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{{Infobox album|
| name         = Attak
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[KMFDM]]
| cover        = KMFDM - Attak.png
| alt          = 
| released     = {{Start date|df=yes|2002|3|19}}<ref name=RS/>
| recorded     = 2001
| venue        = 
| studio       = Moscozzi Studios, [[Seattle]]
| genre        = *[[Industrial metal]]<ref name="allmusic" />
| length       = {{Duration|m=50|s=25}}
| label        = [[Metropolis Records|Metropolis]]
| producer     = {{flatlist|
* Sascha Konietzko
* Tim Skold
* Bill Rieflin
}}
| prev_title   = [[Adios (KMFDM album)|Adios]]
| prev_year    = 1999
| next_title   = [[WWIII (album)|WWIII]]
| next_year    = 2003
}}

'''''Attak''''' is the eleventh [[studio album]] by German [[industrial music|industrial]] band [[KMFDM]], released on March 19, 2002 by [[Metropolis Records]]. The band's first album following a three-year hiatus, it was the first to feature member [[Lucia Cifarelli]] and the last to feature member [[Tim Sköld]].

==History==
The album was originally going to be titled ''Attaq'' and written in a [[Arabic script|Middle Eastern font]], but was changed by Konietzko after the [[September 11 attacks]], who explained that the band's history [[Columbine shootings#Music|with the Columbine shootings]] would have made the original title "pretty fucking harsh".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hybridmagazine.com/music/0702/kmfdm.shtml | title=KMFDM Reloads with: Attak | author1=Freedland, Israel | author2=Schneider, Justin | work=Hybrid | access-date=May 9, 2012}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| MC        = 56/100<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/attak/kmfdm | title=Attak – KMFDM | publisher=[[Metacritic]] | access-date=August 17, 2012}}</ref>
| rev1      = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/attak-mw0000216053 | author=Torreano, Bradley | title=Attak Review | publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=August 17, 2012}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev2Score = favorable<ref name=RS>{{cite journal | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kmfdm-prepare-to-attak-20020307 | author=Baltin, Steve | title=KMFDM Prepare to "Attak" | work=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=March 7, 2002 | access-date=August 7, 2011}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''Splendid''
| rev3Score = unfavorable<ref name=splendid>{{cite web | url=http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=3226491831324092 | author=Zahora, George | title=KMFDM: Attak | date=April 8, 2002 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030708233757/http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=3226491831324092 | archive-date=July 8, 2003}}</ref>
}}
''Attak'' received mixed reviews. Bradley Torreano of [[AllMusic]] describes the album's production as "ugly" and that it has a "few songs that are way too long" but still claims it has a "few truly inspiring industrial metal anthems".<ref name=allmusic /> Sonya Sutherland of [[The Michigan Daily]] is more positive of the album, stating its "filled with subtle beat changes and progressive riffs every track on Attak is superior to the metal shit that’s being served up to the mainstream by the spoonful and reflects the true talent of these Deutschland musical heroes".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.michigandaily.com/uncategorized/kmfdm-attak/|title=KMFDM, Attak|last=Sutherland|first=Sonya|publisher=The Michigan Daily|date=April 2, 2002|access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| title1         = Attak/Reload
| music1         = [[Lucia Cifarelli]], [[Sascha Konietzko]]
| length1        = 3:59
| title2         = Skurk
| music2         = Konietzko, [[Tim Sköld]]
| length2        = 3:55
| title3         = Dirty
| music3         = Jules Hodgson, Konietzko, [[Bill Rieflin]], [[Raymond Watts]]
| length3        = 4:41
| title4         = Urban Monkey Warfare
| music4         = Cifarelli, Konietzko
| length4        = 4:31
| title5         = Save Me
| music5         = Konietzko, Sköld
| length5        = 5:42
| title6         = Yohoho
| music6         = Cifarelli, Konietzko, Watts
| length6        = 4:16
| title7         = Superhero
| music7         = Cifarelli, Konietzko
| length7        = 4:25
| title8         = Sturm & Drang
| music8         = Konietzko, Sköld
| length8        = 3:57
| title9         = Preach/Pervert
| music9         = Konietzko, Watts
| length9        = 4:30
| title10        = Risen
| music10        = Konietzko, Sköld
| length10       = 5:59
| title11        = Sleep
| music11        = Cifarelli, Konietzko, Rieflin
| length11       = 4:30
| total_length = 50:25
}}

==Personnel==
*[[Sascha Konietzko]] – [[drum machine|drums]] (1–7, 9, 10), programming (1–11), [[synthesizer]]s (1–6, 10), [[singing|vocals]] (1–8, 10, 11), [[bass guitar|bass]] (3–7, 9, 10), [[electric guitar|guitar]]s (3, 4, 6, 7, 11), percussion (5), [[cockpit voice recorder]] (6)
*[[Tim Sköld]] – guitars (1, 2, 5, 8, 10), bass (2, 8, 10), drums (2, 8, 10), programming (2, 5, 8, 10), synthesizers (2, 5, 8, 10), vocals (2, 5, 8, 10), percussion (5), drumloops (9)
*[[Bill Rieflin]] – [[drum kit|drums]] (1, 5, 11), bass (1, 11), programming (3, 5), synthesizers (3, 5, 11), percussion (5, 11), guitars (11)
*[[Lucia Cifarelli]] – vocals (1, 4–7, 11), Sidstation "Ninja" (4)
*Jules Hodgson – guitars (3, 9)
*[[Raymond Watts]] – vocals (3, 6, 9), drumloops (9)
*[[Arianne Schreiber]] – vocals (3)
*[[Curt Golden]] – [[slide guitar]]s (11)
*[[Dorona Alberti]] – vocals (11)

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070321181606/http://www.kmfdm.net/discography/albums/attak.htm KMFDM DØTKØM] ''Attak'' lyrics at the official KMFDM website

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