The Crackdown

by Cabaret Voltaire

The Crackdown cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 August 1983
  • Label: Some Bizzare
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:03:44
  • Community rating: 3.74/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Dave Ball, Alan Fisch, Stephen Mallinder

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Transitioning away from their abrasive, early tape-loop dissonance, Cabaret Voltaire embraced highly rhythmic drum machines and sequencers on 'The Crackdown'. The album is a pivotal, remarkably cold electro-industrial triumph that pairs incredibly futuristic, mechanical grooves with mysterious vocal samples, significantly shaping the foundation of EBM.

Genres

Descriptors: dance, sampling, repetitive, avant-garde, synthesizers, percussive, dissonant, bassy, funky

Tracklist

  1. 24-24 (5:55)
  2. In the Shadows (4:32)
  3. Talking Time (5:20)
  4. Animation (5:34)
  5. Over and Over (4:24)
  6. Just Fascination (4:04)
  7. Why Kill Time (When You Can Kill Yourself) (3:51)
  8. Haiti (3:18)
  9. Crackdown (6:23)
  10. Diskono (5:46)
  11. Theme from Doublevision (4:13)
  12. Moscow (5:27)
  13. Badge of Evil (4:51)

Credits

  • Cabaret Voltaire - primary artist, producer [produced by]
  • Alan Fisch - drums, percussion
  • Flood - engineer [engineered by], producer [produced by]
  • Phil Barnes - illustration [illustrations by]
  • Dave Ball - keyboards, drum programming [rhythm programmes], tape [tapes], drum programming [rhythm assistance]
  • George Peckham - mastered by [cut]
  • Richard H. Kirk - synthesizer [synthesisers], sequencer [sequencers], guitar, clarinet, saxophone [saxaphone], shakuhachi [shakahachi], grand piano, written-by
  • Ken Prust - typography, layout [placement]
  • Neville Brody - typography, layout [placement], additional graphic design
  • Stephen Mallinder - vocals, bass, trumpet, grand piano, written-by

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