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1987 studio album by Death in June

Brown Book

Studio album by Death in June

Released

1987

Genre

Length

35:16

Label

New European Recordings

Death in June chronology

The World That Summer
(1986)

Brown Book
(1987)

Östenbräun
(1989)

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Allmusic

Brown Book is an album by Death in June, released in 1987.

"To Drown A Rose" was released as a 10" single, backed with non-album tracks "Europa: The Gates of Heaven" and "Zimmerit". This single was later re-released as part of the 1989 compilation The Corn Years. The song features Rose McDowall on lead vocals.

The album is named after an index of West Germans who were previously involved in Germany's National Socialist government, compiled by East German authorities and published in 1965. Numerous songs on the album make extensive use of quotations from literature, including Jean Genet's 1948 novel Funeral Rites ("To Drown a Rose", "The Fog of the World"), and Yukio Mishima's 1969 novel Spring Snow ("Touch Defiles").

The sale of Brown Book has been prohibited in Germany since 2005 due to the title track's sampling of the "Horst-Wessel-Lied", the anthem of the Sturmabteilung. In response to the proposed ban, Douglas P. submitted statements to the German authorities explaining large passages of his work, including noting that the sample of "Horst-Wessel-Lied" was juxtaposed against samples from the film The World that Summer. The samples in question included that of a Jewish grandmother describing her "suicidal fatalism", and homophobic statements from her lover, an SA officer.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Douglas P., except where noted

Side One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Heilige Tod"	0:59
2.	"Touch Defiles"	2:23
3.	"Hail! The White Grain"	4:14
4.	"Runes and Men"	2:59
5.	"To Drown a Rose"	4:28
6.	"Red Dog - Black Dog"	2:01

Side Two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"The Fog of the World"		2:36
8.	"We are the Lust"	John Balance	4:36
9.	"Punishment Initiation"		3:23
10.	"Brown Book"		4:24
11.	"Burn Again"		2:03
Total length:			36:00

Personnel

Composed by: Death in June, John Balance (track B2)
Featuring: Bee, David Tibet (as "Tibet 93"), Gary Carey, Iain O'Higgins (as "Jan O'"), Ian Read, John Balance, Rose McDowall
Performer: Douglas P.

References

Semprebon, Rolf. Brown Book at AllMusic
^ "Article:Statement1 – Death In June Archive". Retrieved 5 August 2020.
"Death In June - Brown Book". Discogs. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

v t e Death in June
Douglas P. Patrick Leagas Tony Wakeford David Tibet Boyd Rice John Murphy
Studio albums	The Guilty Have No Pride Burial Nada! The World That Summer Brown Book The Wall of Sacrifice But, What Ends When the Symbols Shatter? Rose Clouds of Holocaust Take Care & Control Operation Hummingbird All Pigs Must Die The Rule of Thirds Peaceful Snow/Lounge Corps The Snow Bunker Tapes Essence! NADA-IZED!
Collaborative albums	Östenbräun (1989) Death in June Presents: Occidental Martyr Death in June Presents: KAPO! Heaven Sent Alarm Agents Free Tibet
Compilation albums	Lesson 1: Misanthropy 93 Dead Sunwheels The Corn Years 1888 The Cathedral of Tears DISCriminate Abandon Tracks
Live albums	Oh How We Laughed Night and Fog Frankfurt Sound Depot Something is Coming Heilige! Black Angel – Live! Live in Wien
Singles	"Heaven Street" "State Laughter" "She Said Destroy" "Born Again" "Come Before Christ and Murder Love" "To Drown a Rose" "Paradise Rising" "Cathedral of Tears" "Sun Dogs" "Black Whole of Love" "Kameradschaft" "Passion! Power!! Purge!!!" "We Said Destroy" "Peaceful Snow"
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