Bliss, please
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February 26, 2001 |
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| Label (s) | Speicherstadt, Warner Music | |||
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CD, LP |
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16 |
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running time |
61:27 |
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Kurt Ebelhäuser, Blackmail |
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Bliss, Please is the third studio album by the Koblenz band Blackmail . It was recorded in the Bluebox Studio in Troisdorf and released on February 26, 2001 by the Speicherstadt label.
Track list
- Data Buzz - 2:42
- Same Sane - 3:44
- Amelia - 5:11
- A Reptile for the Saint - 5:02
- For sura - 3:08
- Emetic - 2:52
- By Any Method - 4:39
- Dee - 1:02
- The Small Saving Tar Pit - 3:21
- Frop - 3:18
- Ken I Die - 4:09
- Club 45 - 2:42
- Sad sauce - 4:09
- Permanently Temporary - 6:22
- Leave On - 2:22
- The Day the Earth Stood Still - 6:44
Track information
All texts were written by Aydo Abay. The music was written by the entire band. The title The Day the Earth Stood Still is named after the science fiction film of the same name by Robert Wise . The songs Same Sane and Ken I Die were released as singles and music videos were produced. There is also a music video for A Reptile for the Saint .
reception
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Bliss, Please received high acclaim from many critics . Stephan Hageböck wrote in his review on laut.de that the album was bliss in person. “Spacy guitars, jazzy fans, a Moog whispering in top form create razor-sharp songs that no one can escape. [...] Here the listener immerses himself in the real, real pop music, in an almost brutal, disturbing harshness. “ Both the editorial staff and the readers of laut.de rated the album with 5 out of 5 stars.
Oliver Ding wrote for Plattentests.de that with Bliss, Please it becomes obvious what science fiction has already hinted at. The band applies pressure, "... which presses all the air out of the lungs. Instead of relying on pure noise, however, the gentlemen around Aydo Abay and Kurt Ebelhäuser conjure up melodies that inject needles directly under the skin. " Ding praised the variety and versatility of the album: " Crazy ideas flash again and again in all the songs open with hand and foot to immediately take a long walk in the hearing center. ” The editors awarded 9, the readers 8 out of 10 points. In addition, the album was represented at number 3 in the 2001 annual album charts of the Plattentests.de editorial team.
Andreas Kohl from the music magazine Visions stated: “Blackmail has long been its own category. The foot somewhere in the noise rock, nothing to stop the head in the pop scene and now by absolutely any more. " In his opinion, have Blackmail ... in songwriting made" a great leap forward ... " and " ... take the step towards true pop. " Reviewed became the album with 10.5 out of 12 points.
In the magazine Intro , the music on Bliss, Please was described as follows: “Guitar cascades, against which those from Placebo seem almost minimalist, fit in with all bulkiness, supported by the warm, always dreamy-yearning with androgynous I-know- What-I-want-forschness connecting Aydo Abay's singing and fine arrangements - you can hear trumpets, subtle electronics, a vibraphone - in blissful harmonies that never act as a corset. "
In the 2004 list of the 500 best albums of all time in the German edition of Rolling Stone , Bliss, Please reached number 421.
In the 2001 annual best lists of Visions magazine , Bliss, Please reached positions 17 (critics) and 11 (readers).
occupation
In addition to the band, some guest musicians were also involved in the recordings for the album.
tape
- Aydo Abay: Singing
- Kurt Ebelhäuser: guitar, keyboard
- Carlos Ebelhäuser: bass, keyboard
- Mario Matthias: drums
Guest musician
- Oliver Fries: Hammond organ , keyboard, Moog synthesizer
- Georg Brenner: Moog synthesizer
- Bob Sinclar : Trumpet (Listed as "Bob Sinclair" in the credits)
- Altfrid M. Sicking : Vibraphone
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Review on Visions.de
- ↑ Chart position ( memento of the original from February 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Germany on musicline.de
- ↑ a b review on laut.de.
- ↑ a b review on Plattentests.de
- ↑ Review ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on intro.de
- ↑ The 500 best albums of all time from the German edition of Rolling Stone (2004)
- ↑ The best albums of 2001 Visions
- ↑ Information about the album on Discogs .com
