Tocsin (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Tocsin
| type = album
| artist = Xmal Deutschland
| cover = TocsinCD.jpg
| alt =
| released = 25 June 1984
| recorded = Livingston Studios, London 1984
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist| Post-punk|gothic rock|dark wave}}
| length = 47:09
| label = 4AD
| producer = Mick Glossop
| prev_title = Fetisch
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = Viva
| next_year = 1987
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Tocsin
| type = studio
| single1 = Incubus Succubus II
| single1date = September 1983
}}
}}
Tocsin is the second studio album by German post-punk band Xmal Deutschland. It was released in June 1984 on 4AD.
Critical reception
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Stewart |last=Mason |title=Tocsin - Xmal Deutschland - AllMusic |website=AllMusic |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/tocsin-mw0000406151 |accessdate=18 June 2015}}
}}
AllMusic awarded Tocsin four-and-a-half stars out of five, praising the album as "a creative high point, a teutonic marriage of Siouxsie and the Banshees' inviting goth-pop and the majestic sonic spaces of the Cocteau Twins."
Track listing
{{tracklist
| collapsed =
| headline =
| all_writing = Xmal Deutschland
| title1 = Mondlicht
| length1 = 5:03
| title2 = Eiland
| length2 = 5:31
| title3 = Reigen
| length3 = 3:59
| title4 = Tag für Tag
| length4 = 4:51
| title5 = Augen•Blick
| length5 = 3:50
| title6 = Begrab mein Herz
| length6 = 3:01
| title7 = Nachtschatten
| length7 = 3:56
| title8 = Xmass in Australia
| length8 = 3:14
| title9 = Derwisch
| length9 = 4:32
}}
{{tracklist
| collapsed =
| headline = Bonus tracks on CD reissue
| title10 = Incubus Succubus II
| length10 = 4:45
| title11 = Vito
| length11 = 4:26
}}
Personnel
;Musicians
- Vocals: Anja Huwe
- Guitars: Manuela Rickers
- Keyboards: Fiona Sangster
- Bass: Wolfgang Ellerbrock
- Drums: Petter Bellendir (tracks 1–9); Manuela Zwingman (tracks 10 and 11)
;Production
- Produced by Mick Glossop (tracks 1–9); Ivo Watts-Russell and John Fryer (tracks 10 and 11)
- Engineered by Mick Glossop; assisted by Felix Kendall
- Design by 23 Envelope
References
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