Tocsin (album)

Tocsin is the second studio album by German post-punk band Xmal Deutschland. It was released in June 1984 on 4AD.

Critical reception

AllMusic awarded Tocsin four-and-a-half stars out of five, praising the album as "a creative high point, a teutonic marriage of Siouxsie and the Banshees' inviting goth-pop and the majestic sonic spaces of the Cocteau Twins."

Track listing

Personnel

• Vocals: Anja Huwe
• Guitars: Manuela Rickers
• Keyboards: Fiona Sangster
• Bass: Wolfgang Ellerbrock
• Drums: Petter Bellendir (tracks 1–9); Manuela Zwingman (tracks 10 and 11)

• Produced by Mick Glossop (tracks 1–9); Ivo Watts-Russell and John Fryer (tracks 10 and 11)
• Engineered by Mick Glossop; assisted by Felix Kendall
• Design by 23 Envelope

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