Money is the fifth studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released in February 1992 by Wax Trax! Records. It was originally intended to be titled Apart, with each of the two core members, Sascha Konietzko and En Esch, recording half an album and combining their work. The album ended up using only Konietzko's half, along with additional songs. It received mixed reviews, but spawned a number of club hits. It went out of print in the late 1990s and was re-released in 2006.
History
Bandmates Sascha Konietzko and En Esch had a falling out at the end of their 1990 tour with My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult. The record company gave Konietzko additional funds to record more songs. A number of other tracks intended for the album ended up on other albums or singles.
Apart tracks
Apart (the second version, which did not include Esch's solo songs) would have included:
A1 Vogue/Govern Your Soul 5:26 (version released as part of the Wax Trax! Industrial Accident documentary soundtrack)
A2 Split 4:20 (version released as "Split-Apart", which appeared on the Vogue single)
A3 Help Us/Save Us/Take Us Away 5:53 (same as the final released version on Money)
A4 Blood 5:10 (original version that was later released on the A Drug Against War single albeit a minute longer)
B1 Thank You 0:43 (later included on the rarities compilation Agogo)
B2 Spiritual House 5:01 (slightly different version than the final release)
B3 Bargeld 6:11 (version released as "Bargeld (Cashflow Mix)", which appeared on the Help Us/Save Us/Take Us Away single)
B4 Sex on the Flag 4:17 (same as the final released version on Money)
B5 We Must Awaken 4:53 (same as the final released version on Money)
This particular version of Apart was released by KMFDM's online store in early 2020 as a download, after it had been leaked onto the internet.
Release
Money was released in February 1992. It spawned two club hits, the title track and "Vogue", both of which charted on the Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs Chart a few months later. KMFDM toured twice in support of the album: first on a mini-tour in June, and again on a full tour in October and November.