The Sound of Music (Laibach album)

The Sound of Music is an album by NSK industrial group Laibach. The album is a reinterpretation of the soundtrack of the musical of the same name.[7] Lead vocals are usually duets between lead singer Milan Fras and guest collaborator Boris Benko of Silence.

The Sound of Music
Studio album by Laibach
Released	November 23, 2018
Genre	Electronic
Label	Mute Records
Laibach chronology
Also Sprach Zarathustra (2017) The Sound of Music (2018) Party Songs (2019)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Album of the Year	74/100[1]
Metacritic	73/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[4]
MusicOMH	[5]
PopMatters	8/10[6]

The accompanying video of the title track "The Sound of Music" depicts impressions of the culture of North Korea, with in the opening shot an animation with a chamois buck on the top of a skyscraper, referring to the legendary Zlatorog in Slovene folklore.

Critical reception

The album was well received by critics. Ben Beaumont-Thomas in The Guardian rated it 4/5 stars, calling it "stirring, funny and thought provoking".[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Sound of Music"	4:55
2.	"Climb Ev'ry Mountain"	4:03
3.	"Do-Re-Mi"	4:26
4.	"Edelweiss"	3:15
5.	"My Favorite Things"	3:42
6.	"The Lonely Goatherd"	3:32
7.	"Sixteen Going On Seventeen"	4:04
8.	"So Long, Farewell"	3:18
9.	"Maria/Korea"	4:19
10.	"Arirang"	2:59
11.	"The Sound of Gayageum"	2:04
12.	"Welcome Speech"	1:31

• Songs 1-9 were written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
• Songs 10 and 11 are Korean folk songs.
• Song 12 is a welcome note given by the group to the group upon joining Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Ryu, Chairman of the Cultural Exchange Committee with foreign countries.

References

1. "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
2. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
3. Simpson, Paul. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
4. Bemrose, Bekki (23 November 2018). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
5. Ashton-Smith, Alan (23 November 2018). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
6. Rollman, Hans (29 November 2018). "The Most Unlikely Concert in Musical History Is Now Available for Mass Consumption". PopMatters. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
7. "MUTE • Laibach • Announce New Album, The Sound Of Music".
8. Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (2018-11-23). "Laibach: The Sound of Music review – glorious silly covers are bright as a copper kettle". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-01-10.