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| name = Die Kleinen und die Bösen
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| venue =
| venue =
| studio = Conny Plank's Studio, [[Neunkirchen-Seelscheid|Neunkirchen]], Germany <small>(tracks 1–8)</small>; [[Electric Ballroom]], [[London]] <small>(tracks 9–19)</small>
| studio = Conny Plank's Studio, [[Neunkirchen-Seelscheid|Neunkirchen]], Germany <small>(tracks 1–8)</small>; [[Electric Ballroom]], [[London]] <small>(tracks 9–19)</small>
| genre = [[Electropunk]]
| genre = [[Electropunk]], [[electronic music|experimental electronic]]
| length = 38:29
| length = 38:29
| label = [[Mute Records|Mute]]
| label = [[Mute Records|Mute]] <small>STUMM&nbsp;1</small>
| producer = [[Conny Plank]]
| producer = [[Conny Plank]]
| prev_title = [[Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft]]
| prev_title = [[Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft]]
| prev_year = 1979
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = [[Alles Ist Gut]]
| next_title = [[Alles ist gut]]
| next_year = 1981
| next_year = 1981
}}
}}
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| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
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| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=die-kleinen-und-die-bösen-mw0000311203}}</ref>
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'''''Die Kleinen und die Bösen''''' (''The Small and the Evil'') is the second album by [[Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft]], released on 13 June 1980. It was the first album ever released on [[Mute Records]].
'''''Die Kleinen und die Bösen''''' (''The Small and the Evil'') is the second album by [[Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft]], released on 13 June 1980. It was the first album ever released on [[Mute Records]].


Side A and the first track of side B are studio recordings produced by [[Conny Plank]]. The remainder of side B is a live recording from the [[Electric Ballroom]], [[Camden Town]], [[London]].
Side A and the first track of side B are studio recordings produced by [[Conny Plank]]. The remainder of side B is a live recording from the [[Electric Ballroom]], [[Camden Town]], London.


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
For this album, the band was [[Gabi Delgado-López]], [[Robert Görl]], [[Chrislo Haas]], Michael Kemner and Wolfgang Spelmans. Haas, Kemner and Spelmans left before D.A.F.'s breakthrough follow-up album, ''[[Alles Ist Gut]]''.<ref name=allmusic/>
For this album, the band was [[Gabi Delgado-López]], [[Robert Görl]], [[Chrislo Haas]], Michael Kemner and Wolfgang Spelmans. Haas, Kemner and Spelmans left before D.A.F.'s breakthrough follow-up album, ''[[Alles ist gut]]''.<ref name=allmusic/>


==Reception==
==Reception==


Despite the album's low sales, ''The [[Allmusic]] Guide to Electronica'' notes its influence: "it helped not merely in establishing the group's cachet, but the label's and, in turn, the whole genre of experimental electronic music in the '80s and beyond."<ref name="allmusicguide">Ned Raggett. [https://books.google.com/books?id=GJNXLSBlL7IC&lpg=PT511&ots=R8YywatBhd&dq=queer%20%22wolfgang%20press%22%20allen%20version&pg=PT65#v=onepage&q&f=false "DAF."] ''AllMusic Guide to Electronica: the definitive guide to electronic music'', p114. Vladimir Bogdanov, ed., 2001. Backbeat Books. {{ISBN|0-87930-628-9}}.</ref> ''Trouser Press'' notes the band's movement from industrial noise toward modern dance: "Material is more polished, with anarchic synthesizer work slowly integrating a solid, defined beat."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=deutsche_amerikanische_freundschaft|title=DEUTSCHE AMERIKANISCHE FREUNDSCHAFT|publisher=[[Trouser Press]]|first1=Steven|last1=Grant|first2=Ira|last2=Robbins|accessdate=2 March 2014}}</ref> [[Simon Reynolds]], in ''[[Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984]]'', describes it as "brilliant and sinister".<ref>{{cite book
Despite the album's low sales, ''The [[Allmusic]] Guide to Electronica'' notes its influence: "it helped not merely in establishing the group's cachet, but the label's and, in turn, the whole genre of experimental electronic music in the '80s and beyond."<ref name="allmusicguide">Ned Raggett. [https://books.google.com/books?id=GJNXLSBlL7IC&dq=queer%20%22wolfgang%20press%22%20allen%20version&pg=PT65 "DAF."] ''AllMusic Guide to Electronica: the definitive guide to electronic music'', p114. Vladimir Bogdanov, ed., 2001. Backbeat Books. {{ISBN|0-87930-628-9}}.</ref> ''Trouser Press'' notes the band's movement from industrial noise toward modern dance: "Material is more polished, with anarchic synthesizer work slowly integrating a solid, defined beat."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=deutsche_amerikanische_freundschaft|title=DEUTSCHE AMERIKANISCHE FREUNDSCHAFT|publisher=[[Trouser Press]]|first1=Steven|last1=Grant|first2=Ira|last2=Robbins|accessdate=2 March 2014}}</ref> [[Simon Reynolds]], in ''[[Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984]]'', describes it as "brilliant and sinister".<ref>{{cite book
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== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
Side A:
'''Side A:'''
#"Osten währt am längsten" 5:44
#"Osten währt am längsten" 5:44
#"Essen, dann Schlafen" 1:05
#"Essen, dann schlafen" 1:05
#"Co Co Pino" 3:25
#"Co Co Pino" 3:25
#"Kinderfunk" 3:02
#"Kinderfunk" 3:02
#"Nachtarbeit" 1:53
#"Nachtarbeit" 1:53
#"Ich gebe Dir ein Stück von mir" 1:41
#"Ich gebe dir ein Stück von mir" 1:41
#"De Panne" 2:34
#"De Panne" 2:34
Side B:
'''Side B:'''
#"Gewalt" 1:24
#"Gewalt" 1:24
#"Gib's mir" 1:01
#"Gib's mir" 1:01
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#"Das ist Liebe" 1:22
#"Das ist Liebe" 1:22
#"Was ist eine Welle" 1:15
#"Was ist eine Welle" 1:15
#"Anzufassen und Anzufassen" 1:44
#"Anzufassen und anzufassen" 1:44
#"Volkstanz" 0:47
#"Volkstanz" 0:47
#"Die lustigen Stiefel" 1:50
#"Die lustigen Stiefel" 1:50
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.robert-goerl.de/DGraphieDAFKleinBos.html Robert Görl.de Discographie "Die Kleinen und die Bösen"]
*[http://www.robert-goerl.de/DGraphieDAFKleinBos.html Robert Görl.de discography "Die Kleinen und die Bösen"]


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Latest revision as of 21:36, 31 December 2023

Die Kleinen und die Bösen
Studio album by
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft
Released13 June 1980
RecordedMarch 1980
StudioConny Plank's Studio, Neunkirchen, Germany (tracks 1–8); Electric Ballroom, London (tracks 9–19)
GenreElectropunk, experimental electronic
Length38:29
LabelMute STUMM 1
ProducerConny Plank
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft chronology
Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft
(1979) 		Die Kleinen und die Bösen
(1980) 		Alles ist gut
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Die Kleinen und die Bösen (The Small and the Evil) is the second album by Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, released on 13 June 1980. It was the first album ever released on Mute Records.

Side A and the first track of side B are studio recordings produced by Conny Plank. The remainder of side B is a live recording from the Electric Ballroom, Camden Town, London.

Personnel

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For this album, the band was Gabi Delgado-López, Robert Görl, Chrislo Haas, Michael Kemner and Wolfgang Spelmans. Haas, Kemner and Spelmans left before D.A.F.'s breakthrough follow-up album, Alles ist gut.[1]

Reception

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Despite the album's low sales, The Allmusic Guide to Electronica notes its influence: "it helped not merely in establishing the group's cachet, but the label's and, in turn, the whole genre of experimental electronic music in the '80s and beyond."[2] Trouser Press notes the band's movement from industrial noise toward modern dance: "Material is more polished, with anarchic synthesizer work slowly integrating a solid, defined beat."[3] Simon Reynolds, in Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984, describes it as "brilliant and sinister".[4]

Track listing

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Side A:

  1. "Osten währt am längsten" 5:44
  2. "Essen, dann schlafen" 1:05
  3. "Co Co Pino" 3:25
  4. "Kinderfunk" 3:02
  5. "Nachtarbeit" 1:53
  6. "Ich gebe dir ein Stück von mir" 1:41
  7. "De Panne" 2:34

Side B:

  1. "Gewalt" 1:24
  2. "Gib's mir" 1:01
  3. "Auf Wiedersehen" 1:59
  4. "Das ist Liebe" 1:22
  5. "Was ist eine Welle" 1:15
  6. "Anzufassen und anzufassen" 1:44
  7. "Volkstanz" 0:47
  8. "Die lustigen Stiefel" 1:50
  9. "Die Kleinen und die Bösen" 1:05
  10. "Die fesche Lola" 1:41
  11. "El Basilon" 2:51
  12. "Y La Gracia" 2:05

References

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  1. ^ a b Die Kleinen und die Bösen at AllMusic
  2. ^ Ned Raggett. "DAF." AllMusic Guide to Electronica: the definitive guide to electronic music, p114. Vladimir Bogdanov, ed., 2001. Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-628-9.
  3. ^ Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira. "DEUTSCHE AMERIKANISCHE FREUNDSCHAFT". Trouser Press. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  4. ^ Reynolds, Simon (February 2006). "18: Electric Dreams: Synthpop". Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984 (paperback) (US ed.). Penguin Books. ISBN 1-4295-2667-X.
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