''Plastik'' (German for ''Plastic'' (das Plastik) or ''Sculpture'' (die Plastik)) is the sixth studio album by German rock band
Oomph!
Oomph! is a German rock band from Wolfsburg, formed in 1989. The band pioneered the Neue Deutsche Härte movement. Their work contains lyrics in both English and German, with a shift towards German exclusively on recent albums ('' GlaubeLiebeTo ...
. With this album, the band changed its style to feature less aggressive instruments and vocals, more pronounced
synthesizer
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riff
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s, overall softer vocals and progressed drumming and guitar playing, as well as uncommon
time signature
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s. This melody-over-aggression approach would be the style the band would adopt for their signature sound, making this album a turning point in the band's sound.
Track listing
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Das weisse Licht
"Das weisse Licht", alternatively spelled Das weiße Licht (German for "The white light"), is a song by German rock band Oomph! and the first single from their 1999 album ''Plastik''.
Music video
The music video is set in a small experimental to ...
(The White Light) - 4:01
# Kennst du mich?
(Do You Know Me?) - 4:44
# Scorn - 4:01
# Keine Luft mehr
(No Air Left) - 3:59
# Hunger - 4:11
# Nothing Is Real - 4:00
# Mein Traum
(My Dream) - 4:34
# Always - 3:46
# Goldenes Herz
(Golden Heart) - 4:30
# I Come Alive - 4:23
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Fieber (featuring
Nina Hagen
Catharina "Nina" Hagen (; born 11 March 1955) is a German singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her theatrical vocals and rose to prominence during the punk and new wave movements in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is known as ...
)
(Fever) - 4:13
# My Own Private Prison - 4:13
# Das weisse Licht
(Refraction) - 1:56
Music videos
* Fieber
* Das weisse Licht
Oomph! albums
1999 albums
Virgin Records albums
German-language albums
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