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  Type LP
  Artist Laibach
  Cover LaibachBaptismjpg
  Background gainsboro
  Released 1986
  Recorded
  Genre Industrial
  Length 71:47 (CD version)
  Label Sub Rosa
  Producer
  Last Album '' Nova Akropola ''<br />(1985)
  This Album '''''Baptism'''''<br />(1986)
  Next Album '' Opus Dei ''<br />(1987)


''Baptism'' (full title '''''Krst pod Triglavom - Baptism Below Triglav ''''') was the third album by Laibach . It is the soundtrack to the Neue Slowenische Kunst production of the same name.

TRACK LISTING

The 2LP version (released as a box with the two records, an LP-sized booklet and two posters) has the following tracks:

819-822:
# "Hostnik" original Laibach vocalist Tomaž Hostnik
# "Jezero" ("The Sea")
# "Valjhun" ("The Woodland")
# "Delak"
# "Koža" ("Skin")
1095-1270:
# "Jägerspiel" ("Hunters' Game")
# "Bogomila - Verführung" ("Bogomila - Seduction")
# "Wienerblut" ("Vienna Blood")
1961-1982:
# "Črtomir"
# "Jelengar"
# "Apologija Laibach" ("Laibach Apology")
1983-1987:
# "Herzfeld" ("Heartfield")
# "Krst" ("Baptism")
# "Germania"
# "Rdeči Pilot" ("The Red Pilot")

The CD version has the same songs (except "Hostnik", which is only on the 2LP), but with slightly different track divisions:

# "Jezero/Valjhun/Delak" - 11:00
# "Koža" - 3:57
# "Jägerspiel" - 7:25
# "Bogomila - Verführung" - 3:54
# "Wienerblut" - 7:00
# "Črtomir" - 4:51
# "Jelengar" - 2:41
# "Apologija Laibach" - 12:24
# "Herzfeld" - 4:48
# "Krst, Germania" - 12:50
# "Rdeči Pilot" - 1:00

All music and lyrics by Laibach, except:

  • "Hostnik" music by Kraftwerk ("Ohm Sweet Ohm"), lyrics by Tomaž Hostnik

  • "Apologija Laibach" lyrics by Tomaž Hostnik

  • "Germania" arranged by Graeme Revell


"Herzfeld" is probably named after German satirist John Heartfield , b. Helmut Herzfeld, upon whose photomontages Laibach have based some of their images.

The pieces "Koža", "Jägerspiel", "Herzfeld" and "Krst" are also found as bonus tracks on the '' Opus Dei '' CD.