I just listened to this again (before that, I heard the 140 Squadron remix; now I'm literally listening to the original version.) It's hard to overstate how much I love this track. It's maybe not quite as chunky and intense as some tracks I have (although the Future Tribes and Pila's 2006 remixes certainly kinda are), but it's just incredibly anyway. The face-melting main acid riff, the callback to Nightmare on Elm Street, the melodic piano of the Wavetraxx mix in particular; this is just a great track.
While I'm sure Frank Ellrich would love to live it down and get more recognition for his wider body of work (which is pretty extensive, after all) this collaboration with Kai Franz is still the best thing he ever did, and it'll be remembered as such forever.
That said, he also has some really good other stuff. Acid Save Your Soul and Acid Headcracker are nearly as good, for instance, and come in a variety of versions. The new(ish) song Sad Euphoria is brilliant, and the B-side Storm & Thunder is one of my favorites too.
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