Recorded April 1973 Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh
(1973) Ẁurdah Ïtah
(1974) Release date 1973 Label A&M Records | Length 38:47 Artist Magma Producer Giorgio Gomelsky Genres Progressive rock, Zeuhl | |
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Released December 1973 (1973-12) Similar Magma albums, Progressive rock albums | ||
Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh, also abbreviated as MDK, is the third studio album by French progressive rock band Magma, released in December 1973. Magma's original recording of the composition that makes up the album was refused by the record company at the time, but was eventually released as Mekanïk Kommandöh in 1989.
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MDK is the group's most famous and acclaimed record. The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named the album the 33rd greatest French rock album (out of 100). In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked the album 24th on its list of the '50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time'.
Track listing
All music by Christian Vander.
Side one
- Hortz Fur Dëhn Štekëhn Ẁešt – 9:36
- Ïma Süri Dondaï – 4:30
- Kobaïa Is de Hündïn – 3:34
Side two
- Da Zeuhl Ẁortz Mekanïk – 7:48
- Nebëhr Gudahtt – 6:02
- Mekanïk Kommandöh – 4:10
- Kreühn Köhrmahn Ïss Dëh Hündïn – 3:13
- M.D.K. (alternate version) – 34:35
Track 8 is a (mostly) instrumental demo of the piece that also appears on the double-CD rarities compilation Archiẁ I & II, available only on the 12 disc box set Studio Zünd: 40 Ans d'Evolution.
Personnel
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Songs
1Hortz Fur Dëhn Stekëhn Ẁest9:34
2Ïma Sürï Dondaï4:29
3Kobaïa Iss De Hündïn3:36