Spice Crackers is the fifth studio album from German synthpop group Camouflage

Camouflage (band)

Camouflage is a German New Wave trio consisting of Marcus Meyn, Heiko Maile and Oliver Kreyssig. Their only Billboard Hot 100 hit was "The Great Commandment" which climbed to #59 in 1988, though it did spend three weeks at #1 on the US dance chart...

, released in 1995 by BMG.

Background

The band's new contract with BMG Germany provided them with full creative freedom, allowing the two to utilise works originally intended for their failed opera project and make them much more experimental, and sometimes even inspired by science fiction films. Overall, the album was a completely new venture for the group, and unfortunately was not a success. Due to this, the band went their separate ways.

Singles

Two singles were released from the record: "Bad News" in 1995 and "X-Ray" in 1996. Music videos were filmed for both. "X-Ray" was remixed by Tranceformer and Ronda Ray for release. Both were included on the band's 2001 retrospective "Rewind".

Re-release

Due to the album being out of print, the band remastered and re-released the album in 2009. It features two discs, the second comprising B-sides and other rarities, some unreleased, from the Spice Crackers era. A download-only album was also released, containing all the remixes from the two singles.

Tracklisting

Personnel

Producer - Heiko Maile

Guitar, Keyboards - Ingo Ito

Remastered (2009 Edition) by - Sven Geiger

Vocals - Marcus Meyn