Lords Of Acid - Voodoo-U [Special Remastered Band Edition, Translucent Red]

Released in 1994, Voodoo-U is the record where Lords of Acid traded the acid house and rave energy of their debut Lust for something heavier and darker, pivoting toward an industrial edge without losing an ounce of the band's outrageous, sex and drugs obsessed sensibility. It's a sharper, more aggressive record than its predecessor, and it cemented the Belgian outfit as one of electronic music's most gleefully provocative acts.

The title track opens the album before it barrels through cuts like "The Crablouse," "Mister Machoman," and "Do What You Wanna Do," each one pairing pounding industrial rhythms with the band's signature explicit, tongue in cheek lyricism. "Marijuana in Your Brain" and "Drink My Honey" lean further into the record's hedonistic themes, while "Blowing Up Your Mind" and closer "Don't Kill for Love" round out a sixteen track album that never lets up on either its intensity or its shock value.

This Special Remastered Band Edition expands the original with bonus tracks pulled from the B-sides of the album's singles, and this pressing lands on limited translucent red vinyl across two LPs, released to mark the band's recent US touring run. It's a fitting way to own one of the heavier, more confrontational chapters in the Lords of Acid catalog.