Shrink (album)
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Publication |
May 15, 1998 |
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| Label (s) | Zero Hour / Community | |||
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CD, vinyl LP |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
48:28 |
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Galore (Mario Thaler, OLAF Opal) |
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Shrink is the fourth album by the Weilheim independent band The Notwist . It was released on May 15, 1998 on the Community label in the distribution of Virgin Records .
History of origin
Work on Shrink began in March 1997. Before that, Martin Gretschmann joined the band as a permanent member and from then on was responsible for the electronics. For the album they teamed up with the producer team Galore (Mario Thaler and Olaf Opal). The recordings took place in the Uphon Studio in Weilheim and were repeatedly interrupted by tours. The album was released in Germany in May 1998, and the album was released internationally on September 18, 1998. However, Notwists US record company went bankrupt, so that the album was only released in the United States on July 22, 2003.
The two singles Day 7 (1997) and Chemicals (1998) were released. The album reached number 49 on the German album charts.
Track list
- Day 7 - 5:55
- Chemicals - 5:15
- Another Planet - 4:30
- Moron - 4:46
- Electric Bear - 4:28
- No Encores - 4:25
- NL - 5:36
- Shrink - 4:24
- Your Signs - 6:46
- 0-4 - 2:19
Music and meaning
Shrink is widely seen as a big step in the band's development. It stands out because of its no longer punk style , but rather influenced by influences from electronica , ambient and jazz . Although this step was already taken with the previous album 12 , the electronic and jazzy elements of the music have now been refined. In fact, Adrien Begrand compares PopMatters.com of innovation with the album Kid A by Radiohead and speculates about how great The Notwist 1998 could have been if their US would not bankrupt gone record company. The critics in both the United States and Germany in particular praised the album as very innovative and groundbreaking in 1998, while the fans initially kept their distance.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b record review. (No longer available online.) Intro , archived from the original on April 22, 2012 ; Retrieved November 23, 2011 . 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.
- ↑ a b c Biography of the Notwist. Laut.de , accessed on November 23, 2011 .
- ↑ a b Adrien Begrand: Review. PopMatters.com, August 6, 2003, accessed November 23, 2011 .
- ↑ Chart tracking The Notwist. (No longer available online.) Musicline.de, archived from the original on April 10, 2016 ; Retrieved November 23, 2011 . 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.
