Band members:
Ralf Dörper: keys
Michael Mertens: percussion
Susanne Freytag: vocals
Claudia Brücken: vocals
Andreas Thein: programming
PROPAGANDA acknowledge the participation, with some voices and
instruments,
of:
Andrew Richards, Steve Howe, David
Sylvian,
Glenn Gregory, Trevor Horn, Johnathan
Sorrell,
Ian Mosley
Produced by S.J. Lipson
Mixed and matched by S.J. Lipson and Trevor
Horn
Tracks:
1. "Dream Within a Dream" [mus: Mertens; lyr: Edgar Allan Poe]
(8:04)
2. "The Murder of Love" [mus: Brücken/Mertens; lyr:
Brücken/Dörper] (5:13)
3. "Jewel/Duel" [mus: Brücken/Dörper/Mertens; lyr: Dörper]
(3:10/4:47)
4. "p:Machinery" [mus: Mertens; lyr: Dörper] (3:49)
5. "Sorry for Laughing" [mus: Paul Haig/Malcolm Ross; lyr: Haig]
(3:27)
6. "Dr. Mabuse (First Life)" [mus: Dörper/Mertens/Thein; lyr:
Dörper] (5:03)
7. "The Chase" [mus: Mertens; lyr: Dörper] (4:05)
8. "The Last Word" [mus: Dörper/Mertens; lyr: Dörper/Mertens]
(3:01)
9. "Strength to Dream"
Notes: (*****) There are no credits to (9) on the disc, but it is
a
reprise of (1). Other writing credits are from the 2010 release.
The record bears a strong
resemblance to Trevor Horn's ZTT label sound (Art of Noise,
Frankie Goes
to Hollywood etc.).
Brucken said in a Dec
2020 interview that Howe played a guitar solo on (2),
beginning at 3:23: "[Producer] Stephen Lipson had no idea what to
do in that section of the song. He said, 'It needs some jazzy
solo.' He walked out of the studio and there was Steve Howe. He
was working with Trevor on something. Stephen said, 'Do you fancy
popping in and doing a bit of noodling?' And he said, 'Sure.' You
couldn't have planned it." (Yuriy Romanets; additional notes, HP,
6 Apr
03; updated 13 Dec 20)