Code (stylized as C O D E) is the eighth studio album by the English electronic band Cabaret Voltaire, released in October 1987 by EMI Records. While the album itself failed to chart, it featured two songs that charted on the UK Singles Chart, with "Don't Argue" peaking at No. 69, and "Here to Go" peaking at No. 88.

Content

The lyrics and title of "Don't Argue" incorporate verbatim a number of sentences from the narration of the short film Your Job in Germany (1945), directed by Frank Capra. The film was aimed at American soldiers occupying Germany and strongly warned against trusting or fraternizing with German citizens.

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that Code "finds Cabaret Voltaire at their loosest and most accessible", calling it "the closest thing CV ever made to a party record" and adding that it "[achieves] a genuine mechanistic funkiness reminiscent of late-'70s Kraftwerk". J. D. Considine, writing in Musician, contrasted Code with Kraftwerk's "elegant electronics," claiming that "Cabaret Voltaire processes sound the way a mainframe crunches numbers" before backing up to say: "cybernetic as the Cabs' sound may be, their sensibility is surprisingly pop." Rolling Stone wrote that Code "finds the ideal balance between accessibility and menace", calling it "perhaps the duo's most exhilirating work".

Track listing

Bonus tracks on UK CD issue

Personnel

Cabaret Voltaire with: