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Release Date
20 April 1999
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Length
10 tracks
Adios, the eleventh studio album released by KMFDM, was originally conceived as the group's parting shot to its longtime record label, Wax Trax! Records, but it ended up also signaling the break-up of KMFDM itself, at least for a time. Recorded in Seattle, Washington, this was the last album to feature En Esch and Günter Schulz, who both went on to form Slick Idiot. Following the break-up, founding member Sascha Konietzko created the band MDFMK, before reforming KMFDM in 2002 without Esch or Schulz.
For a short period of time in 1999, any copy of Adios purchased through the official online KMFDM store was signed by Konietzko and Tim Skold.
The album was released on April 20, 1999, on the same date the Columbine High School massacre took place. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the two perpetrators of the massacre, were both avid KMFDM fans. Eric Harris noted the coincidence of the album's title and release date in his journal.
A digitally remastered reissue of Adios was released on May 8, 2007, along with Symbols.
Critical receptionAdios received positive reviews. Gina Boldman of allmusic.com said of the album: "KMFDM sound smoother yet maintain their emotive mayhem in all its glory." The staff of PopMatters called Adios a "superb mix of the anarchaic fueled fury of the 80’s and a full awareness of what their genre has become." Remarking on the band's then-disbandment, they further stated that KMFDM "left us with something to remember them by."
Track listingNo. Title Music Length
1. "Adios" Sascha Konietzko, Tim Skold 3:56
2. "Sycophant" Konietzko, Skold 5:13
3. "D.I.Y." Konietzko, Skold 4:51
4. "Today" Konietzko, Skold 4:57
5. "Witness" Konietzko, Skold, Nina Hagen 7:23
6. "R.U.O.K?" Konietzko, Skold 4:46
7. "That's All" Konietzko, Skold, Ogre, En Esch 5:08
8. "Full Worm Garden" Konietzko, Skold, Ogre, William Rieflin 5:03
9. "Rubicon" Konietzko, Skold 3:44
10. "Bereit" Konietzko, Skold, Esch 4:53
Total length: 49:54
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