Opus Dei (album)

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Opus Dei is the third studio album by Slovenian band

There are two further connections with Queen's A Kind of Magic album. Although the drum loop in "Trans-National" is nearly identical to that in Queen's "Don't Lose Your Head", it is composed in fact from samples from the introduction musical theme from the movie Battle of Neretva, composed by Bernard Herrmann.^{[citation needed]} The elements of "How the West Was Won" (specifically the rhythm and harmonised guitars) are inspired by Queen's "Gimme the Prize".^{[citation needed]}

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.^[3] In 2023, Consequence ranked it at number 6 in its list of the "50 Best Industrial Albums of All Time".^[4] Al Jourgensen of Ministry named it one of the ten essential industrial records.^[5]

Track listing

1. "Leben heißt Leben" (Live Is Life) (Opus) – 5:28
2. "Geburt einer Nation" (Birth of a Nation) (Queen) – 4:22
3. "Leben - Tod" (Life - Death) (Laibach) – 3:58
4. "F.I.A.T." (Laibach) – 5:13
5. "Opus Dei" (Opus) – 5:04
6. "Trans-National" (Laibach) – 4:28
7. "How the West Was Won" (Laibach) – 4:26
8. "The Great Seal" (Laibach) – 4:16

+ On CD editions, 4 tracks from "Baptism":

1. "Herz-Felde" (Heartfield) (Laibach) – 4:46
2. "Jägerspiel" (Hunters' Game) (Laibach) – 7:23
3. "Koža" (Skin) (Laibach) – 3:51
4. "Krst" (Baptism) (Laibach) – 5:39

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