Laibach [Album Covers]

1985 Panorama / Die Liebe	1985 Neu Konservatiw S	1985 Laibach SR	1985 Rekapitulacija 1980-1984
1986 The Occupied Europe Tour 1985 R	1986 Nova Akropola SR	1987 Slovenska Akropola R	1987 Opus Dei SR
1988 Krst pod Triglavom: Baptism SR	1988 Let It Be SR	1989 Macbeth S	1992 Kapital SR
1993 Ljubljana–Zagreb–Beograd SR	1994 NATO SR	1996 Occupied Europe NATO Tour 1994–95 S	1996 Jesus Christ Superstars SR
1997 M.B. December 21, 1984 S	2002 The John Peel Sessions	2003 WAT SR	$[ 20 / 34 ] 2004 Anthems With their albums often based around one concept, this two-disc collection of "anthems" by Laibach is filled with tracks that are best in their original environment, but for a sampler, its perfect and fans get a fantastic bonus. The two descriptors Laibach dislike the most -- Teutonic and Wagnerian -- best describe the Slovenian band for newcomers, but as Anthems displays, theyre much more than that. Any band that does goose-stepping industrial versions of "Sympathy for the Devil," "Get Back," and Europes "Final Countdown" could be written off as merely clever, but Laibach are nothing if not great destructors of pop who skillfully put the pieces back together for optimum absurdness. Laibachs rebuilding of pop borrows from show tunes, classical music, soundtracks, and practically everything else. Their new version of Nana Mouskouris drippy and sentimental "Mama Leone" has sweet orchestration, with lead singer Milan Fras stern growl delivering each line in an incongruous, maudlin style. Like their Beatles and Stones interpretations, its ridiculous but extremely well crafted in arrangement and production. Just listen how the minimal synth band D.A.F.s "Alle Gegen Alle" is turned into a chaotic symphony with a choir weaving in and out until it all explodes Carmina Burana style. If its not symphonic splendor, its stabbing techno (in their later years) or claustrophobic experimentalism (their early years), and you cant help but feel the chronological-going-backward style of the first disc could have mixed it up better. The second disc of remixes is the real treat for the faithful, rounding up hard to find 12"s and offering a fractured, aggressive, and even more menacing view of the band. Smart choices like Umek, Richie Hawtin, and Philipp Erb strip the music down to the bare essentials and Detroit the heck out of the tunes. Sounding unlike any of the other remixes but just as welcome, the mysteriously named Kraftbach rip apart "Geburt Einer Nation" with equal parts smirk and scowl and enough robotic bleeping to make you think a Ralf or Florian were involved. The remix disc is the first treasure, and the beautifully illustrated, "you still you dont get that theyre antifascists?" booklet is the second. With their albums being so hard to pick apart, you can easily forgive the bumpy ride of disc one, and the compilers have made as good a track selection as any. For an impossible-to-compile band, Anthems is as good as it gets and justifies itself with desirable extras.$ 2004 Anthems SR
2006 Volk SR	2007 2007-04-16: CC Club, London, UK	2008 Laibachkunstderfuge S	2011 "Gesamtkunstwerk - Dokument 81-86“
2012 Monumental Retro-Avant-Garde: Live at Tate Modern / 14 April 2012	2012 Iron Sky: The Original Film Soundtrack	2012 An Introduction To … Laibach / Reproduction Prohibited R	2013 S S
2014 Spectre SR	2014 1 VIII 1944. Warszawa	2015 Spectremix S	2017 Also sprach Zarathustra SR
2018 Also sprach Zarathustra Live 2017	2018 The Sound of Music S