Laibach: Nova Akropola - Expanded 3CD Box Set
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Laibach: Nova Akropola, Expanded 3CD Box Set
Released December 1, 2023.
Format: CD
Includes a 16pp booklet.
Label: Cherry Red Records
- THE SEMINAL 1986 ALBUM REVISITED AND EXPANDED.
- CURATED, REMASTERED AND RE-DESIGNED BY LAIBACH.
- COMPLETE WITH 2 x CDs OF LIVE VERSIONS OF ‘NOVA AKROPOLA’ SONGS FROM THE BAND’S OWN ARCHIVE.
- VITAL SLEEVENOTES BY ALEXEI MONROE.
- “THE FIRST DANGEROUS ALBUM OF THE EIGHTIES” – (Sound Magazine)
The seminal 1986 album, long out of print, revisited, remastered, redesigned and curated by the band, this new 3CD edition includes two additional discs of vital live recordings of ‘Nova Akropola’ songs spanning the years 1985 to 2020, captured in England, Slovenia, Serbia and Macedonia and hand-picked by Laibach. Presented in new artwork, created by the band and their designing team, and accompanied by brilliant sleevenotes by cultural theorist Alexei Monroe, author of 'Interrogation Machine', this new incarnation demonstrates the longevity of both the songs and the philosophy behind them, and is an essential continuation of the ‘Nova Akropola’ story, and a vital new addition to Laibach’s catalogue.
Originally released and now re-released by Cherry Red Records in 1986, 'Nova Akropola' ('The New Acropolis') remains a masterpiece of politically-informed industrial expression, and signalled the beginning of Laibach's breakthrough onto the international scene. Few bands stand apart from the crowd as distinctly as Laibach, that has continued to follow an individual, often controversial path for over forty years, taking them into places few other artists dare to go. (From the label's press release)
TRACK LISTING
DISC ONE
1. ‘NOVA AKROPOLA’ REMASTERED
2. VIER PERSONEN
3. NOVA AKROPOLA
4. KRVAVA GRUDA – PLODNA ZEMLJA
5. VOJNA POEMA
6. TI, KI IZZIVAŠ (OUTRO)
7. DIE LIEBE
8. DRŽAVA
9. VADE RETRO
10. PANORAMA
11. DECREE
DISC TWO
LIVE IN EUROPE 1997-2020
1. VADE RETRO (LIVE IN LJUBLJANA, 1997)
2. NOVA AKROPOLA (LIVE IN ZAGREB 2019)
3. VIER PERSONEN (LIVE IN LJUBLJANA, 2019)
4. KRVAVA GRUDA – PLODNA ZEMLJA (LIVE IN SERBIA, 2021)
5. TI, KI IZZIVAŠ (LIVE IN SERBIA, 2021)
6. DIE LIEBE (LIVE IN SKOPJE 2018)
7. DRŽAVA (LIVE AT LJUBLJANA CASTLE, 2020)
DISC THREE
LIVE IN LONDON 1985-1987
1. VIER PERSONEN (LONDON, 1985)
2. NOVA AKROPOLA (LONDON, 1985)
3. VADE RETRO (LONDON, 1985)
4. KRVAVA GRUDA – PLODNA ZEMLJA (LONDON, 1986)
5. DIE LIEBE (LONDON, 1985)
6. TI, KI IZZIVAŠ (LONDON, 1985)
7. DRŽAVA (LONDON, 1985)
8. VOJNA POEMA (LONDON, 1985)
9. DRŽAVA (LET’S MAKE UNITED STATES OF EUROPE FIRST AGAIN!) (LONDON, 1987)
