. It arrived two years after Opium (1984) and ahead of Don't Blow Your Top (1988), placing it early in a studio catalogue that now stretches well into the 2020s.
What Do You Know, Deutschland?: tracklist and credits
7 tracks · 40:50Tracklist
- 1ZipEn Esch and Sascha Konietzko5:11
- 2Deutsche SchuldEsch, Konietzko, Watts4:45
- 3Sieg-SiegEsch, Konietzko, Watts7:00
- 4PositiveEsch, Konietzko, Watts3:25
- 5ConillonRaymond Watts5:50
- 6What Do You KnowRaymond Watts6:25
- 7Me I FunkEsch, Konietzko, Watts8:14
- Produced by
- KMFDM
- Recorded at
- The Building Site and Zitty Sound, Hamburg
- Recorded
- 1983–86
- Mixed by
- KMFDM
- Engineered by
- Raymond Watts, J. Hancke
- Labels
- Z-Records, Z, Skysaw
- Length
- 40:50
Line-up
- En Esch · guitar, membranophone, vocals · guest
- Sascha Konietzko · bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer, vocals
- Raymond Watts · vocals · guest
Singles
- “Kickin' Ass” · 1987
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date only month precision available
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1986 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | December 1986 | |
| Wikidata | 1986 |
13 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | DE | Z-Records | original | |
| 1987 | GB | Skysaw Records | other | |
| 1987 | GB | Skysaw Records | other | |
| 1991 | US | Wax Trax! Records | 017837713928 | other |
| 1991 | US | Wax Trax! Records | 017837713942 | other |
| 1991 | US | Wax Trax! Records | other | |
| 8 April 1993 | US | Wax Trax! Records | 016581713925 | other |
| 25 June 1994 | JP | Polystar | 4988023027890 | other |
| 1995 | DE | Bullet Proof Records | other | |
| 12 September 2006 | AF | Metropolis Records | 782388043960 | other |
| 12 September 2006 | US | Metropolis Records | 782388043922 | remaster |
| 2007 | RU | Soyuz Music | 4601250350011 | other |
| 24 January 2013 | XW | Metropolis Records | 782388043960 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 600×594 | upscaled |