''Journey Through a Body'' is the fourth studio album by

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pioneers

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, released in Germany in April 1982 through record label Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien.

Background

The album was recorded in

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in March 1981 in the

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studios without pre-planning any songs. The work was a piece of "radio art" commissioned by Italian national radio.

Release

''Journey Through a Body'' was released in Germany in April 1982 through record label Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien. The album was reissued in the UK in 1993.

Critical reception

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'' magazine called it the group's "scariest" album.

Track listing

References

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