''Spice Crackers'' is the fifth studio album from German synthpop group
Camouflage
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, released on September 11, 1995 by
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Organizations
* Music publishing companies:
** Bertelsmann Music Group, a 1987–2008 division of Bertelsmann that was purchased by Sony on October 1, 2008
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Background
The band's new contract with BMG Germany provided them with full creative freedom, allowing the two to utilise works originally intended for their failed opera project and make them much more experimental, and sometimes even inspired by science fiction films. In March 1995 the band performed in Stuttgart and debuted the new material.
Overall, the album was a completely new venture for the group, and unfortunately was not a success. Due to this, the band went their separate ways.
CAMOUFLAGE HISTORY: Part six 1994-1996
Singles
Two singles were released from the record: "Bad News" in August 1995 and "X-Ray" in early 1996. Music videos were filmed for both. "X-Ray" was remixed by Tranceformer and Ronda Ray (alias Heiko Maile) for release. Both were included on the band's 2001 retrospective "Rewind".
Re-release
Due to the album being out of print, the band remastered and re-released the album in 2009. It features two discs, the second comprising B-sides and other rarities, some unreleased, from the ''Spice Crackers'' era. A download-only album was also released, containing all the remixes from the two singles.
Track listing
Personnel
Producer – Heiko Maile
Heiko Maile (born 12 January 1966) is a German musician and composer. He is best known as a member of the band Camouflage and as the composer for the score of the films '' The Wave'' and '' We Are the Night'' and won the Deutscher Fernsehpreis f ...
Guitar, Keyboards – Ingo Ito
Remastered (2009 Edition) by – Sven Geiger
Vocals – Marcus Meyn
Credits
Arranged By – Heiko Maile, Ingo Ito, Marcus Meyn
Art Direction, Photography By – Michel Moers
Design, Graphics omputergraphics– Gisela Ludwig
Lyrics By – Heiko Maile (tracks: 1 to 4, 7 to 14), Ingo Ito (tracks: 5, 14), Marcus Meyn (tracks: 1 to 4, 7 to 14)
Music By – Heiko Maile (tracks: 1 to 4, 7 to 14), Ingo Ito (tracks: 1, 6, 14), Marcus Meyn (tracks: 1 to 4, 7 to 14)
Producer – Heiko Maile
Producer dditional– Ingo Ito, Stephan Fischer
℗ 1995 BMG Ariola Hamburg GmbH
References
External links
Official discography
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Camouflage (band) albums
1995 albums