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Silence Is Sexy [Limited Edition]

Einsturzende Neubauten | Format: Audio CD
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (3 April 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Limited Edition
  • Label: Mute
  • ASIN: B00004S2B1
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 170,880 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. Sabrina
2. Silence Is Sexy
3. In Circles
4. Newtons Gravitatlichkeit
5. Zampano
6. Heaven Is Of Honey
7. Beauty
8. Die Befindlichkeit Des Landes
9. Sonnenbarke
10. Musentango
See all 14 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Pelikanol

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After 20 years together, Einsturzende Neubauten have changed. Gone is the purgatorial clamour of old. In its place are textures and dark humour. Gone, too, is the brittle anger. On Silence Is Sexy, Blixa Bargeld is laconically louche, with a love for subtleties. The title track of this monstrous two-CD album is an unbending, confusing spiral of sound--voices chanting, music forbidden, sometimes as sweet as trickling honey. "Zampano" is more familiar to old school fans, but "Sonnenbarke" invokes the boisterous atmosphere of ghostly beer halls while "Musentango" is self-descriptive. Sometimes chilling, sometimes life-affirming, never dull, Silence Is Sexy is a turbulent document of the times--much like Neubauten's beloved Berlin. --Everett True

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Love at first listen 13 Aug 2001
By KalteStern VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I came to this album completely cold, having previously been aware of the reputation of EN as pioneers of 'found' instruments and extreme noise terror, particularly in performance, and having mentally filed them away under 'probably more entertaining in theory than in practice'. But the combination of Blixa Bargeld's other job as a Bad Seed and the utterly under-whelming state of much mainstream album chart material lead me to try this, particularly as I already have plenty of 'minimalist' music in my racks. So, at first listen I thought - oh yes, yes indeed. Pretty accessible in fact, and not especially scary or 'difficult' at all, with the notable exception of the final track 'Pelikanol', which I assume is an interpretation of the headache which follows sniffing or eating the school glue for which it is named. That's the bad news then, and as it comes on a separate CD you could always use it as a coaster. As for the rest of it - there are recognisably real melodies in there, many of them of a slow burning nature that matches the generally sparse arrangements. Blixa Bargeld, although not a true baritone (wish there were more of them!) favours singing softly in that low register that sounds oh-so-typically german somehow, and his voice often has a wonderful, velvety, purring quality. Many of the songs are in english, and the sleeve notes give helpful translations of the german ones. But as any fan of classical liede will attest, german really does sound pretty good sung.... Read more ›
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The best album of 2000? 15 July 2001
By "jase_666"
Format:Audio CD
I first heard the name Einsturzende Neubauten a while ago, namechecked by someone who was into the industrial scene. After a long search, I found this album in my local record shop and was instantly impressed with what was contained within. Starting with the very mellow, and prehaps the only radio friendy track, Sabrina (I Wish This Could Be Your Colour), Neubauten create an album that is totally out of place with todays easy to digest manufactured pop and nu-metal. As the album progresses the songs change tempo and all kinds of noises are present over the album. Just check at the notes to each song to what is used - jet turbines, springs and drills. This album was my first Einsturzende Neubauten CD and it won't be my last.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent, subtle and beautiful. 8 Dec 2000
By "stormcloud_23"
Format:Audio CD
Einsturzende Neubauten continue to evolve, and this is an extension of the territory they started to explore with Tabula Rasa. Some people think EN have lost their harshness and that this invalidates them. Not true, they simply refuse to repeat them selves and are creating beautiful, subtle music that will not leave your head. Once you understand what they are trying to acheive you cannot fault their vision. Also this album shows more of their humour and Blixa's voice, which is alloed more room, showing an ever greater ability to express himself.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Not as experimental as I had hoped. 31 July 2000
By "xjamesx"
Format:Audio CD
I listened to this CD all the way through as soon as it dropped through my letter box. . . and was initially disappointed.

After all I had heard about EN - the percussion found from junk-yards, the pnuematic drills, etc., etc, what I first heard was a slightly ordinary album with the occasional slightly strange noise and some lyrics in German.

Then I listened to it again, and again and now I can't get it out of my player. Its not classic Einsturzende but every band has to move on from the past and EN have, and it is good.

I just got to get some of the experimental stuff to satisfy my noise for noise's sake tatse.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Can't get enough of this 27 Oct 2001
By E Parry
Format:Audio CD
The only previous Einsurzende album I'd heard was Tabula Rasa, which had some great tracks but overall I wasn't terribly pleased with. However, this is along a similar line but much much better. While there are elements of other bands I have never heard a band that sounds like this. This is by no means what you would expect to find under the term Industrial, it has many of the elements of what I love about bands like Godspeed You Black Emperor, Mogwai, maybe even Pink Floyd, but a sound all of its own. The found-sounds are not always obvious but always used to the best effect to get the right texture. This album is very intelligent both musically and lyrically. I don't even speak German, but just by reading the translations you can marvel at how Blixa gets such fascinating subjects into a few lines of a song. Redukt, for example, has some of the most thoughtful lyrics I have ever read.
The second disc, Pelikanol, is not something I would listen to again. It's very repetitive and very long, it's an experiment which doesn't really work in my opinion. However, the first disc alone is a fairly long album by itself, and yet I always want more by the time it finishes. Brilliant, and a terrible shame this band isn't more well known.
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4.0 out of 5 stars beautiful sound 28 May 2012
By lukbar999
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
a great album. a little bit different from the others but...what a great music. blixa's voice is alwais great and the bass sounds of this album are fantastic
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5.0 out of 5 stars Stripped but Still Throbbing 31 Jan 2010
By Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles TOP 100 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
After Tabla Rasa with blumen a shift occured. The Kango noradrenaline voltage of the early period was laid up and mothballed along with much of the western industrial experience. Instead there was a concentration on sound texture, rhythm and dynamics of throb rather than kling and klang. The earlier work was a nihilistic one finger salute played loud and snotty pulling apart structure. A European sound stripped of the bells and whistles the guitar solo. After taking the punk attitude back to its philosophical roots, the assemblage of scrapage then turned into musical gold.

Blumen on Tabla Rasa with its soft cadences of swoon proclaimed another direction. This album follows that path.

Sticking it on a Sunday morning chimes perfectly with the bright mood. My two year old jigging along to "In Circles" shows how much both Neubauten and I have come over the last 25 years whilst my 10 year old son sits and listens to the madmen of yesteryear bang out some cadences as we all chomp down our breakfasts in silence. Even my wife ever alert to a sonic disturbance to the atmosphere lets the album play on in its entirety at a high volume without turning it down or pressing the eject. This catches a light sombre but shining mood. Blixa gently intones to bass led rhythms of softly breathed vocals. The guitar slides in a Paris Texas lilt to the ends of the guitar evoking wide open spaces, a crowd chants the Sexy refrain.

There are two discs of light ambience sung in Geman, heavily breathed vocal delight of self composed structures that play in the background and then move forward with speed to grab attention before receding again.

There can be no greater praise because after all Silence is Sexy.
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