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Attak is the twelfth studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released on March 19, 2002 by Metropolis Records. The band's first album following a three-year hiatus, it was the first to feature member Lucia Cifarelli and the last to feature member Tim Sköld.

Attak
Studio album by KMFDM
Released	19 March 2002 (2002-03-19)[1]
Recorded	2001
Studio	Moscozzi Studios, Seattle
Length	50:25
Label	Metropolis
Producer	Sascha Konietzko Tim Skold Bill Rieflin
KMFDM chronology
Adios (1999) Attak (2002) WWIII (2003)

History

The album was originally going to be titled Attaq and written in a Middle Eastern font, but was changed by Konietzko after the September 11 attacks, who explained that the band's history with the Columbine shootings would have made the original title "pretty fucking harsh".[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	56/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
Rolling Stone	favorable[1]
Splendid	unfavorable[5]

Attak received mixed reviews.

Track listing

Personnel

• Sascha Konietzko – drums (1–7, 9, 10), programming (1–11), synthesizers (1–6, 10), vocals (1–8, 10, 11), bass (3–7, 9, 10), guitars (3, 4, 6, 7, 11), percussion (5), cockpit voice recorder (6)
• Tim Sköld – guitars (1, 2, 5, 8, 10), bass (2, 8, 10), drums (2, 8, 10), programming (2, 5, 8, 10), synthesizers (2, 5, 8, 10), vocals (2, 5, 8, 10), percussion (5), drumloops (9)
• Bill Rieflin – drums (1, 5, 11), bass (1, 11), programming (3, 5), synthesizers (3, 5, 11), percussion (5, 11), guitars (11)
• Lucia Cifarelli – vocals (1, 4–7, 11), Sidstation "Ninja" (4)
• Jules Hodgson – guitars (3, 9)
• Raymond Watts – vocals (3, 6, 9), drumloops (9)
• Arianne Schreiber – vocals (3)
• Curt Golden – slide guitars (11)
• Dorona Alberti – vocals (11)

References

External links

• KMFDM DØTKØM Attak lyrics at the official KMFDM website

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