''Naïve'' is the fifth studio album by German

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band

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, released on November 15, 1990 by

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. It was recorded following KMFDM's return from their first visit to the United States and subsequent tour with

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. It was also the first record they released after signing directly to

Background

The album was out of print for over a decade due to copyright infringement: the seventh track "Liebeslied" used unauthorized samples from a recording of "O Fortuna", from

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's 1930s cantata ''

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''. The album was recalled approximately three years after being released. Copies today are rare and considered

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s. In addition to this, " Godlike" samples " Angel of Death" by Slayer. All of the tracks on the album, except for the original mixes of "Die Now-Live Later", "Liebeslied" and "Go to Hell" were subsequently available on other discs. The album was re-released as ''Naïve/Hell to Go'', with some songs remixed, in 1994. A digitally remastered reissue of ''Naïve'' was released on 21 November 2006, along with ''

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'' and ''

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''. It was reissued with an edited version of the track "Liebeslied" without the offending sample. It also features the remixes that initially appeared on ''Naïve/Hell to Go''.

Critical reception

''Naïve'' received excellent reviews. Stephen Thomas Erlewine called ''Naïve'' "one of MFDM'sstrongest releases." Ned Raggett of

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began his review by saying, "KMFDM brought it all together on the brilliant Naïve", doing "everything from four-to-the-floor beats to Wagnerian epic metal and back again". He went on to call it "one of industrial/electronic body music's key albums", and said that KMFDM was a band "so ridiculously good that everything they touch pretty much turns to gold". He also said that while the title track was "fantastic", the "total standout" of the album was "Liebeslied":

Track listing

Personnel

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–

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, bass, synths, programming,

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s *

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– vocals, drums, guitars *

Günter Schulz Günter Schulz (or Guenter Schulz) is a German musician, songwriter and former member of the industrial band KMFDM. Biography Schulz's first credited appearance (as Svetlana Ambrosius, or Svet Am) was on the band's ''Naïve'' album (1990). H ...

– guitars *Rudolph Naomi – drums (1–4, 6–10)

Additional personnel

*Christine Siewert – background vocals *Johann Bley – drums (5) * William Tucker – guitar (11) *

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– drums (11) *

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– guitar (11–16)

Production

* Brute - cover art *Blank Fontana - engineering (1-11) *Chris Shepard - engineering (12-16) *

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– production (11) * Lee Popa - production (11)

''Naïve/Hell to Go''

''Naïve/Hell to Go'' is a modified and remixed version of ''Naïve'', with five of the original songs re-recorded, including "Liebeslied", which contained an unlicensed sample of "O Fortuna" from

's cantata ''

''. After Orff's publisher threatened the band with legal action, the original album was recalled.

Track listing

References

External links

KMFDM DØTKØM
''Naïve'' lyrics at the official KMFDM website

''Naïve/Hell to Go'' lyrics at the official KMFDM website {{DEFAULTSORT:Naive 1990 albums KMFDM albums 1994 albums Metropolis Records albums Wax Trax! Records albums