Also Sprach Zarathustra (album)

Also Sprach Zarathustra is an album by NSK industrial group Laibach originally produced for a theatrical production of Thus Spoke Zarathustra, based on Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophical novel of the same name, by director Matjaž Berger, which premiered in March 2016. The single "Vor Sonnen-Aufgang" was released from the album.

Track listing

1. Vor Sonnen-Untergang
2. Ein Untergang
3. Die Unschuld I
4. Ein Verkündiger
5. Von Gipfel Zu Gipfel
6. Das Glück
7. Das Nachtlied I
8. Das Nachtlied II
9. Die Unschuld II
10. Als Geist
11. Vor Sonnen-Aufgang
12. Von Den Drei Verwandlungen

Critical reception

The album was well received by critics. On the website of the collected reviews, Metacritic has an 81/100 rating based on 9 reviews, which means "general recognition". For Mladino, Veljko Njegovan rated the album with 5 stars, writing: "Laibach undoubtedly proves that on the symbolic level" has broken "many iron curtains, which lasts since the beginning of the eighties."

On Radio Å tudent, the album was ranked 8th, while on 24ur.com, it was ranked 2nd in the best Slovenian albums of the year.

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