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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

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]
2021	Metal Hammer	United Kingdom	The 25 Best Symphonic Metal Albums	22	^[10]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

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

Adapted from the L'eau rouge liner notes.^[11]

Chart (1989)	Peak position
UK Indie Chart^[12]	3

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

^ Aswad, Jem; Fasolino, Greg (2007). "Young Gods". Trouser Press. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
^ Raggett, Ned. "The Young Gods: L'eau rouge [Red Water] > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
^ "Tip – Albums of the Year". Poplist.de. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
^ "Tip – Albums of the Year". Poplist.de. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
^ "Melody Maker – Albums of the Year". Melody Maker. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
^ "Sounds – Albums of the Year". Sounds. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
^ "OOR – Albums of the Year". OOR. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
^ "Terrorizer – 100 Most Important Albums of the Eighties". Terrorizer. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (2014). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. p. 614. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
^ Davies, Hywel; Dome, Malcolm; Goodman, Eleanor; Chantler, Chris; Gordon, Connie; Grady, Spencer; Rees, Adam; Selzer, Jonathan (17 November 2021). "The 25 best symphonic metal albums". Metal Hammer. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ L'eau rouge (booklet). The Young Gods. Brussels, Belgium: Play It Again Sam Records. 1989.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

v t e The Young Gods
Franz Treichler Cesare Pizzi Bernard Trontin Frank Bagnoud Urs Hiestand Alain Monod Vincent Hänni
Studio albums	The Young Gods L'eau rouge The Young Gods Play Kurt Weill T.V. Sky Only Heaven Heaven Deconstruction Second Nature Music for Artificial Clouds Super Ready/Fragmenté Everybody Knows Data Mirage Tangram The Young Gods Play Terry Riley In C
Live albums	Live Sky Tour Live Noumatrouff, 1997 Knock on Wood
Compilations	XXY
Singles	"Envoyé!" "Did You Miss Me? "L'Amourir" "Longue Route" "Skinflowers" "Gasoline Man" "Kissing the Sun" "Lucidogen"
Videos	Knock on Wood
Related	Discography Roli Mosimann

This page was last edited on 11 December 2023, at 09:52