| Showtime | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Nitzer Ebb |
| Cover: | Nitzer Ebb - Showtime album cover.jpg |
| Released: | 1990 |
| Recorded: | 1989 |
| Genre: | EBM |
| Length: | 36:41 |
| Producer: | Flood |
| Prev Title: | Belief |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | As Is (Nitzer Ebb EP) |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
Showtime is the third album by the British EBM group Nitzer Ebb.[1] It featured the singles "Lightning Man" and "Fun to Be Had", the latter of which was later remixed by George Clinton. "Getting Closer" was also released as a single. Nitzer Ebb supported the album by touring with Depeche Mode.
The Washington Post wrote that "with nothing more than synth (employed principally for percussion) and shout, the Ebbs construct grooves of surprising fluidity and even humanity."[2] The St. Petersburg Times determined that "Nitzer Ebb's brooding, Teutonic lyrics are not appealing in arrangements more reminiscent of Cabaret than Cabaret Voltaire."[3] The Calgary Herald concluded that "Brits Douglas McCarthy and Bon Harris do a little minimalist fiddling with synthesizers and do a lot of hollering about pop stars, the media and life's seamier side."