Headless Body in Topless Bar

by Die Haut

Headless Body in Topless Bar cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: What's So Funny About..
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 32:48
  • Community rating: 3.44/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Anita Lane, Jochen Arbeit, Kid Congo Powers, Mick Harvey, Christoph Dreher, Thomas Wydler, Rainer Lingk, Nick Cave

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An incredibly intense, primarily instrumental document from the German post-punk underground, drenched in noir-like urban anxiety. The Berlin quartet crafts a menacing, nocturnal atmosphere by welding grinding punk blues chords onto driving gothic rock rhythm tracks. The raw, aggressive execution features a rotating roster of guest vocalists, including Nick Cave and Kid Congo Powers, enhancing its dark cult standing.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, atmospheric, noisy, experimental, minimal, guitars, bluesy, instrumental-heavy, groove-laden, covers

Tracklist

  1. Another Ship in the Night (2:13)
  2. Escape from Yoghourt Ranch (3:29)
  3. S.H.C. (3:18)
  4. Indianapolis, Round 69 (2:15)
  5. Wheels Over Me (3:57)
  6. I Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) (3:01)
  7. Sad Dark Eyes (2:24)
  8. You Seen Angel J茅sus (2:53)
  9. My Gift to You (3:26)
  10. The Bells Belong to the Ashes (5:48)

Credits

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