WAT

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WAT
Studio album by Laibach
Released	September 8, 2003
Genre	Industrial
Length	58:23 (CD version), 62:27 (2LP version)
Label	Mute (record label)
Producer(s)	Iztok Turk & Laibach
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (2.5/5) link
Laibach chronology
Jesus Christ Superstars (1996)	WAT (2003)	Anthems (2004)

WAT is an album by Slovenian industrial/techno music group Laibach, released September 8, 2003.

The CD included a bonus video of "Tanz Mit Laibach" and the vinyl LP and promo CD "Reject or Breed".

While the topics referred to in many songs (religious intolerance, war, globalization) might suggest that the title is an acronym of "War Against Terror", it actually means "We Are Time" as the title track reveals - an ambiguity quite obviously intended, in typical Laibach fashion.

Moreover, in its lyrics, the album presents a roundabout rejection of the values and motives that have become more prominent since 2001, embracing instead freedom and power of the individual, the unity of humankind and an utopian globalism. "The point of WAT is not what Laibach is, or what it wants, but what you are and where you stand".

[edit] CD track listing

1. "B Mashina" performed by Laibach / Tomi Meglič – 3:50
2. "Tanz Mit Laibach" (Laibach/Meglič/Turk/Umek) – 4:19
3. "Du Bist Unser" (Laibach/Mlakar/Umek) – 5:38
4. "Achtung!" (Laibach/Mlakar/Turk) – 4:06
5. "Ende" (Laibach/Turk/Umek) – 3:45
6. "Now You Will Pay" (Laibach/Turk) – 6:07
7. "Hell: Symmetry" (Laibach/Turk) – 5:02
8. "Das Spiel Ist Aus" (Laibach/Turk) – 4:21
9. "Satanic Versus" (Laibach/Umek) – 4:52
10. "The Great Divide" (Laibach/Turk) – 5:11
11. "Wat" (Avsenik/Laibach/Turk/Umek) – 5:33
12. "Anti-Semitism" (DJ Bizzy/DJ Dojaja/Laibach/Temponauta) – 5:39

[edit] LP track listing

A:

1. "B Mashina" performed by Laibach / Tomi Meglič – 3:50
2. "Tanz Mit Laibach" (Laibach/Meglič/Turk/Umek) – 4:19
3. "Du Bist Unser" (Laibach/Mlakar/Umek) – 5:38

B:

1. "Achtung!" (Laibach/Mlakar/Turk) – 4:06
2. "Ende" (Laibach/Turk/Umek) – 3:45
3. "Reject or Breed" (Laibach/Turk) – 4:07
4. "Satanic Versus" (Laibach/Umek) – 4:52

C:

1. "Now You Will Pay" (Laibach/Turk) – 6:07
2. "Hell: Symmetry" (Laibach/Turk) – 5:02
3. "Das Spiel Ist Aus" (Laibach/Turk) – 4:21

D:

1. "The Great Divide" (Laibach/Turk) – 5:11
2. "Wat" (Avsenik/Laibach/Turk/Umek) – 5:33
3. "Anti-Semitism" (DJ Bizzy/DJ Dojaja/Laibach/Temponauta) – 5:39