Deaf Dumb Blind
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Deaf Dumb Blind is the title of Clawfinger's
debut album
, first released on 21 April 1993.
The musical content of this debut album is mainly metal
/hard rock
modernized with a few electronic
elements. The vocal approach is an aggressive flux of words sung in a rap
style. The album offers 10 standard tracks and 3 bonus tracks on the re-release of 2004. Clawfinger also released four singles (detailed below) and three videos (Nigger, The Truth and Warfair).
The lyrics on Catch Me are translated and taken from the Asta Kask
song Dom Får Aldrig Mig.
Clawfinger
Clawfinger is a rap metal band from Sweden and was one of the earliest bands to adopt this sound. Clawfinger is known for aggressive but melodic music and tackling political and anti-racist themes in their songs.-Band history:...
debut album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, first released on 21 April 1993.
The musical content of this debut album is mainly metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
/hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
modernized with a few electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
elements. The vocal approach is an aggressive flux of words sung in a rap
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
style. The album offers 10 standard tracks and 3 bonus tracks on the re-release of 2004. Clawfinger also released four singles (detailed below) and three videos (Nigger, The Truth and Warfair).
The lyrics on Catch Me are translated and taken from the Asta Kask
Asta Kask
Asta Kask is a punk band from Töreboda, Sweden. It was founded as "X-tas" in 1978, but changed to Asta Kask in 1980. In 1984 the band started working with Rosa Honung Records. After the 1986 release of the "Aldrig en LP" the band split up. In 1989 the band was reunited and played a few gigs, but...
song Dom Får Aldrig Mig.
Track listing
All tracks by ClawfingerClawfinger
Clawfinger is a rap metal band from Sweden and was one of the earliest bands to adopt this sound. Clawfinger is known for aggressive but melodic music and tackling political and anti-racist themes in their songs.-Band history:...
- "Nigger" – 3:47
- "The Truth" – 4:12
- "Rosegrove" – 4:02
- "Don't Get Me Wrong" – 3:12
- "I Need You" – 4:58
- "Catch Me" – 4:39
- "Warfair" – 3:48
- "Wonderful World" – 2:40
- "Sad to See Your Sorrow" – 5:18
- "I Don't Care" – 3:11
- "Get It" – 4:44 (Bonus Track)
- "Profit Preacher" – 5:55 (Bonus Track)
- "Stars & Stripes" – 3:52 (Bonus Track)
Personnel
- Martin Beskow – Photography
- Clawfinger – Producer
- Björn Engelman – Mastering
- Stefan Glaumann – Mixing
- Lena Granefelt – Photography
- Jacob Hellner – Producer
- Adam Kviman – Engineer
- Per Kviman – A&R
- Sebastian Oberg – Cello, Soloist, Cover Design
- Erlend Ottem – Guitar, Group Member
- Andre Skaug – Bass
- Morten Skaug – Drums
- Jocke Skog – Keyboards, Programming, Vocals (bckgr), Group Member
- Zak Tell – Vocals, Group Member
- Bård Torstensen – Guitar, Vocals (bckgr)