Single · 1989
Tracklist
Green cover tracklisting:
1. The Machineries of Joy (Die Krupps - Mix)
2. The Machineries of Joy (Nitzer Ebb - Mix)
Blue cover tracklisting:
1. The Machineries of Joy (Radio Version) (4:08)
2. The Machineries of Joy (Wahre Arbeit Mix) (6:02)
3. The Machineries of Joy (True Work Mix) (6:07)
4. The Machineries of Joy (Join the Rhythm of Machines) (5:35)
Total time 21:52
Red cover and Mute Records tracklisting:
1. The Machineries of Joy (Wahre Arbeit - Mix)
2. The Machineries of Joy (True Work - Mix)
3. The Machineries of Joy (Machines)
Yellow cover tracklisting:
1. The Machineries of Joy (Wahrer Lohn Mix)
2. The Machineries of Joy (Sweet Pain Mix)
3. The Machineries of Joy (Machines)
Picture disc tracklisting:
1. The Machineries of Joy (Skateboard Mix)
2. The Machineries of Joy (Rhönrad-Mix)
Geffen Records tracklisting:
1. The Machineries of Joy (Wahre Arbeit Mix) (5:57)
2. The Machineries of Joy (Die Krupps Mix) (4:02)
3. The Machineries of Joy (True Work Mix) (6:02)
4. The Machineries of Joy (Join the Rhythm of Machines) (5:31)
Total time 21:32
Line-up/Musicians
Additional musicians:
- Nitzer Ebb / Vocals, Instrumentation
About this release
BCM, April 1989. Five versions released, all with different tracklistings and different cover colors. (One of these versions is a picture disc).
Released by Geffen Records in 1989 with its own tracklisting. Released by Mute Records on June 26, 1989 with the same tracklisting as the red flag BCM release.
Producer: Ralf Dörper, Jürgen Engler
Engineering: Peter Krick, Paul Kendall
Remixing: Nitzer Ebb
Recorded in Düsseldorf, Germany and London, England.
Thanks to Stooge, Unitron for the updates