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| 1. Isi |
| 2. Seeland |
| 3. Leb'wohl |
| 4. Hero |
| 5. E Musik |
| 6. After Eight |
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Neu! '75 is the third and most essential record from Krautrock wunderkinds Neu!--a two-man experimental force that pioneered the rapid, repetitive drum-beat known as motorik, and mapped out the future of music for groups such as Sonic Youth, Stereolab, and Spacemen 3. Recorded after a two-year moratorium on the Neu! design, 75 is the sound of a band in a state of disintegration--but it's the simmering tension between the ambient-minded Michael Rother and the fiery Klaus Dinger that makes this an artistic triumph rather than a shambolic dissolution of ideas. Neu! handle this fracture by effectively splitting 75 in two very different parts. The first half, featuring the drifting catatonic majesty of "Seeland" and the tidal ambient lull of "Leb' Wohl" is very recognisably led by Rother's sense of affecting minimalism. The second half, however, is Dinger's blank canvas, over which he bitterly vents his spleen: "Hero" surges forward on an aggressive pedal-to-the-metal wave of guitar, Dinger bellowing "The only crime is money" like an anarchist sloganeer. Suddenly, claims that this record was an influence on the young John Lydon make perfect sense; Neu! '75 is a masterpiece of cosmic punk rock, beamed in from a time before punk rock even existed. --Louis Pattison
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Final 1975 album! Pulsing noise 'n' syncopated synths from post-Kraftwerk duo Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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I'm no expert on so-called 'krautrock', but I've heard albums by Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Cluster, Klaus Schulze and Can and this beats them all. Though less experimental and more mainstream, the passion in Neu's music makes Can sound rather stuffy. Yet to say it's more mainstream is perhaps misleading. It just seems that way now. The first two tracks reveal pointers as to where Ultravox and a host of other subsequent bands got their sound from. 'Isi' is one of three tracks featuring some hard driving percussion (played, not programmed), minimalist electric guitar and atmospheric electronic background. Though solid, insistent rhythms are the foundation of Neu's music, they can knock out some decent melodies too. 'See Land', a slower track, is a beautifully crafted example. 'Leb Wohl', the most languid item, sounds like the sort of stuff you hear nowadays on relaxation CDs, with its surf wash sound effect and murmured vocal.
The highlight, though, is 'Hero'. Was Bowie listening? Were the future ranks of British new wave? From the opening salvo of guitar to the sneering vocal and crunching collision of all elements, this is hard driving, angry rock. 'E-Musik' provides a slower, lengthy, insidious interlude, topped off with wind tunnel and backwards effects, before 'After Eight' reprises 'Hero' with a more incendiary guitar sound.
This is the most accessible album I've heard in the genre and, in my opinion, a good place to start.
The highlight, though, is 'Hero'. Was Bowie listening? Were the future ranks of British new wave? From the opening salvo of guitar to the sneering vocal and crunching collision of all elements, this is hard driving, angry rock. 'E-Musik' provides a slower, lengthy, insidious interlude, topped off with wind tunnel and backwards effects, before 'After Eight' reprises 'Hero' with a more incendiary guitar sound.
This is the most accessible album I've heard in the genre and, in my opinion, a good place to start.
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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Damn strange one, this. Yeah, it's got two different sides. Yeah, it's got distorted guitar and ambient piano. Yeah, its got two extremely different people: a classical music-minded avant-gardist (is that a word?) and a bile-spitting punk godfather. But what shines through is the tunes. They stick in your head forever, and the experimentalism only enhances the experience, with each listen revealing new surprises. Listen to the end of E-musik, and you get an uncanny premonition of the stone roses: backwards guitars and loops as if they opened up a portal to 1989 and took a snapshot. After the chaos of the song itself this is slightly unnerving but is the greatest part on the album. Dinger sings like Rotten himself on Hero, pre-dating him by a couple of years. This is then surpassed by After-Eight, which sounds like the recent Primal Scream song Shoot Speed/Kill Light, only better (!).
A stunningly futuristic album, influence can be detected from this in all modern rock bands, from MBV to the Roses and the Scream. You cant tell me you have a decent record collection without owning this. Do The Right Thing.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Someone nicked my vinyl copy of this, and I've been looking for it ever since. Maybe more accessible than Neu 1 or Neu 2, but has an ambience about it that definitely influenced Eno and Bowie (check out Red Sails on Lodger) amongst others. Strange combination of Piano, simple beat basic drum kit, with electric guitar. Sublime moments of ambience, crossed with Europunk. Rother keeps his guitar minimalist when he needs to, and Dinger continues to knock out a consistent beat on a dinky little drum kit. It was and is ahead of its time.
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Yes, Bowie was listening
Surprising that a previous reviewer should have had to ask the question. This record was the inspiration for 'Heroes', as a TV program on 'Krautrock' showed vey clearly. Read more
Published 22 days ago by Harman Mogul
What a great record...
I can't believe it's taken me 35 years to get Neu into my life.
This record sounds fresher than much of the music being released today, still innovative and with the... Read more
This record sounds fresher than much of the music being released today, still innovative and with the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by sosidge
Coming late to a Krautrock classic
I've commented in other reviews about a certain tendency to live my musical life in reverse and how maybe music comes to you when you're ready to hear it. Read more
Published 6 months ago by IceBear
Under-rated Legend
Oh, you know the score by now. This is a classic, it helped create a new genre, ahead of its time. Yes, you've heard it all before. Read more
Published 12 months ago by The Marfalouth
Everybody owes them
This is, quite simply, one of the most important albums ever made. There are so many other artists who are influenced by them. Bowie's mororik period. Any ambient album. Read more
Published 16 months ago by E. R. Hartley
Astoundingly influential as well as brilliant
A friend suggested listening to some of the "Krautrock" bands such as Neu! and am I glad I chose album as a starting point! Read more
Published 17 months ago by haunted
Comin' Home, ...Neu!
Listening to this is akin to having been led to believe that all those things essential such as phonograph, lightbulb, ac power and so on were invented by Edison, only to discover... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Martin Gazdík
Beaming in from outer space
Like many you of out there, I was well aware of Neu! from years of NME, Uncut, Wire reading. But I had never actually heard them, and assumed they were a slightly groovier version... Read more
Published 20 months ago by P. J. Sharp
Brilliant! Buy it now!
Rating: 9/10
Best tracks: `After Eight', `See Land', `Isi', `Hero'
Is Neu! 75 really the third Neu! album, or is it two solo EPs? Read more
Best tracks: `After Eight', `See Land', `Isi', `Hero'
Is Neu! 75 really the third Neu! album, or is it two solo EPs? Read more
Published 20 months ago by New Gold Dreamer
Neu not Can
This is quite pleasant stuff. It is a bit like fellow Germans, Can, without the brilliance, and great beauty.
Published on 10 July 2009 by Mr. A. D. Bickerstaffe
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