Baptism (Laibach album)
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Baptism was the third album by Laibach
Laibach (band)
Laibach is a Slovenian avant-garde music group associated with industrial, martial, and neo-classical musical styles. Laibach formed June 1, 1980 in Trbovlje, Slovenia . Laibach represents the music wing of the Neue Slowenische Kunst art collective, of which it was a founding member in 1984...

. It is the soundtrack to the Neue Slowenische Kunst
Neue Slowenische Kunst
Neue Slowenische Kunst , aka NSK, is a controversial political art collective that announced itself in Slovenia in 1984, when Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia. NSK's name, being German, is compatible with a theme in NSK works: the complicated relationship Slovenes have had with Germans...

 production of the same name. All music and lyrics by Laibach, except where noted.

LP

The 2LP version (released as a box with the two records, an LP-sized booklet and two posters) has the following tracks:

819-822:
  1. "Hostnik"
  2. "Jezero" (Lake)
  3. "Valjhun"
  4. "Delak"
  5. "Koža" (Skin)

1095-1270:
  1. "Jägerspiel" (Hunters' Game)
  2. "Bogomila - Verführung" (Bogomila - Seduction)
  3. "Wienerblut" (Viennese Blood
    Wiener Blut (waltz)
    Wiener Blut op. 354 is a waltz by Johann Strauss II first performed by the composer on 22 April 1873. The new dedication waltz was to celebrate the wedding of the Emperor Franz Josef's daughter Archduchess Gisela Louise Maria and Prince Leopold of Bavaria...

    )


1961-1982:
  1. "Črtomir"
  2. "Jelengar"
  3. "Apologija Laibach" (Laibach Apology)

1983-1987:
  1. "Herzfeld" (Heartfield
    John Heartfield
    John Heartfield is the anglicized name of the German photomontage artist Helmut Herzfeld...

    )
  2. "Krst" (Baptism)
  3. "Germania"
  4. "Rdeči Pilot" (Red Pilot)

CD

The CD version has the same songs (except "Hostnik", which is only on the 2LP), but with slightly different track divisions:
  1. "Jezero/Valjhun/Delak" – 11:00
  2. "Koža" – 3:57
  3. "Jägerspiel" – 7:25
  4. "Bogomila - Verführung" – 3:54
  5. "Wienerblut" – 7:00
  6. "Črtomir" – 4:51
  7. "Jelengar" – 2:41
  8. "Apologija Laibach" – 12:24
  9. "Herzfeld" – 4:48
  10. "Krst, Germania" – 12:50
  11. "Rdeči Pilot" – 1:00

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