Sehnsucht (Rammstein album)
Second studio album by German band Rammstein.
Sehnsucht is the second studio album by German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein, released on 22 August 1997 through Motor Music in Europe and Slash Records in the United States. It is the only album entirely in German to be certified platinum by the RIAA in the US. The album reached number one on the Austrian and German charts.
Quick Facts
- Artist
- Rammstein
- Released
- 22 August 1997
- Recorded
- November 1996 – July 1997
- Studio
- Temple (St. Paul's Bay)
- Genre
- Neue Deutsche Härte; industrial metal
- Length
- 43:51
- Label
- Motor
- Producer
- Jacob Hellner; Rammstein
Facts from the source article.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sehnsucht ("Desire"/"Longing") | 4:04 |
| 2 | Engel ("Angel"; featuring Bobo) | 4:24 |
| 3 | Tier ("Animal") | 3:47 |
| 4 | Bestrafe mich ("Punish Me") | 3:38 |
| 5 | Du hast ("You Have") | 3:55 |
| 6 | Bück dich ("Bend Over") | 3:22 |
| 7 | Spiel mit mir ("Play with Me") | 4:46 |
| 8 | Klavier ("Piano") | 4:24 |
| 9 | Alter Mann ("Old Man") | 4:24 |
| 10 | Eifersucht ("Jealousy") | 3:37 |
| 11 | Küss mich (Fellfrosch) ("Kiss Me (Fur Frog)") | 3:30 |
| Total length | 43:51 | |
Track listing from the source article.
Did You Know?
- The album booklet folds out to reveal six different covers, one for each band member, each depicting the member with vintage medical or surgical instruments.
- The cover most commonly seen shows Christoph Schneider with a barbed-wire-laced oral gag and his eyes rolled back into his head.
- The cover art was created by Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein, who also created the cover for the Scorpions' Blackout album, which the Sehnsucht cover resembles.
Track listing
Multiple special editions of Sehnsucht were released with different bonus tracks. The North American and Japanese releases include "Engel (English Version)" and "Du hast (English Version)" as tracks 12 and 13; these songs also appear on micro-cassettes and may be hidden tracks on certain editions. "Du riechst so gut '98" appears as track 12 on some versions, and a version also includes the video for that song. Polish cassettes contain a short Polish introduction spoken by Till.
A limited European edition features 14 tracks: "Rammstein (Eskimos & Egypt Radio Edit)", "Du riechst so gut '98", "Du hast (Remix by Clawfinger)", and "Stripped" as a twelfth track, which may be included on the micro-cassette version or as a hidden track. That edition also includes the "Asche zu Asche" single as a second CD, or the single may be included on the first CD for a total of 18 tracks. A 2001 Australian Tour Edition has "Stripped" as track 12 and a second CD with the "Asche zu Asche" single followed by five live songs.
On 15 April 2023, Rammstein posted a teaser showing the album's various front covers along to the intro of "Bück dich"; a day later, another teaser with rehearsal footage of "Engel" announced the "Sehnsucht Anniversary Edition". A third teaser on 17 April 2023 included footage from Live aus Berlin and announced pre-orders starting 19 April. The Anniversary Edition was scheduled for release on 9 June 2023. Besides being remastered, it features an exclusive new mix of "Spiel mit mir" titled "2023 Mix" and a 40-page booklet with previously unreleased photos by Gottfried Helnwein.
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