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Sehnsucht is the second album by Rammstein. It was released on 25 August 1997, in Germany and on 13 January 1998, in the USA. Whilst being the second album of the band, Sehnsucht was their debut album in the USA, and was promoted as such.

Sehnsucht
Studio album by Rammstein
Recorded:Temple Studios, Malta
1996 - 1997
Producing:Jacob Hellner
Released:25 August 1997
13 January 1998 (US)
Format:CD, Cassette, Vinyl, Digital
Labels:Motor Music
Universal Music (Re-Release)
Slash (US)
XIII Bis (France)
Stream:Spotify
iTunes
Discogs:
Rammstein studio album chronology
Herzeleid
(1995)		 Sehnsucht
(1997)		 Mutter
(2001)
Singles off Sehnsucht
  1. Engel
  2. Engel (Fan-Edition)
  3. Du hast
  4. Sehnsucht
 1 April 1997
23 May 1997
18 July 1997
October 1998
Music videos off Sehnsucht
  1. Engel
  2. Du hast
 April 1997
July 1997
Alternative artworks
Anniversary Edition
Animated artwork on iTunes / Apple Music

Information

Recording

Pre-production for the album began around September 1996. This was followed by a second pre-production phase in Berlin, during which a producer was involved.[1] The album recording began in mid-November 1996[1] at the Temple Studios in Malta. Additional recordings took place at Wisseloord Studio in Hilversum, Netherlands.[2] The album was mixed by Ronald Prent at Chateau Du Pape in Hamburg. A total of 13 songs are known to have been recorded during these sessions. This includes the 11 songs featured on the album, as well as Das Modell[3] and Kokain, both of which were released on the single for Das Modell. Additionally, it is known that the band was still working on their old song Schwarzes Glas, but it remains unclear if a studio version of it was recorded during these sessions.

Around January/February '97, the band played five songs from the album to journalists in a studio in Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg. Two of the premiered songs were Du hast and Bestrafe mich.[4]

The album was initially scheduled to be released in April.[4] But "due to small delays in the proudction process," it was rescheduled for the end of May.[5] From May it was rescheduled again to August.[6] In an interview, Olli was asked about rescheduling the album:[7]

We had problems with mixing, so that postponed the release by 2 months, and because it is better not to release records in the summer, we decided to release the album at the end of the summer in August. There were only mixing problems and the cover design that were still outstanding. That's why we released a single to bridge the time a bit.

  • Temple Studios
    Temple Studios

Other songs

The band recorded a total of 13 new songs and two alternate versions of album songs. Except for one of those alternate versions, all songs have been released:

It is also known that the band planned to put Wilder Wein on the album. If there is a new recording or not, is not known.[8]

Promotion

The promotional copy of the album came with a promotional folder, of which the following text is taken from:

Am Anfang war der Terror. Metal und Techno in verführerischer Mischung, dazu aus Deutschland.
Wie gerufen die ersten Abmahnungen. Das übliche Schreckensvokabular, die üblichen Denuntziationen. Trotzdem ein ordentlicher Erfolg. Immer wieder in die Charts, und dann der Durchmarsch, schließlich auf Platz acht der Album-Charts, nahezu 400.000 verkaufte Tonträger, Goldstatus in Deutschland. Zudem internationale Anerkennnung und unzählige Veröffentlichungen im Ausland inklusive Italien, Spanien, Griechenland, Schweden, Frankreich, Mexico. Auftritte auf den größten Sommer-Festivals in Schweden, Holland, England, Belgien, Frankreich...
Das war das Debüt von Rammstein, Herzeleid, eine Sensation mit Zeitzünder, eine beispiellose Erfolgsgeschichte.

Dazwischen kam David Lynch, kam der "Lost Highway", zwei Songs auf dem famosen Soundtrack neben Bowies "I'm Deranged". Bewunderung für die Teutonen beim Film-Team. zentrale Momente im Film mit Rammstein-Gruselromantik. Vielleicht, spekuliert einer der Gefängniswärter in "Lost Highway", sei das alles "weird shit". Verstehen kann man es jedenfalls nicht. Aber warum auch ! Das Reizvolle an Lynchs Rätselspielen wie an den nicht minder enigmatischen Attacken von Rammstein ist das Locken des Unheimlichen, die Erotik des Mythos, die Wucht der Gewalt. Es ist ein beliebtes Mißverständnis, den Künstler mit der Kunst, die Handelnden mit den Erfindenden zu verwechseln, die Imagination mit der Tat.

Allerdings beschäftigt der Fall Rammstein neben den Musikzeitschriften, neuerdings auch die Illustrierten und Stadtmagazine. Erst Kopfschütteln, dann Ratlosigkeit oder mildes Amüsement. Was ist nur dran an dem Ensemble aus Ost-Berlin und Schwerin? Ein Jugend-Phänomen? Spaß am Sadomasochismus? Die neue Lust am Obskuranten? Der Sound sozialen Abstiegs? Der Beat der Krise?

Nicht unwahrscheinlich, dass die Depressionen des ausgehenden Jahrtausends, die Unüberschaubarkeit und Ausweglosigkeit der postindustriellen Endzeit solche Entladungen möglich macht. Dabei sind Rammstein keine dumpfen multiplikatoren kollektiven Unbehagens, sie exekutieren auch keinen simplen Zerstörungswillen. Das Spielerische der Rammstein-Welt - das den "Stern" unvermeidlich an "Hollywood" gemahnt, obwohl David Lynch dort gar keinen Zutritt hat (und nicht mehr haben will) - wird selbstredend ignoriert; schlauere Interpreten erkennen immerhin das "Comichafte" der Inszenierung. Und in der Tat: Wir sind ja nicht im Philosophie-Seminar. Obwohl es dort einiges zu diskutieren gäbe.

Zumal jetzt, da das zweite Album veröffentlich wird. Angekündigt durch die TOP 3 Gold-Single Engel. Der Titel: Sehnsucht, ganz einfach, ein großes Wort für Gefühle, die mit Sehnen und Süchten jenseits des Heimwehs zusammenhängen. "Ich möchte Deine Träne reiten/ Übers Kinn nach Afrika/ Und zwischen deinen Schenkeln suchen/ Nach dem Schnee vom letzten Jahr." Der ist natürlich nicht mehr da. Man kann sich nicht helfen: Mag ja lachhaft sein, doch besser gelacht hat man selten. Fast beängstigend, wie Rammstein ihre Sprachbilder schöpfen (und woher!), wie die Texte in der Schwebe gehalten werden, immer gerne eine zweite Ebene parat, eine listige Doppelbedeutung, eine finstere Andeutung, einen fiesen Halbsatz. Wie in Bestrafe mich oder Bück dich der Sadomasochismus eine plötzlich auch musikalisch verhandelbare Angelegenheit wird, die der stimulierenden Albernheit von der praktizierende Experten immer berichten! - entspricht. Das Grauen der Lust stets auch eine schwarze Komödie, der Eingang zur Spaß-Hölle. Bedrohlich und bombastisch sind diese Lieder, wenn man sie so nennen darf - wie die synthetischen Streicher grell und schräg irrlichtern, wie der schönste Kitsch - schon in der Single Engel - exekutiert wird, und wie Till Lindemann in Klavier unvermutet wie ein verzärtelter Minnesänger singt, wo sonst geknurrt wird. Das Idyll ist glaubhaft. Aber etwas stimmt im Refrain schon mit der Musik nicht. Und siehe: "Ich goß ihr Blut in das Feuer meiner Wut". Dann kippt der Song in den Abgrund, und die Genre-Bilder werden als Schauer-Tableau wiederholt. Ein fast klassisches Bänkelied, bei dem Täter und Opfer am Ende die Rollen vertauschen: Nun sitzt der Lauschende selbst am Klavier, und sein Spiel beginnt.
Das Spiel auf der Klaviatur unserer Ängste und Obsessionen nämlich. Wenn künftig über Rammstein nachgedacht wird, sollte das Archetypische gründlich bedacht werden als das Phänotypische. Unter der Oberfläche einer perfekten Show und attraktiven Budenzaubers schwärt der Brand der Leidenschaften. Rammstein sägen am Urgrund.

In the beginning was the terror. Metal and techno in seductive mixture, in addition from Germany.
As called the first warnings. The usual vocabulary of terror, the usual denuntziationen. Nevertheless, a decent success. Again and again in the charts, and then the march through, finally at number eight in the album charts, nearly 400,000 records sold, gold status in Germany. In addition, international recognition and countless releases abroad including Italy, Spain, Greece, Sweden, France, Mexico. Performances at the biggest summer festivals in Sweden, Holland, England, Belgium, France...
This was the debut of Rammstein, Herzeleid, a sensation with time fuse, an unprecedented success story.

In between came David Lynch, came the "Lost Highway", two songs on the fabulous soundtrack next to Bowie's "I'm Deranged". Admiration for the Teutons among the film team. central moments in the film with Rammstein horror romance. Perhaps, speculates one of the prison guards in "Lost Highway", it's all "weird shit". In any case, you can't understand it. But why should we! What's appealing about Lynch's riddles, as about Rammstein's no less enigmatic attacks, is the lure of the uncanny, the eroticism of myth, the force of violence. It is a popular misunderstanding to confuse the artist with the art, the doers with the inventors, the imagination with the deed.

However, in addition to the music magazines, the Rammstein case has recently also been occupying the illustrated magazines and city magazines. First head-shaking, then perplexity or mild amusement. What is it about this ensemble from East Berlin and Schwerin? A youth phenomenon ? Fun with sadomasochism ? The new lust for the obscure ? The sound of social decline ? The beat of the crisis ?

It is not unlikely that the depression of the end of the millennium, the unmanageability and hopelessness of the post-industrial end time makes such discharges possible. At the same time, Rammstein are no dull multipliers of collective unease, nor do they execute a simple will to destroy. The playfulness of the Rammstein world - which inevitably reminds the "stern" of "Hollywood", although David Lynch has no access there (and no longer wants to) - is naturally ignored; cleverer interpreters at least recognize the "comic" nature of the production. And indeed: We are not in a philosophy seminar. Although there would be a lot to discuss there.

Especially now that the second album is released. Announced by the TOP 3 Gold single Engel. The title: Sehnsucht, quite simply, a great word for feelings related to longings and addictions beyond homesickness. "Ich möchte Deine Träne reiten/ Übers Kinn nach Afrika/ Und zwischen deinen Schenkeln suchen/ Nach dem Schnee vom letzten Jahr." It's gone, of course. You can't help yourself: May be laughable, but one has rarely laughed better. It's almost frightening how Rammstein draw their linguistic images (and from where!), how the lyrics are held in abeyance, always happy to have a second level ready, a cunning double meaning, a sinister suggestion, a nasty half-sentence. Like in Bestrafe mich or Bück dich the sadomasochism suddenly becomes a musically negotiable matter, too, corresponding to the stimulating silliness practicing experts always report about! - corresponds. The horror of lust always also a black comedy, the entrance to fun hell. Threatening and bombastic are these songs, if one may call them so - how the synthetic strings are glaringly and obliquely errant, how the most beautiful kitsch - already in the singleEngel - is executed, and how Till Lindemann in Klavier unexpectedly sings like a pampered minstrel where otherwise growls. The idyll is believable. But something is already wrong with the music in the chorus. And see: "Ich goß ihr Blut in das Feuer meiner Wut". Then the song tips into the abyss, and the genre imagery is repeated as a chilling tableau. It's an almost classic pew song, with the perpetrator and victim reversing roles at the end: Now the eavesdropper himself sits at the piano, and his playing begins.

Playing on the keyboard of our fears and obsessions, namely. When thinking about Rammstein in the future, the archetypal should be thoroughly considered than the phenotypical. Beneath the surface of a perfect show and attractive budenzaubers the fire of passions festers. Rammstein saw at the primordial ground.

France XIII Bis Digipak

  1. Rammstein (Eskimos & Egypt Radio Edit) - 03:40
  2. Du riechst so gut '98 - 04:24
  3. Du hast (Remix by Clawfinger) - 05:24
    4. }} USA 1998
    Some editions feature this as hidden track.
    1. Stripped - 04:26
      2. }} Australia 1998 / 2001
      1. Stripped - 04:44
        2. }} Australia 2001 bonus CD
        same content as the Asche zu Asche single
        1. Asche zu Asche - 03:53
        2. Spiel mit mir (Live) - 05:19
        3. Laichzeit (Live) - 05:14
        4. Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen? (Live) - 05:53
        5. Engel (Live) (Video) - 05:58
        6. Asche zu Asche (Live) (Video) - 03:30
        2023 Anniversary Edition
        1. Spiel mit mir (2023 Mix)
          2. }} |Title5=Promo Cassette |Tab5=
          1. Sehnsucht - 04:04
          2. Engel - 04:24
          3. Tier - 03:47
          4. Bestrafe mich - 03:39
          5. Du hast - 04:24 - Extended version
          6. Bück dich - 03:22
          7. Spiel mit mir - 04:46
          8. Klavier - 04:24
          9. Alter Mann - 04:24
          10. Eifersucht - 03:37
          11. Küss mich (Fellfrosch) - 03:31
          }}

          Formats

          Release Country Label Type Comment Bonus content Cover Discogs
          1997-08-25 Germany Motor Music CD Jewel case Print on jewel case All
          1997-08-25 Germany Motor Music CD Jewel case Print on jewel case
          Black paper in front to censor the artwork          		 All
          1997-08-25 Germany Motor Music CD Digipak Flake
          1997 Germany Motor Music CD Jewel case Tour edition with t-shirt and sticker
          Print on jewel case          		 All
          1997 France XIII Bis CD Jewel case Print on jewel case All
          1997 France XIII Bis CD Digipak Numbered Till
          1997 France XIII Bis CD Digipak Numbered glossy digipak Till
          1997 Türkiye Motor Music Cassette Jewel case Schneider
          1997 Mexico Motor Music CD Jewel case 12. Engel (English Version)
          13. Du hast (English Version)          		 Till
          1997 Mexico Motor Music CD Jewel case "Milenium Fase II" o-card 12. Engel (English Version)
          13. Du hast (English Version)          		 Till
          1998-01-13 United States Slash CD Jewel case Has credits for Stripped as track 12 in the booklet 12. Engel (English Version) (hidden)
          13. Du hast (English Version) (hidden)          		 Schneider
          1998-01-13 United States Slash CD Jewel case 12. Engel (English Version)
          13. Du hast (English Version)          		 Till
          1998-01-13 United States Slash Cassette Jewel case Schneider
          1998-01-13 United States Slash Cassette Jewel case 12. Engel (English Version) (hidden)
          13. Du hast (English Version) (hidden)          		 Schneider
          1998-01-13 United States Slash Cassette Jewel case 12. Engel (English Version)
          13. Du hast (English Version)          		 Till
          1998-07-01 Japan Polydor CD Jewel case 12. Engel (English Version) - 04:25
          13. Du hast (English Version) - 03:54          		 Schneider
          1998 Germany Motor Music CD Jewel case Print on jewel case 12. Du riechst so gut '98 - 04:24 Flake
          1998 France XIII Bis CD Digipak Numbered 12. Rammstein (Eskimos & Egypt Radio Edit) - 03:40
          13. Du riechst so gut '98 - 04:24
          14. Du hast (Remix by Clawfinger) - 05:24          		 Till
          1998 United States Slash CD Jewel case 12. Stripped (hidden) - 04:26 Schneider
          1998 United States Slash Cassette Jewel case 12. Stripped (hidden) Schneider
          1998 Australia PolyGram CD Jewel case Print on jewel case 12. Stripped - 04:44 Olli
          2001-01-03 United Kingdom Universal Music
          Island Records          		 CD Plastic sleeve CDr
          2001 Australia PolyGram CD Jewel case Sticker on jewel case 12. Stripped - 04:44
          CD 2: Asche zu Asche single          		 Olli
          2001 Germany Universal Music CD Jewel case Print on jewel case
          Partially English lyrics in the booklet          		 All
          2015-12-04 Europe Universal Music Vinyl Gatefold As part of the XXI box set Remastered Flake
          2017-12-08 Europe Universal Music Vinyl Gatefold Standalone release Remastered Flake
          2021-10-29 Europe Universal Music CD Digipak Flake
          2023-06-09 Europe Universal Music CD Digipak Silver foil slipcase Remastered
          12. Spiel mit mir (2023 Mix)          		 Schneider
          2023-06-09 Europe Universal Music Vinyl Gatefold Silver foil slipcase Remastered
          12. Spiel mit mir (2023 Mix)          		 Schneider
          2023-06-09 Europe Universal Music Vinyl Gatefold Silver foil slipcase
          White vinyl          		 Remastered
          12. Spiel mit mir (2023 Mix)          		 Schneider
          2023-06-09 Europe Universal Music MC Jewelcase Remastered
          12. Spiel mit mir (2023 Mix)          		 Schneider
          Unknown South Korea Slash Cassette Jewel case Golden "Sehnsucht" print on the cover Till

          Trivia

  • Sehnsucht was the debut album of the band in the US. Herzeleid was released 10 months later.
  • The French jewel case version of the album includes French translations of all song titles in the tracklist and French lyrics translations for Engel and Du hast on the inside of the inlay.
  • All French versions of the album incorrectly write Spielt mit mir in the tracklist.
  • Polish cassettes of the album included a short Polish introduction to the album, spoken by Till.

Hallo! Cześć jesteśmy Rammstein, pozdrawiamy całą Polskę i życzymy wielu miłych wrażeń w słuchaniu naszej nowej płyty pod tytułem "Sehnsucht".
Hello! Hi, we are Rammstein. We're greeting all the Polish and we wish you a lot of nice experiences while listening to our new album called "Sehnsucht".

  • There are at least two versions of the cassette tape. One contains the spoken intro, while the other does not have it. However, in the version without the intro, the silence before the first song is as long as if it were present.
  • The stock photos for the artwork were shot at a beach in Miami, USA, and Saint Martin, French West Indies.
  • The booklet shows single pictures of each band member, with photos taken by Gottfried Helnwein in his castle in 1996. In these photos, each band member's face is painted white with various devices attached to it. The instruments used for these devices are surgical tools from the original collection of the famous German surgeon Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1874-1951), who was the head of the surgical department at the Berlin hospital Charité from 1928 to 1949.[9] While the surgical tools are antique, Paul Landers seems to have a lung retractor in his mouth, Richard Kruspe appears to have trachea retractors in front of his eyes, Christoph Schneider seems to have some kind of spreader attached to his mouth, and the masks that Till Lindemann and Flake Lorenz are wearing could possibly have been used for anesthesia or for breathing in the pressure chamber Sauerbruch developed.
  • The trachea retractor "glasses" worn by Till were also used on the album cover of "Blackout" by the Scorpions.
  • Gottfried Helnwein is selling art prints of the artwork's photographs through his online store.

Certifications

The certified units are based on the minimum need of sales to receive the award.

Certification Date Units Country
Platinum (2x)[10] 2004 160,000 Switzerland
Platinum[11] 1998-09-29 Austria
Platinum[12] 2001-07-10 Canada
Platinum[13] 1997 500,000 Germany
Platinum[14] 1999-07-01 1,000,000 USA
Platinum[10] 1997 50,000 Switzerland
Gold[11] 1998-01-15 Austria
Gold[12] 1998-11-30 Canada
Gold[13] 1997 250,00 Germany
Gold[14] 1998-09-02 USA
Silver[15] 2013-07-22 60,000 UK

Covers

Gallery

  • Standard booklet
    Standard booklet
  • Japanese booklet, printed in grey
    Japanese booklet, printed in grey
  • USA booklet, printed in white
    USA booklet, printed in white
  • German digipack
    German digipack
  • Australian bonus CD
    Australian bonus CD
  • Japanese OBI strip
    Japanese OBI strip
  • Japanese inlay
    Japanese inlay
  • Australian inlay
    Australian inlay
  • Du riechst so gut '98 inlay
    Du riechst so gut '98 inlay
  • Album advertising #1
    Album advertising #1
  • Album advertising #2
    Album advertising #2
  • Album advertising #3
    Album advertising #3
  • Album advertising #4
    Album advertising #4
  • Album turning platinum advertising
    Album turning
    platinum advertising
  • Slash Records promo sheet #1
    Slash Records promo sheet #1
  • Slash Records promo sheet #2
    Slash Records promo sheet #2

Credits

Music & Lyrics by RAMMSTEIN
except [Sehnsucht] & [Stripped]
Music by RAMMSTEIN/Orgasm Death Gimmick
Lyrics by RAMMSTEIN
Produced by Jacob Hellner with RAMMSTEIN
Mixed by Ronald Prent
Programming by RAMMSTEIN
Additional Programming by Marc Stagg
Female Voice by Bobo

[STRIPPED]
Written by Martin Gore and Published by EMI
Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)/EMI Music Puglishing
Ltd. (PRS)/Grabbing Hands Music (PRS)
Mastered by Bjorn Engelmann at The Cutting Room, Stockholm
Taken from the compilation "For The Masses". 1998
1500 Records.

Portrait Photography by Gottfried Hellnwein
Landscape by Premium Stock Photography
Sleeve Design by Dirk Rudolph
All Songs published by BMG/Ufa
Management: Emanuel Fialik

Contact & Merchandising:
PILGRIM
Postfach 540 101
10042 Berlin

RAMMSTEIN im Internet:
http://www.rammstein.de

Motor im Internet:
http://www.motor.de

RAMMSTEIN would like to thank the following companies for their support:
Music Man, ESP, Mesa-Boogie and Shure

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Metal Hammer 12/96, p. 19
  2. ↑ Zillo 9/97, p. 21
  3. ↑ Break Out 8/97, p. 14
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Metal Hammer 3/97, p. 30
  5. ↑ Metal Hammer 4/97
  6. ↑ Metal Hammer 5/97
  7. ↑ Sonic Seducer 1997, p. 9
  8. ↑ Rock Hard #107, p. 29
  9. ↑ Mucke und Mehr 1998
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 IFPI Swiss certifications
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 IFPI Austria certifications
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Music Canada certifications
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 BVMI certifications
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 RIAA certifications
  15. ↑ BPI certifications
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