Don't Blow Your Top (album)

Don't Blow Your Top
Studio album by KMFDM
Released	12 February 1988
Studio	M.O.B. Studios, Hamburg
Genre	Industrial rock, industrial
Length	32:49
Label	Cash Beat
Producer	Sascha Konietzko
KMFDM chronology
What Do You Know, Deutschland? (1986) Don't Blow Your Top (1988) UAIOE (1989)
Singles from Don't Blow Your Top
"Don't Blow Your Top" Released: 1988
Alternative cover
2006 re-release cover

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Allmusic

Don't Blow Your Top is the second studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released on 12 February 1988 by Cash Beat Records.

A remastered version of the album was released on 12 September 2006, featuring new liner notes and photos of the band.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by En Esch and Sascha Konietzko unless otherwise noted.

Vinyl/Cassette release

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"No Meat—No Man" (Esch, Konietzko, Raymond Watts)	3:52
2.	"Don't Blow Your Top" (Esch, Konietzko, Watts)	3:40
3.	"Disgust (12" Version)" (Esch, Konietzko, Watts)	4:28
4.	"Oh Look"	2:40
5.	"King Kong Dub (Rubber Mix)" (Jr. Blackmale, Esch, Konietzko)	2:02

Side B

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Killing"	5:20
7.	"What a Race"	3:37
8.	"No News"	4:30
9.	"Oh Look II"	2:38
Total length:		32:49

CD release

No.	Title	Length
1.	"No Meat—No Man"	3:53
2.	"Don't Blow Your Top"	3:40
3.	"Killing"	5:27
4.	"Disgust"	5:29
5.	"Oh Look"	2:39
6.	"King Kong Dub (Rubber Mix)"	2:04
7.	"What a Race"	3:37
8.	"No News"	4:37
9.	"Tod Durch Bongo-Bongo"	6:36
10.	"Killing (For Your Sampling Kit)"	8:39
11.	"Oh Shit"	4:51
Total length:		51:32

Reception

Andy Hinds from Allmusic said that Don't Blow Your Top "sounds a little flimsy when compared to the band's pile-driving later work", and that it sounds "like a combination of early Meat Beat Manifesto, Twitch-era Ministry, and even...the more primitive stuff of Alien Sex Fiend."

Personnel

• Sascha Konietzko – bass, vocals, guitars, synths, programming
• En Esch – vocals, guitars, drums, programming
• Raymond Watts – vocals, programming ("No Meat—No Man", "Don't Blow Your Top", "Disgust", "Oh Shit")
• Jr. Blackmale – vocals ("King Kong Dub (Rubber Mix)")
• Sigrid Meyer – vocals ("Don't Blow Your Top", "Disgust", "Oh Shit")

External links

• KMFDM DØTKØM Don't Blow Your Top lyrics at the official KMFDM website