Code

Cabaret Voltaire's most commercially successful album, Code, returns on Mute after years out of print. First released in 1987, the band's eighth studio album has been remastered from the original tapes by Denis Blackham, who has worked on every Cabaret Voltaire album for over 20 years, with the original artwork restored.

Co-produced with dub mastermind Adrian Sherwood, Code pushed toward synth-pop and mechanistic funk while staying defiantly credible. It was the last Cabaret Voltaire album made with a major budget and includes the charting singles Don't Argue and Here to Go.

Recorded at the band's Western Works studio in Sheffield, with Sherwood involved in pre-production before mixing at Red Bus in London, it reflects the group's commercial and creative peak. This reissue began in 2019 with Richard H. Kirk and was completed after his death using his notes, with Stephen Malinder and Richard's estate.