Nitzer Ebb
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
After the release of That Total Age, Nitzer Ebb toured Europe with Depeche Mode, and the pop sensibilities appeared to inspire them. By the time of their second album, Belief, Gooday had disappeared (to be replaced by Julian Beeston) and Flood had taken over the producers role from Harding, nudging Nitzer Ebb closer to the dancefloor and shearing away the militaristic bent of much of their earlier recordings. Singles like Hearts and Minds, Shame, and Lightning Man were loaded with the cold aggression of earlier recordings, working well on dancefloors as well as college radio stations; the 1990 single Fun to Be Had even reached number two on the dance charts. The following years Ebbhead further consolidated their position with alternative audiences, with at least two well-known singles, I Give to You and Godhead. As a whole, though, the album showed Nitzer Ebb a bit confused as to where industrial music was going. Nitzer Ebb virtually disappeared from active music-making for the next four years, finally reappearing in 1995 with their fifth album, Big Hit. The compilation Body of Work 1984-1997 appeared in 2006 and was immediately followed by set of new remixes titled Body Rework.
