Emigrate (album)

Emigrate
Album by Emigrate
Recorded:	Studio Engine SS, New York
Producer:	Richard Kruspe
Released:	31 August 2007 29 January 2008 (United States) 2 February 2008 (AUS)
Format:	CD, digital
Length:	44:51 / 51:41
Label:	Motor
Stream:	Spotify iTunes
Discogs:
Emigrate album chronology Emigrate (2007) Silent So Long (2014)
Singles:
My World      2007 New York City      12 October 2007 Temptation      7 March 2008
Alternative artwork:
2020 vinyl release

Emigrate is the first album by Emigrate. It was released on 31 August 2007.

Information

The project that ultimately became Emigrate started way back in 2001. At first it was a collaboration between Till and Richard. After that configuration did not work out, Richard moved to New York and met Arnaud Giroux, who joined his band. Richard also recruited Henka Johansson (who he knew from the time when Rammstein and Clawfinger toured together), Olsen Involtini, who had already worked with Rammstein on their album Mutter, and Sascha Moser, who was the drummer for Richard's pre-Rammstein band, Orgasm Death Gimmick.

That line up then started to record the first Emigrate album. The album was recorded in Germany, the USA and Denmark. Vocals, guitars and bass were recorded at Studio Engine 55 in Berlin and New York, while the drums were recorded at Puk Studio in Gjerlav, Denmark. Richard did vocals and guitars, Arnaud played bass, Henka played the drums, Sascha did Logic and Pro Tools programming, and Olsen recorded additional guitars. The album was produced by Jacob Hellner.

Up to this point, 15 songs from the recording sessions have been released, with an additional six songs being known from the recordings. The actual number of songs recorded is unknown.

Other songs

With the 11 standard album tracks, there were a few b-sides that got released during the album cycle:

• Blood
• Help Me
• Face Down
• I Have a Dream

In addition to those, the GEMA database listed several songs from the recording sessions of this album, some of which were rerecorded and released on later albums or remain unreleased to this day:

• We Are Together (released in 2018 on A Million Degrees) - 07:03
• We Two (Buddy) (released in 2018 on A Million Degrees as Let's Go) - 04:13
• Freeze My Mind (released in 2021 on The Persistence of Memory) - 03:35
• I'm Still Alive (released in 2021 on The Persistence of Memory) - 03:00
• Fear - 04:24
• Perfect World - 04:11
• This Is Not Your Story - 03:29

Promotion

Before the album was released, and even before the promotional CDs were manufactured, the band held a vote on their website. Fans were able to choose which song they wanted to hear in its entirety, after the release of Wake Up. The vote was won by Babe. After that a promotional snippet CD was released, which included both songs in full, but both songs were slightly different versions from the ones later released on the album.

With that CD a few promotional sheets were released that included an interview with Richard and his alter ego, Emigrate. The interview can be read here.

Tracklist

CD / Digital
Emigrate - 04:07 Wake Up - 03:33 My World - 04:17 Let Me Break - 03:35 In My Tears - 04:34 Babe - 04:28 New York City - 03:40 Resolution - 03:42 Temptation - 04:13 This Is What - 04:38 You Can't Get Enough - 04:03

Vinyl
1. Emigrate - 04:07 2. Wake Up - 03:33 3. My World - 04:17 1. Let Me Break - 03:43 2. In My Tears - 04:34 3. Babe - 04:28 1. New York City - 03:40 2. Resolution - 03:42 3. Temptation - 04:13 1. This Is What - 04:38 2. You Can't Get Enough - 03:56 3. Blood - 03:34 4. Help Me - 03:15

Bonus tracks
Special edition / Australia exclusive stream: Blood - 03:34 Help Me - 03:15 Stream: Blood - 03:34

Promotional excerpt CD
Emigrate (Excerpt) - 01:57 Wake Up - 03:37 My World (Excerpt) - 02:18 Let Me Break (Excerpt) - 01:55 In My Tears (Excerpt) - 01:56 Babe - 04:37 New York City (Excerpt) - 02:24 Resolution (Excerpt) - 02:01 Temptation (Excerpt) - 01:51 This Is What (Excerpt) - 02:01 You Can't Get Enough (Excerpt) - 02:13

Formats

Release	Country		Label	Type		Comment	Bonus content	Discogs
2007-XX-XX	Germany		Motor Music	CD	Cardsleeve	Promotional CD	Snippets with two full songs Alternate cover
2007-XX-XX	Germany		Motor Music	CD	Jewelcase	Promotional CD	No cover
2007-08-31	Germany		Motor Music	CD	Jewelcase
2007-08-31	Germany		Motor Music	CD	Digipak		12. Blood - 03:34 13. Help Me - 03:15
2007-07-03	Japan		Motor Music	CD	Jewelcase		OBI strip
2020-10-23	Germany		Emigrate Production GmbH	Vinyl	Gatefold	Exclusive to Amazon Germany	Handnumbered Alternate cover

Gallery

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  Standard edition cover
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  Standard edition inlay
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  Standard edition inlay
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  Special edition digipak
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  CD artwork
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  Promotional CD back
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  Promotional CD artwork
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  Promo sheet 1
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  Promo sheet 2
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  Promo sheet 3
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  Promo sheet 4
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  Promo sheet 5
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  Promo sheet 6
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  Alternate artwork
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  2021 vinyl cover

Credits

Music by Richard Z. Kruspe
Lyrics by Richard Z. Kruspe and Caron Bernstein

Produced by Richard Z. Kruspe
Co-Produced by Jacob Hellner, Olsen Involtini, Arnaud Giroux
Logic & Pro Tools programming by Sascha Moser
Guitars & vocals by Richard Z. Kruspe
Drums by Henka Johansson
Bass by Arnaud Giroux
Additional guitars by Olsen Involtini

Vocal recording & production by Olsen Involtini & Arnaud Giroux
Drum recording at Puk Studio, Gjerlav, Denmark
Drum engineering by Ulf Kruckenberg
Vocals, guitars, basses recorded at Studio Engine 55, New York / Berlin

Mixed by Stefan Glaumann at Toytown Studio, Stockholm
Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk Corporation, New York

Backing vocals on Wake Up, My World, Babe, New York City, Temptation by Margaux Bossieux

Backing vocals on You Can't Get Enough by Grace Risch & Ruth Renner

Sleeve design by Büro Dirk Rudolph
www.dirkrudolph.de
Photography (Portraits) by Felix Broede
All other photos: Stock photography

Management: Emanuel Fialik & Pilgrim Management GmbH