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Having gained a fair amount of underground attention throughout Europe, particularly in both Germany and England,
made its first attempt at crossing over -- in a way -- with
. An alliance with
records led to
handling the production, while the group decided to spell out the connections between mega-
and fascist spectacle all the more directly. Two brilliant singles were the end result, the first being
a German-language cover of
's then-recent smash hit
transformed into a
stompalong that remained as catchy as the original but with far more disturbing overtones. Hearing guttural voices talking about "one world, one people" over stomping drums and dramatic horns makes for pure
nightmares -- undoubtedly the point. Arguably even more fascinating was
a hippie-ish song by the German group
that was reworked by
into two different versions -- the German-language
and the English
Both are amazing, dramatic, and, thanks to some soft keyboards, even beautiful -- imagining a strutting, face-to-the-sun group of party members sweeping over the globe with these as accompaniment takes no effort at all. The dumbass
soloing on the German-language version is especially hilarious. The other tracks on
are a mixed but worthy bunch, showing the group trashing stylistic boundaries with more
/
/martial/dancefloor combinations. The results can be weirdly sweet like the start of
or explosive like
or the quick, nervous bombast of
but they're all good in their own ways. The CD includes four selections from
as a bonus, that particular recording having not yet been released at the time of
's appearance. ~ Ned Raggett