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Mutter (2001)

Where the lyrics of Mutter take you, and where it was really made.

The cover shows a dead fetus, and the title is simply the German word for "mother".

Key places

Recording site in southern France (2001)

Recording site Studio Miraval — The album's sound recordings were made at Studio Miraval in southern France. The sessions took place in May and June 2000. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Mutter: third studio album by German band Rammstein
• Released 2 April 2001 through Motor and Universal Music
• Cover: photograph of a dead fetus by Daniel & Geo Fuchs
• Six singles released, the most from any Rammstein album
• Title is the German word for mother
• Standard CD, a digipack for export, and a vinyl LP in Germany

Background

• Pre-production: September to December 1999 at a rented house, Weimar, in Heiligendamm on the Baltic Sea
• The band plays Neue Deutsche Härte
• Lineup: Till Lindemann (vocals), Richard Kruspe (lead guitar), Paul Landers (rhythm guitar), Christian Lorenz (keyboards), Oliver Riedel (bass), Christoph Schneider (drums)
• Production credited to Jacob Hellner and Rammstein
• Reached first place on the German, Austrian and Swiss charts right after release

Recording

• Sound recordings: May and June 2000 at Studio Miraval in southern France
• Engineer: Ulf Kruckenberg
• Orchestra parts by the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg, conducted by Gunter Joseck
• Samples on Sonne from Spectrasonic's Symphony of Voices
• Links 2 3 4 offered for download on the band's website in December 2000
• Sonne single released in January 2001

Cover

• Cover photograph by Daniel & Geo Fuchs
• Sleeve design by Dirk Rudolph

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Rammstein is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band formed in Berlin in 1994.
• Before forming, some members were associated with the punk acts Feeling B and First Arsch.
• The band won a Berlin amateur contest in 1994 with a 4-track demo, which earned them a week in a professional studio.
• The band was first called Tempelprayers; the name Rammstein came from an early song about the 1988 Ramstein air show disaster.
• The band was signed by Motor Music and recorded its debut album Herzeleid in 1995 with producer Jacob Hellner.

Members

• Lineup: Till Lindemann (vocals), Richard Kruspe (lead guitar), Paul Landers (rhythm guitar), Oliver Riedel (bass), Christoph Schneider (drums), Christian "Flake" Lorenz (keyboards).
• The lineup has remained unchanged throughout the band's history.
• Lindemann writes and sings the lyrics over instrumental pieces the rest of the band completes beforehand.

Career

• Sehnsucht (1997) debuted at No. 1 in Germany and led to a worldwide tour lasting nearly four years.
• After signing with Universal Music, the band released Mutter (2001) and Reise, Reise (2004).
• Liebe ist für alle da (2009) was placed on the German Federal Review Board's index over the song "Ich tu dir weh".
• The untitled seventh album (2019) reached No. 1 in 14 countries; the eighth album Zeit was released in April 2022.
• The band is considered the most successful German-language band of all time.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Entered the German, Austrian and Swiss charts at number one right after release

Reappraisal

• Ranked number 324 in Rock Hard magazine's 2005 book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time
• Swedish producer and musician Peter Tägtgren recommended it as a reference for beginner producers
• He pointed to its many different elements, including orchestra parts, heavy guitars and a good drum sound

Records

• Charts: 23rd in France, 14th in Canada, 77th on the Billboard 200
• Six singles, the most released from any Rammstein album
• Singles include Sonne, Links 2 3 4, Ich will, Mutter and Feuer frei!

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Sonne was first intended as an intro song for Ukrainian boxer Vitali Klichko, who turned it down.
• Links 2 3 4 was offered for download on the band's website in December 2000, before the album came out.
• The Japanese edition hides Halleluja as a hidden track about two minutes after the last regular track.
• Khira Li Lindemann sings additional vocals on Spieluhr.
• Max Müller of the Berlin underground band Mutter was angry about the album's title.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

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