L'eau rouge (French for The Red Water) is the second album by industrial band The Young Gods, released in September 1989 by Play It Again Sam Records. It is usually referred to as their masterpiece and was included in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die in 2005.
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from the L'eau rouge liner notes.
The Young Gods Cesare Pizzi – keyboards Use Hiestand – drums Franz Treichler – vocals
Production and additional personnel Michele Amar – programming Voco Fauxpas – engineering Roli Mosimann – production
Charts Chart (1989) Peakposition UK Indie Chart3
Reception
Accolades YearPublicationCountryAccoladeRank1989 Tip Germany "Albums of the Year" (Hanspeter Künzler) 1 1989 Tip Germany "Albums of the Year" (Christina Moles Kaup) 1 1989 Melody Maker United Kingdom "Albums of the Year" 7 1989 Sounds United Kingdom "Albums of the Year" 24 1989 OOR Netherlands "Albums of the Year" 31 2000 Terrorizer United Kingdom "100 Most Important Albums of the Eighties" * 2005 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die United Kingdom "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" * 2021 Metal Hammer United Kingdom The 25 Best Symphonic Metal Albums22 "*" denotes an unordered list.
Release history Region Date Label Format Catalog Belgium 1989 PIAS CD, CS, LP BIAS 130 United States 1995 Interscope CD 92629
Footnotes
External links
Album online on Radio3Net a radio channel of Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company