Voodoo-U is the second studio album from Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 electronic

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

 band Lords of Acid

Lords of Acid

Lords of Acid is a Belgian-American post-industrial/techno band, led by musician Praga Khan. They debuted with the controversial new beat single "I Sit on Acid" in 1988...

. It was released in 1994 on Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin

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's American Recordings label. The album begins the band's move from the techno and rave

Rave music

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 sounds of prior album Lust to a heavier, industrial music

Industrial music

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 style. Lyrically the band maintains their outrageous, sex-and-drugs themes. Lead vocal duties on Voodoo-U were performed by Ruth McArdle and backing vocals by Jade 4U, while some songs feature only Jade 4U. The album's first single, "The Crab Louse" was an ode to pubic lice

Crab louse

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The album's cover art was available in both a censored and uncensored version — the uncensored version featuring nude, fluorescent-orange-colored lesbian

Lesbian

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 devil

Devil

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s having a sexual orgy

Orgy

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. The artwork was designed by American hot-rod artist Coop

Coop (artist)

Coop is a hot rod artist working from Los Angeles. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1968, and describes his occupation as "Insensitive Artiste". His work consists primarily of barely clothed Bettie Page-style 1950s soft pornography and/or B-movie monsters, with the female characters often taking...

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Although not as universally praised as their debut album Lust, Voodoo-U earned positive reviews from music critics. With this album Lords of Acid ventured on their first world headlining tour with a full backing band.

Voodoo-U was re-issued again with Bonus Tracks ("Young Boys Go To Studio 54" "Lords on 45" "Crablouse" (Van Acker Mix) "Real Thing" As was the case with their Lust album, Voodoo-U was re-issued in 2001 as a "Stript" version, which removed all vocals.

Track listing

1. "Voodoo-U" (Praga Khan, Jade 4 U, Carl Johansen, J.K. Magick)
2. "The Crab Louse" (Praga Khan, Jade 4 U, Oliver Adams, J.K. Magick)
3. "She and Mrs. Jones" (Praga Khan, Jade 4 U, J.K. Magick)
4. "Do What You Wanna Do" (Praga Khan, Jade 4 U, Carl Johansen, J.K. Magick)
5. "Young Boys" (Praga Khan, Jade 4 U, Oliver Adams, J.K. Magick)
6. "Out Comes the Evil" (Praga Khan, Jade 4 U, J.K. Magick)
7. "Mister Machoman" (Praga Khan, Jade 4 U, Oliver Adams, J.K. Magick)
8. "Marijuana in Your Brain" (Praga Khan, Jade 4 U, Oliver Adams, J.K. Magick)
9. "Special Moments" (Praga Khan, Jade 4 U, Carl Johansen, J.K. Magick)
10. "Dirty Willy" (Praga Khan, Jade 4 U, Oliver Adams, J.K. Magick)
11. "Drink My Honey" (Praga Khan, Jade 4 U, Carl Johansen, J.K. Magick)
12. "Blowing Up Your Mind" (Praga Khan, Jade 4 U, Carl Johansen, J.K. Magick)

Re-Issued Bonus Tracks

13. "Young Boys Go To Studio 54"
14. "Lords on 45"
15. "Crablouse" (Van Acker Mix)
16. "Real Thing"