''Abra Kadavar'' is the second studio album by German rock band

Kadavar Kadavar is a German rock band from Berlin, founded in 2010. It currently consists of guitarist/lead vocalist Christoph "Lupus" Lindemann, drummer Christoph "Tiger" Bartelt, bassist Simon "Dragon" Bouteloup, and guitarist and keyboardist Jascha K ...

, released on 12 April 2013 by

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. The last album to feature bassist Philipp Lippitz and the first to feature bassist Simon Boutsloup who played on the last two tracks. The album consists of nine songs, all composed by Kadavar, plus an additional bonus track, "The Man I Shot".

Reception

Eduardo Rivadavia's Blabbermouth review was predominantly positive, comparing Kadavar to fellow hard rock band

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. The review said that the album "shows a lot of heart, body and soul – all qualities that may help put all previously held suspicions to rest", and hailed "Come Back Life" and "The Man I Shot" as the best songs. In comparison to their debut album ''

'', Rivadavia noted that the band had made "qualitative improvement on the songwriting and production."

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Christoph Lindemann, Christoph Bartelt and Philipp Lippitz. Bonus Track

Personnel

;Kadavar *Christoph Lindemann – vocals, electric guitar,

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*Philipp Lippitz – bass (tracks: 1–7) *Christoph Bartelt – drums, percussion,

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, backing vocals, production,

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, mixing, mastering *Simon Bouteloup – bass (tracks: 8–10) ;Additional personnel * Upneet Neetu Bains – photography * Joe Dilworth – photography * Nathini Erber – photography

References

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