While a lot of music seems to be taking the soft option these days, ZTT come up with an ideal successor to their last release
Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Relax". "Dr Mabuse" is bold, striking, exciting and totally enjoyable. It's all about "selling your soul" with lots of Germanic voices sounding mysterious over a dynamic
Kraftwerk style driving rhythm. Trevor Horn's production gives it an epic quality, while the German group shroud the whole thing in drama and mystery. Totally over the top, it deserves to be Single Of The Fortnight.
(Peter Martin, Smash Hits, March 15, 1984)
This record is simply monstrous. ZTT's follow-up to Frankie's "Relax" proves that their ambition knows no bounds.
'Sell him your soul' chant the voices of Propaganda like
Abba in hell. Behind the chorus Trevor Horn organizes a wall of sound that is pure drama from start to finish. ZTT know how to command and love to tempt. If your soul remains intact at the end of this extravaganza, you still don't know how to relax.
(Mark Cooper, No 1, March 10, 1984)
