Ebbhead
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| Released | 30 September 1991 | |||
| Recorded | May–July 1991 | |||
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| Length | 44:14 | |||
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Ebbhead is the fourth studio album by British EBM group Nitzer Ebb. Co-produced by Depeche Mode's Alan Wilder in collaboration with Flood, it was released by Mute Records on 30 September 1991.
Background
[edit]The album features a continuation of their industrial sound with the inclusion of metal guitars for the first time, notably featured on the single "Godhead" as well as the "Family Man" remix. According to the band, all the guitar parts featured were recorded samples.[1]
Flood and Wilder convinced the band to incorporate other musicians on the album.[2] Said Wilder, "We got, for the first time for them [Nitzer Ebb], we got a fourteen-piece string and bass section in to come and play on the album," calling the move "quite adventurous" because the band hadn't tried that before.[2]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Music from the Empty Quarter | Favourable[4] |
| Q | [5] |
| NME | 7/10[6] |
The album was met with a mixed to positive review by AllMusic's Ned Raggett, who credited the album in progressing their sound to feature more melody and the use of traditional song structures as opposed to their earlier sound. Overall, summarizing the album as a mixed affair with notable high points.[7]
Track listing
[edit]- "Reasons" – 4:17
- "Lakeside Drive" – 3:59
- "I Give to You" – 5:10
- "Sugar Sweet" – 3:21
- "DJVD" – 4:20
- "Time" – 4:53
- "Ascend" – 5:19
- "Godhead" – 4:29
- "Trigger Happy" – 4:22
- "Family Man" (remix) – 3:58
Personnel
[edit]Nitzer Ebb
[edit]- Bon Harris – composer
- Douglas McCarthy – composer, vocals
- Julian Beeston – drums, percussion
Production/other
[edit]- Producers: Alan Wilder, Flood
- Engineer: Steve Lyon
- Mixing: Alan Wilder and Steve Lyon
- Orchestration arrangements: Andrew Poppy (track 3)
- Vocal sample: Jerry McCarthy Clemance (track 4)
References
[edit]- ↑ "nitzer-ebb.com ::: the official Nitzer Ebb Website". nitzer-ebb.de. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- 1 2 Alan Wilder about Depeche Mode and other things ... on YouTube
- ↑ "Ebbhead – Nitzer Ebb". AllMusic (Ned Raggett).
- ↑ Yarnton, Ross (December 1991). "Nitzer Ebb Ebbhead". Music from the Empty Quarter. No. 3. ISSN 0964-542X. OCLC 1057117763.
- ↑ King, Sam (November 1991). "Nitzer Ebb - Ebbhead". Q (62): 121.
- ↑ "Nitzer Ebb: Ebbhead". NME. 28 September 1991. p. 34.
- ↑ Ebbhead - Nitzer Ebb | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 19 December 2020
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