This is quite the controversial album. Rammstein's sixth studio album in 15 years came out a few weeks ago in the middle of heavy promotional buzz and censorship. The first single from it is called "Pussy" (chorus goes "you've got a pussy, I have a dick-e, so what's the problem, let's do it quick"...) so it's obvious that they are trying to shake people up a bit by making this become their new anthem (and, maybe I am wrong but I am pretty sure it's also their first single in English). Germany marked the album as inappropriate for minors due to some of its lyrics and some graphic violence and nudity in the amazing cover art work of the 11-track version I have (a cleverly made 5-panel digipack that creates different scenes based on how it is folded and depicts some S/M scenes involving the band members with a style and colors that aim to look like an antique still life painting). Allegedly the band also promoted this album with a music video clip showing them engaging in sexual intercourse and made the video available on an x-rated site. The cherry on top of the pie is an overpriced limited edition collector's edition, which packages six dildos, a pair of handcuffs, some lube along with the CD in a sizable road case type metal box.
Obviously "Liebe is für Alle Da" (which means "love is there for everyone") is part of a well thought out marketing plan that probably left the only german band to ever reach stardom singing in German AND doing metal exactly where they wanted to be.
Strictly musically speaking the album packages powerful industrial metal although the band is increasingly less industrial and increasingly more metal (probably only the sounds of the drums and some keys are left as a testament of the more specifically industrial origins of the band). The band seems to have been acquiring a taste for faster beats and doesn't necessarily go for the big anthemic teutonic choirs any longer.
There are actually two versions of the album. The one I am reviewing contains 11 songs but there is an another version with the same title that contains 17 pieces, so if you are a fan I'd recommend going for that.
One last thing I have report about this CD is that it is one of these new CD types that will ONLY play in CD players and not in computers so you can't rip it, so if you want to put it on your iPod you better buy the digital version.