Mutter (Rammstein Album)
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''Mutter'' (; English: "Mother") is the third studio album by German
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. It was released on 2 April 2001 through
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. The album's cover image is a photograph of a dead fetus, which was taken by Daniel & Geo Fuchs. The album has yielded six singles which, to date, are the most released from any Rammstein album.


Writing and recording

From September to December 1999, the band rented the house Weimar in Heiligendamm on the Baltic Sea for pre-production. The sound recordings took place in May and June 2000 at
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in southern France. In advance of the album's release, Rammstein released the song "
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" on their website for download in December 2000. The single " Sonne" was released in January 2001.


Versions

"Mutter" was released in various versions, initially as a normal CD and in Germany also as a vinyl LP. A digipack was also released, which was exported to other countries. Another double CD edition with the video of ‘Sonne’ and the track Hallelujah was released in the USA. The Japanese version contains Hallelujah two minutes later - as a so-called ‘hidden track’ - after the end of the regular CD. The album was later released as a limited tour edition, which contains four live tracks on a second CD. The cover remained unchanged, except for the colour, which became red.
A vinyl pressing of the Japanese version has existed since 2013, but it is merely a bootleg, or more precisely, a counterfeit. It also contains the song Halleluja(h), but in two different versions: Once as Hallelujah (with choirs at the beginning) and once as ‘Hallelujah’ (without choirs at the beginning).


Critical reception and legacy

In 2005, ''Mutter'' was ranked number 324 in ''
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'' magazine's book ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''. In a 2016 article published by uDiscover, Oran O'Beirne described the album as "one of the most important contemporary releases within heavy metal’s many subgenres." In the interview with Noizr Zine, the well-known Swedish producer and musician
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advised "Mutter" as a reference work for beginner producers:
"I think, if you are not into death metal or something like that, but if you are into metal, I would say maybe Rammstein’s "Mutter" is very good, because it has a lot of different elements, it has orchestra parts, heavy guitars, good drum sound — that could be a good reference."


Track listing

There are various editions of ''Mutter'', each with different features: *The Limited Tour Edition had the same cover, but red with the Rammstein logo embossed on the front. It also had a second CD with the following live tracks: # "Ich will" – 3:57 # "Links 2 3 4" – 4:54 # "Sonne" – 4:42 # "Spieluhr" – 5:27 *The Japanese edition had "Halleluja" as a hidden track, found after "Nebel" (there is a two-minute intermission of silence). The track was later included in the ''
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'' soundtrack, but does not appear in the film. *The limited edition had a second CD with just one track, "Halleluja", and a CD-ROM area featuring the "Sonne" video. There is a spelling error on the back album track listing: it is listed as "Hallelujah" but the bonus CD itself has the song listed as "Halleluja", which is the correct spelling. *A 12" vinyl version and a MC version were released, with the same track list (Side A = 1–6; B = 7–11) *The Limited Tour Edition was also released as a double cassette set, with the second cassette containing the live tracks (Side A = 1–2; B = 3–4). *The Turkish cassette release of the album fades all songs out at 3:44. Note: Some copies that have "Halleluja" as a hidden track can not be played for unknown reasons. On 3 April 2010 Rammstein posted a video with an official translation of "Halleluja" on their Facebook page, "in light of recent events".


Personnel


Rammstein

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Till Lindemann Till Lindemann (; born 4 January 1963) is a German singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist and lyricist of Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein and solo project Lindemann (band), Lindemann. Rammstein has sold over 25 million records worldw ...
– vocals *
Richard Kruspe Richard Kruspe (born Sven Kruspe; 24 June 1967) is a German musician. He is best known as one of the founders and the lead guitarist of the band Rammstein, as well as the frontman of the industrial metal band Emigrate. Kruspe has released eigh ...
– lead guitar *
Paul Landers Paul Landers (born Heiko Paul Hiersche; 9 December 1964) is a German musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist of Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein, and punk rock bands Feeling B and First Arsch. Landers has released eight studio albums ...
– rhythm guitar *
Christian Lorenz Christian "Flake" Lorenz (; born 16 November 1966) is a German musician. He is best known as the keyboardist in Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein, as well as the main composer of the band along with guitarist Richard Kruspe. He was also a mem ...
– keyboards *
Oliver Riedel Oliver "Ollie" Riedel (born 11 April 1971) is a German musician, best known as one of the founders and the bassist of band Rammstein. Early life Riedel was born in Schwerin on 11 April 1971. Growing up, he had relatively good relationships wi ...
– bass *
Christoph Schneider Christoph Schneider (born 11 May 1966) is a German musician, best known as one of the founding members and the drummer of Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein. He has released eight studio albums and three live albums with Rammstein. Schneider wa ...
– drums


Guest musicians

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– background vocals (track 11) *Khira Li Lindemann – vocals (track 7) * Olsen Involtini – string arrangements (tracks 1, 6, 11) *Orchestra parts by the ''
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'', conducted by Gunter Joseck


Production

*Ulf Kruckenberg – engineer *Dirk Rudolph – sleeve design *Daniel & Geo Fuchs – photography


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications


References

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