Mutter
Studio album · Released · April 2, 2001
Mutter (“mother”) is, for much of the community, the band’s peak. With a more ambitious, orchestral production, the third album balances brutality with almost cinematic arrangements. “Sonne”, “Ich will”, “Feuer frei!” and the heartbreaking ballad “Mutter” are central pieces of their live set to this day.
The record explores childhood, loss and the relationship with the maternal figure with unusual rawness. It was the album that cemented Rammstein as the biggest German band on the planet, and the one many Colombian fans cite as their gateway.
Recording
It was recorded in May and June 2000 at Studio Miraval in Correns, in the south of France. Jacob Hellner and the band produced it. Pre-production had started in September 1999 in Heiligendamm, and Stefan Glaumann mixed it in Stockholm.
It entered the German chart at number 1 in April 2001 and stayed there for four weeks. It spent 223 weeks in the top 100 and is triple platinum in Germany.
The cover is a photograph of a fetus by the artist duo Daniel & Geo Fuchs. In the booklet, the members float in liquid in the same style.