Mutter was my first exposure to Rammstein at the tender age of seventeen and what an impression it made. When I say first exposure I mean it was the first album I bought having seen the video to "Sonne" and their performance on the 1998 Family Values thingy.

Rammstein became my favorite band after that and Mutter was my favorite CD. I bought all their other albums and the live DVD and saw them live during their Mutter tour in 2002 which was one of the most triumphant moments of my life and as such remains my best concert experience. I saw them again in 2005. Let's just say that for several years I ate, slept, and dreamt Rammstein. I lived and breathed Rammstein.

Anyway, I digress. The first four tracks are probably my favourite, particularly Links 2, 3, 4 and Ich Will. Very powerful tracks. I'm also partial to Rein Raus and Adios. When it was released it was probably their best produced album. In my mind's eye the songs evoke splashes of colour, particularly red, blue and… more »

Mutter was my first exposure to Rammstein at the tender age of seventeen and what an impression it made. When I say first exposure I mean it was the first album I bought having seen the video to "Sonne" and their performance on the 1998 Family Values thingy.

Rammstein became my favorite band after that and Mutter was my favorite CD. I bought all their other albums and the live DVD and saw them live during their Mutter tour in 2002 which was one of the most triumphant moments of my life and as such remains my best concert experience. I saw them again in 2005. Let's just say that for several years I ate, slept, and dreamt Rammstein. I lived and breathed Rammstein.

Anyway, I digress. The first four tracks are probably my favourite, particularly Links 2, 3, 4 and Ich Will. Very powerful tracks. I'm also partial to Rein Raus and Adios. When it was released it was probably their best produced album. In my mind's eye the songs evoke splashes of colour, particularly red, blue and green over a black backdrop.

Rammstein's first three albums are my favourites, and this is possibly the best of those three. I'm not slighting their other two albums released after Mutter, however, it's just to me Mutter is Rammstein at their peak and their Mutter tour was their best IMHO. So I'll say this is probably a good place to start if you're new to Rammstein.