Attak

2002 studio album by KMFDM

Attak

Studio album by

KMFDM

Released

19 March 2002 (2002-03-19)^[1]

Recorded

2001

Studio

Moscozzi Studios, Seattle

Genre

Nu metal^{[citation needed]}
industrial metal^{[citation needed]}

Length

50:25

Label

Metropolis

Producer

Sascha Konietzko
Tim Skold
Bill Rieflin

KMFDM chronology

Adios
(1999)

Attak
(2002)

WWIII
(2003)

Attak is the eleventh studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released on March 19, 2002 by Metropolis Records. The band's first album following a three-year hiatus, it was the first to feature member Lucia Cifarelli and the last to feature member Tim Sköld.

History

The album was originally going to be titled Attaq and written in a Middle Eastern font, but was changed by Konietzko after the September 11 attacks, who explained that the band's history with the Columbine shootings would have made the original title "pretty fucking harsh".^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	56/100^[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]
Rolling Stone	favorable^[1]
Splendid	unfavorable^[5]

Attak received mixed reviews.

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Attak/Reload"	Lucia Cifarelli, Sascha Konietzko	3:59
2.	"Skurk"	Konietzko, Tim Sköld	3:55
3.	"Dirty"	Jules Hodgson, Konietzko, Bill Rieflin, Raymond Watts	4:41
4.	"Urban Monkey Warfare"	Cifarelli, Konietzko	4:31
5.	"Save Me"	Konietzko, Sköld	5:42
6.	"Yohoho"	Cifarelli, Konietzko, Watts	4:16
7.	"Superhero"	Cifarelli, Konietzko	4:25
8.	"Sturm & Drang"	Konietzko, Sköld	3:57
9.	"Preach/Pervert"	Konietzko, Watts	4:30
10.	"Risen"	Konietzko, Sköld	5:59
11.	"Sleep"	Cifarelli, Konietzko, Rieflin	4:30
Total length:			50:25

Personnel

Sascha Konietzko – drums (1–7, 9, 10), programming (1–11), synthesizers (1–6, 10), vocals (1–8, 10, 11), bass (3–7, 9, 10), guitars (3, 4, 6, 7, 11), percussion (5), cockpit voice recorder (6)
Tim Sköld – guitars (1, 2, 5, 8, 10), bass (2, 8, 10), drums (2, 8, 10), programming (2, 5, 8, 10), synthesizers (2, 5, 8, 10), vocals (2, 5, 8, 10), percussion (5), drumloops (9)
Bill Rieflin – drums (1, 5, 11), bass (1, 11), programming (3, 5), synthesizers (3, 5, 11), percussion (5, 11), guitars (11)
Lucia Cifarelli – vocals (1, 4–7, 11), Sidstation "Ninja" (4)
Jules Hodgson – guitars (3, 9)
Raymond Watts – vocals (3, 6, 9), drumloops (9)
Arianne Schreiber – vocals (3)
Curt Golden – slide guitars (11)
Dorona Alberti – vocals (11)

References

^ ^a ^b Baltin, Steve (March 7, 2002). "KMFDM Prepare to "Attak"". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
^ Freedland, Israel; Schneider, Justin. "KMFDM Reloads with: Attak". Hybrid. Retrieved May 9, 2012.
^ "Attak – KMFDM". Metacritic. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
^ Torreano, Bradley. "Attak Review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
^ Zahora, George (April 8, 2002). "KMFDM: Attak". Archived from the original on July 8, 2003.