Bliss, Please

Occupation

  • Aydo Abay
  • Kurt Ebelhäuser
  • Carlos Ebelhäuser
  • Mario Matthias

Bliss, Please is the third studio album by the Koblenz band Blackmail. It was taken in bluebox studio in Troisdorf and published on 26 February 2001 by the label Speicherstadt.

  • 3.1 band
  • 3.2 guest musicians

Title list

Title information

All texts are written by Aydo Abay. The music was written by the whole band. The title The Day the Earth Stood Still is named after the sci-fi film by Robert Wise. The songs Same Sane and Ken I Die were released as singles and music videos were produced. Also to A Reptile for the Saint, there is a music video.

Reception

Many critics Bliss, Please, was highly praised. Stephan Hageböck wrote in his critique on laut.de, the album was the bliss (English: bliss ) in person. " Spacey guitars, jazzy fan, a säuselndes in top form Moog create razor-sharp songs, which no one can escape. [...] Here immerses the listener. In the true, genuine pop music, in an almost brutal, disturbing hardness " Both the editors and the readers of laut.de rated the album 5 out of 5 stars.

For Plattentests.de Oliver Ding wrote that would obviously with Bliss, Please, what had already hinted at science fiction. The band make pressure, " ... which forces all the air from the lungs. However Instead of relying on pure noise, the gentlemen cast spells Aydo Abay and Kurt Ebelhäuser melodies out who inject equal needles just under the skin. " Ding praised the variety and versatility of the album: "So flashed in all the songs again and again crazy ideas with hand and foot on to instantly make a long walk in the auditory center. " The editorial forgave 9, Reader 8 out of 10. In addition, the album was represented at # 3 on the Album charts of the year 2001, the editors of Plattentests.de.

Andreas Kohl of the music magazine Visions stated: " Blackmail have long been their own category your foot somewhere in noise rock, his head in the pop scene and now through absolutely nothing to stop it.. " In his opinion, have Blackmail " ... made ​​songwriting a great leap forward ..." and " ... take the step towards true pop. " Album with 10.5 of 12 points was evaluated.

In the magazine intro music on Bliss, Please has been described as " guitar cascades act nigh minimalist against those of placebo blend at all bulkiness, supported by the warm, always the self- dreamy- craving with androgynous I - know - what -will- I - Ness researchers joined singing Aydo Abays and fine arrangements - you can hear trumpets, discreet Electronics, a vibraphone - in beatific harmonies that never act as a corset. "

In the 2004 release list of the 500 best albums of all time the German edition of Rolling Stone Bliss reached, Please place 421

In the year 2001, the leaderboards Visions magazine Bliss, Please achieved at positions 17 ( critics ) and 11 ( reader ).

Occupation

In addition to the band and some guest musicians involved in the recording of the album.

Band

  • Aydo Abay: Voice
  • Kurt Ebelhäuser guitar, keyboard
  • Carlos Ebelhäuser: Bass, Keyboard
  • Mario Matthias: Drums

Guest musicians

  • Oliver Fries: Hammond organ, keyboards, Moog synthesizer
  • Georg Brenner: Moog synthesizer
  • Bob Sinclar: trumpet (in the credits listed as " Bob Sinclair " )
  • Altfrid M. Sicking: vibraphone
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