| Leichenschrei | ||||
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| Released | April 1982 (USA) / January 1983 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | October 1981 – March 1982 | |||
| Studio | SPK/Side Effekts Studio | |||
| Genre | Industrial, experimental, musique concrète, dark ambient | |||
| Length | 43:09 | |||
| Label | Thermidor | |||
| Producer | SPK | |||
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 1992 CD reissue | ||||
Leichenschrei is the second album by the band SPK. It was released in 1982 on Thermidor Records in the United States and in 1983 on the band's own Side Effekts label in the United Kingdom. The title is a German word meaning "corpse scream", and might refer to an alleged supernatural behavior exhibited by the deceased.
The band was listed on the initial Thermidor release as "SPK", although subsequent vinyl reissues were credited to "Sozialistisches Patienten Kollektiv", a reference to the leftist German patients' group of the same name. The name was misspelled on the CD reissue as "Socialistisches Patienten Kollektiv".