Belief (Nitzer Ebb album) explained

Belief
Type:Album
Artist:Nitzer Ebb
Cover:Nitzerbelief.jpg
Recorded:1988
Genre:EBM
Length:37:25
Label:Mute Records (UK)
STUMM 61
Geffen/Warner Bros. Records (U.S.)
GHS 24213
Producer:Flood
Prev Title:That Total Age
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Showtime
Next Year:1990

Belief is the second album of the British EBM group Nitzer Ebb. It was the first album recorded with drummer Julian Beeston (who took over from David Gooday), and Flood took over as producer from Phil Harding. It was released by Mute Records on .

The fifth song on the album, "T.W.A.", appears to have been inspired by the Hezbollah hijacking of TWA flight 847 in 1985.

In a 1989 retrospective for Rolling Stone, Jim Farber wrote that the music video for "Control, I'm Here" had "the most harshly industrial visuals of the year".[1]

Track listing

  1. "Hearts & Minds" – 3:45
  2. "For Fun" – 3:03
  3. "Control, I'm Here" – 3:52
  4. "Captivate" – 3:57
  5. "T.W.A." – 5:00
  6. "Blood Money" – 4:29
  7. "Shame" – 4:03
  8. "Drive" – 5:07
  9. "Without Belief" – 4:16

Notes and References

  1. Farber . Jim . December 1989 . Beyond the Big Hair: Video News and Note . . 235.