| 词条 | Symbols (album) |
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| name = Symbols | type = studio | artist = KMFDM | cover = KMFDM - Symbols.png | alt = | released = {{start date|df=yes|1997|9|23}}[1][1] | recorded = | venue = | studio = {{ubl|Bad Animals Studio and Luftschutzbunker, Seattle|Edelweiss Tonbetriebe, Kelowna|Studio 10018, New York City}} | genre = {{flatlist|
}} | length = 56:34 | label = Wax Trax! | producer = {{flatlist|
}} | prev_title = Xtort | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = Adios | next_year = 1999 | misc = {{Singles | name = Symbols | type = studio | single1 = Anarchy | single1date = 1997 | single2 = Megalomaniac | single2date = 20 January 1998 }} }} The tenth studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, titled with a string of five unpronounceable, non-alphabetic symbols and commonly known as Symbols,[1][2] was released on 23 September 1997 by Wax Trax! Records. BackgroundRecorded in Seattle, Washington, Symbols marked the introduction of Tim Skold. While his contribution to this album was as a guest, he would become a full-fledged member for Adios and Attak. Sascha Konietzko, the frontman of KMFDM, said the title had no special meaning, and was just an idea for a title the group had very early on, before a single album had been released.[3] En Esch said the idea for the album title came from the symbols used for curses in comic books.[4] The symbols appear in the printed lyrics of "Down and Out"; the corresponding point in the song is covered with a censor-like beep in the song, and is replaced with "(SYMBOLS)" on the official KMFDM lyrics archive.[5] ReleaseSymbols was released on September 23, 1997.[1] "Megalomaniac", "Anarchy", and "Leid und Elend" were included on the soundtrack of the video game Test Drive 5. "Megalomaniac" was also featured in the film Annihilation, and was the first single from its soundtrack.[6] "Anarchy" appeared on the European version of the soundtrack to the 1998 film Lost in Space. Reception{{Album ratings| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}[1] | rev2 = Chicago Sun-Times | rev2Score = positive[11] | rev3 = CMJ New Music Monthly | rev3score = no score[7] }} Andy Hinds of Allmusic gave a mixed review, calling some of the band's ideas repetitive while praising the programming.[8] He also commented that the band keeps its sound fresh by bringing in new contributing artists for each new album, and noted the presence of Tim Skold and Nivek Ogre. He called the production top quality and the album "a fine place for newcomers to start," but said that Symbols offers people that have been following the band few surprises.[8] Kevin Williams of the Chicago Sun-Times called "Megalomaniac" an "incredible, irresistible opener" and said the album "could result in a KMFDM takeover of electronica."[9] "Stray Bullet" received significant media attention after the Columbine High School Massacre because the song's lyrics were posted on the website of Eric Harris.[10] The song was also in the background of one of the videos posted by Pekka-Eric Auvinen on YouTube prior to the Jokela school shooting.[10] Track listing{{tracklist| title1 = Megalomaniac | lyrics1 = {{hlist|En Esch|Sascha Konietzko}} | music1 = {{hlist|Konietzko|Günter Schulz}} | length1 = 6:07 | title2 = Stray Bullet | lyrics2 = {{hlist|Esch|Konietzko}} | music2 = {{hlist|Konietzko|Schulz}} | length2 = 5:32 | title3 = Leid und Elend | note3 = "Sorrow and Misery" | lyrics3 = {{hlist|Esch|Konietzko}} | music3 = {{hlist|Konietzko|Schulz}} | length3 = 6:10 | title4 = Mercy | lyrics4 = {{hlist|Esch|Konietzko}} | music4 = {{hlist|Esch|Konietzko|Schulz}} | length4 = 5:00 | title5 = Torture | lyrics5 = Nivek Ogre | music5 = Konietzko | length5 = 7:04 | title6 = Spit Sperm | lyrics6 = Raymond Watts | music6 = {{hlist|Esch|Konietzko|Schulz}} | length6 = 4:46 | title7 = Anarchy | lyrics7 = Tim Skold | music7 = {{hlist|Esch|Konietzko|Bill Rieflin|Schulz}} | length7 = 5:35 | title8 = Down and Out | lyrics8 = {{hlist|Esch|Konietzko|Abby Travis}} | music8 = {{hlist|Esch|Konietzko|Schulz}} | length8 = 6:40 | title9 = Unfit | lyrics9 = Watts | music9 = {{hlist|Esch|Konietzko|Schulz}} | length9 = 6:01 | title10 = Waste | lyrics10 = {{hlist|Konietzko|Travis}} | music10 = {{hlist|Esch|Konietzko|Rieflin|Schulz}} | length10 = 3:39 | total_length = 56:34 }} Personnel
References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.kmfdm.net/history.html | title=KMFDM History on April 4, 1997 from archive.org | publisher=KMFDM Inc. | accessdate=May 8, 2012 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/19970408173452/http://www.kmfdm.net/history.html |archivedate = April 8, 1997}} 2. ^{{cite web | url= http://www.kmfdm.net/discography/albums/symbols.htm | title= Discography - Symbols | publisher= KMFDM Inc. | accessdate= July 20, 2012 | deadurl= yes | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100308020043/http://www.kmfdm.net/discography/albums/symbols.htm | archivedate= March 8, 2010 | df= }} 3. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n8jXbBgHKNsC&pg=PT220&dq=kmfdm&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NBapT82NF4XAtwf976CXDw&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=kmfdm&f=false | title=Electro Shock!: Groundbreakers of Synth Music | chapter=KMFDM | author=Rule, Greg | publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation | year=1999 | accessdate=May 8, 2012}} 4. ^{{cite news | url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/599345/Punk-wave-even-Zappa-helped-shape-KMFDM.html?pg=all | author=Iwasaki, Scott | title= Punk, wave, even Zappa helped shape KMFDM | work=Deseret News | date=December 5, 1997 | accessdate= August 3, 2012}} 5. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.kmfdm.net/lyrics/downandout.htm | title=Lyrics: Down & Out | publisher=KMFDM Inc | accessdate=July 25, 2012 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710161140/http://www.kmfdm.net/lyrics/downandout.htm | archivedate=July 10, 2012 | df= }} 6. ^{{cite journal | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mortal-kombat-getting-ready-to-annihilate-america-19971015 | author=Bendersky, Ari | title=Mortal Kombat Getting Ready To Annihilate America | work=Rolling Stone | date=October 15, 1997 | accessdate=July 19, 2012}} 7. ^{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.ru/books?id=oSkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA49|title=KMFDM, ['Symbols'] — Wax Trax!/TVT|last=Reighley|first=Kurt B.|department=Reviews|pages=49–50|work=CMJ New Music Monthly|date=December 1997|issue=52|accessdate=May 23, 2018|via=Google Books}} 8. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web | url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r314542|pure_url=yes}} | title=Symbols Review | author=Hinds, Andy | publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation | accessdate=March 12, 2010}} 9. ^1 {{cite news | author=Williams, Kevin | title=KMFDM pours on industrial-strength rock | work=Chicago Sun-Times | page=13 | date=November 9, 1997}} 10. ^1 {{cite news | url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2007/11/07/uk-finland-shooting-idUKHEL00597220071107 | author=Torma, Sami | title=Nine die in Finland after YouTube post | publisher=Reuters | date=November 7, 2007 | accessdate=August 3, 2012}} External links
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