Having gained a fair amount of underground attention throughout Europe, particularly in both Germany and England, made its first attempt at crossing over -- in a way -- with . An alliance with records led to handling the production, while the group decided to spell out the connections between mega- and fascist spectacle all the more directly. Two brilliant singles were the end result, the first being a German-language cover of 's then-recent smash hit transformed into a stompalong that remained as catchy as the original but with far more disturbing overtones. Hearing guttural voices talking about "one world, one people" over stomping drums and dramatic horns makes for pure nightmares -- undoubtedly the point. Arguably even more fascinating was a hippie-ish song by the German group that was reworked by into two different versions -- the German-language and the English Both are amazing, dramatic, and, thanks to some soft keyboards, even beautiful -- imagining a strutting, face-to-the-sun group of party members sweeping over the globe with these as accompaniment takes no effort at all. The dumbass soloing on the German-language version is especially hilarious. The other tracks on are a mixed but worthy bunch, showing the group trashing stylistic boundaries with more / /martial/dancefloor combinations. The results can be weirdly sweet like the start of or explosive like or the quick, nervous bombast of but they're all good in their own ways. The CD includes four selections from as a bonus, that particular recording having not yet been released at the time of 's appearance. ~ Ned Raggett