Laibach – Opus Dei
159,00 lei
Label: Mute – LSTUMM 44
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country: Europe
Released: 10 May 2024
Genre: Rock
Style: Industrial, Experimental
1 in stock
Opus Dei is the third studio album by Slovenian band Laibach, released in 1987. It features “Geburt einer Nation” (“birth of a nation”), a German language cover version of Queen’s “One Vision”, and two reworkings of the Austrian band Opus’ sole international hit single “Live Is Life”. The Opus song became the German language “Leben heißt Leben” and the English language “Opus Dei”. “The Great Seal” is the national anthem of the NSK State, the lyrics taken from Churchill’s “We shall fight on the beaches” speech. A new arrangement of the song appears on Laibach’s album Volk, with the title “NSK”. On Volk, the song is credited to Laibach and Slavko Avsenik, Jr.
There are two further connections with Queen’s A Kind of Magic album. Although the drum loop in “Trans-National” is nearly identical to that in Queen’s “Don’t Lose Your Head”, it is composed in fact from samples from the introduction musical theme from the movie Battle of Neretva, composed by Bernard Herrmann.[citation needed] The elements of “How the West Was Won” (specifically the rhythm and harmonised guitars) are inspired by Queen’s “Gimme the Prize”.
The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In 2023, Consequence ranked it at number 6 in its list of the “50 Best Industrial Albums of All Time”.Al Jourgensen of Ministry named it one of the ten essential industrial records.
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