Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs.
ARTIST: Depeche Mode
RELEASE: Tour of the Universe: Barcelona 20/21:11:09
BACKSTORY: The synthpop legends this week release a combo live album/concert film documenting last year’s Tour of the Universe. The set, capturing a 24-song performance, is available in three different formats: Standard Edition (1DVD/2CD), a Deluxe Edition (2DVD/2CD) and a Blu-ray Edition (2BD), with the latter two including bonus features such as a 40-minute documentary and Anton Corbijn’s on-stage backdrop films. (See tracklists here.)
BUY IT: Tour of the Universe: Barcelona 20/21:11:09 via Amazon.com
ARTIST: Nitzer Ebb
RELEASE: Industrial Complex
BACKSTORY: The first new album in 15 years from the electro-industrial act — issued in a “tour edition” on iTunes last November, and on CD in Europe earlier this year — gets a belated U.S. CD release this week, supplemented by modified artwork, the new song “On the Road” and remixes by the likes of Alan Wilder. (See tracklist here.)
BUY IT: Industrial Complex via Amazon.com
ARTIST: Einstürzende Neubauten
RELEASE: Strategies Against Architecture IV
BACKSTORY: The pioneering German avante-garde industrial act — which is in the midst of a 30th anniversary tour of Europe and, coming up in December, North America — this week releases the fourth in its ongoing series of retrospective compilations, this time collecting 26 songs over two CDs spanning the years 2002 to 2010.
BUY IT: Strategies Against Architecture IV via Amazon.co.uk
ARTIST: Meat Beat Manifesto
RELEASE: Answers Come in Dreams
BACKSTORY: The U.K. electronic outfit returns with its 10th studio album, a set that’s said to be “minimal, textural and cinematic in scope.” Band mastermind Jack Dangers says, “It’s just an extension of my sound. Maybe it’s more minimal than previous records — that was a conscious decision because I am making a video for each song more or less.”
BUY IT: Answers Come in Dreams via Amazon.co.uk
