L'eau rouge

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.[1] It is usually referred to as their masterpiece and was included in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die in 2005.

L'eau rouge
Studio album by The Young Gods
Released	September 1989
Recorded	Artag Studio (Zurich, CH)
Genre	Industrial rock, dark cabaret
Length	33:46 40:50 (CD release)
Label	PIAS
Producer	Roli Mosimann
The Young Gods chronology
The Young Gods (1987) L'eau rouge (1989) The Young Gods Play Kurt Weill (1991)
Singles from L'eau rouge
"Longue route (Remix)" Released: March 1990

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Accolades

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
1989	Tip	Germany	"Albums of the Year" (Hanspeter Künzler)	1	[3]
1989	Tip	Germany	"Albums of the Year" (Christina Moles Kaup)	1	[4]
1989	Melody Maker	United Kingdom	"Albums of the Year"	7	[5]
1989	Sounds	United Kingdom	"Albums of the Year"	24	[6]
1989	OOR	Netherlands	"Albums of the Year"	31	[7]
2000	Terrorizer	United Kingdom	"100 Most Important Albums of the Eighties"	*	[8]
2005	1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die	Robert Dimery	"1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die"	*	[9]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Franz Treichler; all music is composed by The Young Gods.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"La fille de la mort" ("The Daughter of Death")	7:58
2.	"Rue des Tempêtes" ("Tempest Street")	2:51
3.	"L'eau rouge" ("The Red Water")	4:20
4.	"Charlotte"	2:01

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Longue route" ("Long Route")	3:41
2.	"Crier les chiens" ("Screaming the Dogs")	3:15
3.	"Ville nôtre" ("City of Ours")	4:07
4.	"Les enfants" ("The Children")	5:33

CD bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
9.	"L'Amourir" ("The Love Beat")	4:18
10.	"Pas Mal" ("Not Bad")	2:46

Personnel

Adapted from the L'eau rouge liner notes.[10]

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)	Peak position
UK Indie Chart[11]	3

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Belgium	1989	PIAS	CD, CS, LP	BIAS 130
United States	1995	Interscope	CD	92629

Footnotes

1. Aswad, Jem; Fasolino, Greg (2007). "Young Gods". Trouser Press. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
2. Raggett, Ned. "The Young Gods: L'eau rouge [Red Water] > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
3. "Tip – Albums of the Year". AcclaimedMusic.net. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
4. "Tip – Albums of the Year". AcclaimedMusic.net. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
5. "Melody Maker – Albums of the Year". Melody Maker. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
6. "Sounds – Albums of the Year". Sounds. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
7. "OOR – Albums of the Year". OOR. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
8. "Terrorizer – 100 Most Important Albums of the Eighties". Terrorizer. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
9. Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (2014). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. p. 614. ISBN 0-7893-2074-6.
10. L'eau rouge (booklet). The Young Gods. Brussels, Belgium: Play It Again Sam Records. 1989.CS1 maint: others (link)
11. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

External links

• L'eau rouge at Discogs (list of releases)
• Album online on Radio3Net a radio channel of Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company