Abandon Tracks, also written as Abandon Tracks!, is a 2005 compilation album by the English neofolk band Death in June. The album was released through the record label New European Recordings.
Background According to the music journal Compulsion, Abandon Tracks features several unreleased recordings, as well as compilation songs from other European bands including Nature and Organisation (My Black Diary) and Der Blutharsch (Many Enemies Bring Much Honor) among others. The album also features several re-recordings of earlier songs by Douglas P. which were originally sung by David Tibet and Nikolas Schreck.
According to the official Death in June band archive, the cover art of the album features the regionally famous Vimoutiers Tiger tank, a surviving example of a Tiger I tank in Vimoutiers, Normandy, France. The Vimoutiers tank was abandoned by its crew in August of 1944 during the battle of the Falaise pocket near the end of the Normandy Campaign. This action by the crew serves as the album's name inspiration. The tank had served in the second company of the 102nd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion of the II SS Panzer Corps.
Track listing
Personnel
Douglas P. - composer, vocals, personnel Mario Kalendaric Campbell Finley Gary Carey Jeremy Hirsch Andrea James Ken Thomas - composer, personnel
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