Reise, Reise (album)

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Reise, Reise is the fourth album by Rammstein. It was released on 27 September 2004.

Reise, Reise
Reise, Reise Cover.jpg
Album by Rammstein
Recorded:El Cortijo Studio, Spain,
2003-04
Producer:Jacob Hellner
Released:27 September 2004
Format:CD, Cassette, Vinyl, Digital
Length:47:47
Label:Universal
Stream:Spotify
iTunes
Discogs:DiscogsLogo.png
Rammstein album chronology
Mutter
(2001)		 Reise, Reise
(2004)		 Rosenrot
(2005)
Singles:
  1. Mein Teil      26 July 2004
  2. Amerika      13 September 2004
  3. Ohne dich      22 November 2004
  4. Keine Lust      28 February 2005
Alternative artwork:
ReiseJapanCover.jpg
Japanese first edition

Information

Recording

The recordings for the album started in November 2003 in the El Cortijo Studio in Spain. A "making of" from the album recordings was released in 2006 on DVD 2 of Völkerball. The first instrumental the band wrote was for the song Dalai Lama. That song was also the last one to get its final lyrics by Till.[1] The band originally planned the album to be a double-album, but rejected that idea.[2]

MTV Germany held a competition to win a meet and greet with Rammstein in early May 2004. Three winners were announced on 4 May 2004 in the MTV show "MTV Select". A few days later these winners and two people from the management, who were responsible for running the FanArea back then, flew to Stockholm, where they were played half of the album in unmastered form. Press listenings, which were also set around that time, got cancelled.[1] But when a press listening finally took place, the band premiered nine songs, which were Flugangst, Keine Lust, Amour, Amerika, Morgenstern, Wo bist du, Mein Teil, Reise, Reise and Los.[3]

Before finally being named Reise, Reise, the band had different ideas for the album title. Some of those were Nein, Rot, Amore and Rosenrot.[4][5] A first release date was set for 28 June,[1] which was postponed to 20 September and then again pushed a week, to 27 September.

Other songs

In different interviews the band mentioned that six songs were recorded during the Reise, Reise sessions, which were then later released on Rosenrot. However a total of seven songs seem to have been recorded during Reise, Reise:

There are known demos, which have not been officially released in any form:

Promotion

The album was promoted with three special interview CDs. Each CD included an interview with two members of the band. On CD 1 Till and Flake are interviewed, CD 2 features Paul and Olli, and CD 3 includes an interview with Richard and Schneider.

Cover

The artwork for this album was designed by Plantage. The cover shows the outside of an aircraft's black box, a small device that records everything that is happening on the plane and is nearly indestructible. When a plane crashes, the black box can be recovered to retrieve the audio file which can then be used to determine what happened on the plane before it crashed.

As a reference to this, there is a hidden track on the album, before Reise, Reise on track 0 - it can only be read by CD players that can rewind past track 1. It is a black box recording of the Japanese Airlines Flight 123. During the crash, 520 of 524 passengers were killed. Up to now, it remains the deadliest single-aircraft crash in history. On the Reprise Records version of the album, the hidden track is actually part of track 1, Reise, Reise.

For Japan the band chose a different artork. The cover shows the ice breaker USS Atka, on a photo taken by Charles Swithinbank on 13 March 1960 at McMurdo Station, Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Also the booklet and CD/DVD designs were changed to fit the cover. All of this design, the cover artwork was changed a little, was used six months later for the album Rosenrot. In 2009, Japan got a SHM CD re-release of the album, which now featured the original orange artwork.

Release dates

Date Jewel case Digipack Country
27.09.2004 X Australia, Bulgaria, Denmark, Italy, New Zealand
27.09.2004 X X Austria, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, UK
28.09.2004 X X Belgium, France
29.09.2004 X X Sweden
4.10.2004 X Israel
16.11.2004 X United States
16.11.2004 X X Canada
21.04.2005 X X Japan
16.12.2009 X Japan

Tracklist

CD
  1. Flugzeuglärm - 00:34
  2. Reise, Reise - 04:11
  3. Mein Teil - 04:32
  4. Dalai Lama - 05:38
  5. Keine Lust - 03:43
  6. Los - 04:25
  7. Amerika - 03:46
  8. Moskau - 04:16
  9. Morgenstern - 03:59
  10. Stein um Stein - 03:56
  11. Ohne dich - 04:32
  12. Amour - 04:50
Cassette
  1. 1. Reise, Reise - 04:11
    2. Mein Teil - 04:32
    3. Dalai Lama - 05:38
    4. Keine Lust - 03:43
    5. Los - 04:25
  2. 1. Amerika - 03:48
    2. Moskau - 04:16
    3. Morgenstern - 03:59
    4. Stein um Stein - 03:56
    5. Ohne dich - 04:32
    6. Amour - 04:50
Digital
  1. Reise, Reise - 04:11
  2. Mein Teil - 04:32
  3. Dalai Lama - 05:38
  4. Keine Lust - 03:43
  5. Los - 04:25
  6. Amerika - 03:46
  7. Moskau - 04:16
  8. Morgenstern - 03:59
  9. Stein um Stein - 03:56
  10. Ohne dich - 04:32
  11. Amour - 04:50
Vinyl
  1. 1. Reise, Reise - 04:11
    2. Mein Teil - 04:32
    3. Dalai Lama - 05:38
  2. 1. Keine Lust - 03:43
    2. Los - 04:25
    3. Amerika - 03:48
  3. 1. Moskau - 04:16
    2. Morgenstern - 03:59
    3. Stein um Stein - 03:56
  4. 1. Ohne dich - 04:32
    2. Amour - 04:50
Promotional album
  1. Reise, Reise - 04:11
  2. Amerika - 03:46
  3. Dalai Lama - 05:38
  4. Keine Lust - 03:43
  5. Morgenstern - 03:59
  6. Stein um Stein - 03:56
  7. Mein Teil - 04:32
  8. Ohne dich - 04:32
  9. Amore - 04:50
  10. Los - 04:25
  11. Moskau - 04:16
Bonus tracks

Japan bonus:

  1. Mein Teil (You are what you eat Edit) - 04:07
  2. Amerika (Digital Hardcore Mix) - 03:52

Japanese bonus DVD:

  1. Exclusive footage of Lichtspielhaus - 18:26
    Includes video excerpts, that are not on the Lichtspielhaus DVD
Japanese translation
  1. 旅、旅
  2. 俺の一部
  3. ダライ・ラマ
  4. 何もしたくない
  5. ロース
  6. アメリカ
  7. モスクワ
  8. 明けの明星
  9. ひとつ また ひとつ
  10. 君なしでは
  11. 愛

Formats

Release Country Label Type Comment Bonus content Discogs
2004 Germany de.png Universal Music CD Plastic sleeve Promotional CD with fade out tracks DiscogsLogo.png
2004-09-27 Germany de.png Universal Music CD Jewel case DiscogsLogo.png
2004-09-27 Germany de.png Universal Music CD Digipak DiscogsLogo.png
2004-09-27 South Korea kr.png Universal Music CD Jewel case Jewel case in an O-card Korean booklet
Poster		 DiscogsLogo.png
2004-09-27 South Korea kr.png Universal Music CD Jewel case Jewel case in an O-card Korean booklet
Poster
Nametag		 DiscogsLogo.png
2004-09-27 Thailand th.png Universal Music CD Jewel case Black CD print DiscogsLogo.png
2005-00-00 Europe eu.png Universal Music CD Jewel case White CD print DiscogsLogo.png
2005-04-21 Japan jp.png Universal Music CD Jewel case Different cover 12. Mein Teil (You Are What You Eat Edit) - 04:07
13. Amerika (Digital Hardcore Mix) - 03:52		 DiscogsLogo.png
2005-04-21 Japan jp.png Universal Music CD Digipak Different cover 12. Mein Teil (You Are What You Eat Edit) - 04:07
13. Amerika (Digital Hardcore Mix) - 03:52
Bonus DVD with 20min footage of Lichtspielhaus		 DiscogsLogo.png
2009-12-16 Japan jp.png Universal Music CD Digipak SHM CD 12. Mein Teil (You Are What You Eat Edit) - 04:07
13. Amerika (Digital Hardcore Mix) - 03:52
Bonus DVD with 20min footage of Lichtspielhaus		 DiscogsLogo.png
2015-12-04 Europe eu.png Universal Music Vinyl Gatefold As part of the XXI box set Remastered DiscogsLogo.png
2017-12-08 Europe eu.png Universal Music Vinyl Gatefold Standalone release Remastered DiscogsLogo.png
2021-10-29 Europe eu.png Universal Music CD Digipak Digipak reissue DiscogsLogo.png

Gallery

  • Japanese special edition digipack
    Japanese special edition digipack
  • Japanese standard edition OBI strip
    Japanese standard edition OBI strip
  • Japanese special edition OBI strip
    Japanese special edition OBI strip
  • Japanese SHM CD edition OBI strip
    Japanese SHM CD edition OBI strip
  • Watermarked fade out CD
    Watermarked fade out CD
  • Advertising #1
    Advertising #1
  • Advertising #2
    Advertising #2
  • Advertising #3
    Advertising #3
  • Advertising #4
    Advertising #4

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Metal Hammer, July 2004, p. 10
  2. ↑ Sonic Seducer, October 2005, p. 100
  3. ↑ Metal Hammer, September 2004, p. 37
  4. ↑ Rock Hard magazine #205
  5. ↑ "Making of Reise, Reise", Völkerball DVD 2
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Bassiste magazine, N° 2, November/December 2005, p. 24
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Making of Reise, Reise
  8. ↑ Metal Hammer Germany, 11/2005, page 33
  9. ↑ Sonic Seducer, 04/2004
  10. ↑ Metal Hammer Germany, 09/2004, page 37
  11. ↑ Breakout magazine 6/04
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