''Die Kleinen und die Bösen'' (''The Small and the Evil'') is the second album by

Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (; "German-American Friendship"), or D.A.F., was a German electropunk/Neue Deutsche Welle band from Düsseldorf, formed in 1978 featuring Gabi Delgado-López, Gabriel "Gabi" Delgado-López (vocals), Robert Gör ...

, released on 13 June 1980. It was the first album ever released on

Mute Records Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller (music producer), Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Depeche Mode, Erasure (duo), Erasure, Einstürze ...

. Side A and the first track of side B are studio recordings produced by

Conny Plank Konrad "Conny" Plank (3 May 1940 – 5 December 1987) was a German record producer and musician. He is known for his innovative work as a sound engineer and producer in Germany's krautrock and kosmische music scene in the 1970s. Plank was involv ...

. The remainder of side B is a live recording from the

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, London.

Personnel

For this album, the band was

Gabi Delgado-López Gabriel Delgado-López (18 April 1958 – 22 March 2020), commonly known as Gabi Delgado, was a Spanish-born German composer, lyricist and producer, best known as singer and co-founder, with Robert Görl, of the German electronic band Deutsch Am ...

Robert Görl Robert Görl (born 15 June 1955 in Munich) is a German musician, best known for his work with Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (D.A.F.) and for his solo recordings, particularly ''Night Full Of Tension'' and "Darling Don't Leave Me" (togethe ...

Chrislo Haas Christian Ludwig "Chrislo" Haas (16 November 1956 – 23 October 2004) was a West German Neue Deutsche Welle musician best known as a member of Liaisons Dangereuses (band), Liaisons Dangereuses and a founding member of Minus Delta t, Deutsch Ame ...

, Michael Kemner and Wolfgang Spelmans. Haas, Kemner and Spelmans left before D.A.F.'s breakthrough follow-up album, ''

Alles ist gut ''Alles ist gut'' (''Everything Is Fine'') is the third album by German electropunk band Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft. It was released in 1981 and was the band's first album on the Virgin Records label. It includes the hit single "Der Muss ...

''.

Reception

Despite the album's low sales, ''The

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Guide to Electronica'' notes its influence: "it helped not merely in establishing the group's cachet, but the label's and, in turn, the whole genre of experimental electronic music in the '80s and beyond."Ned Raggett
"DAF."
''AllMusic Guide to Electronica: the definitive guide to electronic music'', p114. Vladimir Bogdanov, ed., 2001. Backbeat Books. . ''Trouser Press'' notes the band's movement from industrial noise toward modern dance: "Material is more polished, with anarchic synthesizer work slowly integrating a solid, defined beat."

Simon Reynolds Simon Reynolds (born 19 June 1963) is an English music journalist and author who began his career at ''Melody Maker'' in the mid-1980s. He subsequently worked as a freelancer and published a number of books on music and popular culture. Reynold ...

, in '' Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984'', describes it as "brilliant and sinister".

Track listing

Side A: #"Osten währt am längsten" 5:44 #"Essen, dann schlafen" 1:05 #"Co Co Pino" 3:25 #"Kinderfunk" 3:02 #"Nachtarbeit" 1:53 #"Ich gebe dir ein Stück von mir" 1:41 #"De Panne" 2:34 Side B: #"Gewalt" 1:24 #"Gib's mir" 1:01 #"Auf Wiedersehen" 1:59 #"Das ist Liebe" 1:22 #"Was ist eine Welle" 1:15 #"Anzufassen und anzufassen" 1:44 #"Volkstanz" 0:47 #"Die lustigen Stiefel" 1:50 #"Die Kleinen und die Bösen" 1:05 #"Die fesche Lola" 1:41 #"El Basilon" 2:51 #"Y La Gracia" 2:05

References

External links

Robert Görl.de discography "Die Kleinen und die Bösen"
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