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I was excited and then disappointed
ehh 2
Meh
"Art Rock, Experimental, Industrial, Krautrock, Prog Rock" typically means dumpster fire to me, but Krautrock - which I'd never heard of before - gave me pause. And we have an hour+ double-album that starts with an 11:48 song. Not great, guys. That first song, an instrumental, was not offensive, and I thought we had a real shot at 3* for a change. And then, nope. End of day, a pioneer of krautrock is the only reason this isn't a 1*. This 2* should be replaced by Metallica's S&M, which is an easy 4* and somewhat experimental.
Got better as it progressed but sadly I struggle with krautrock
Now That's What I Call Krautrock! The last song on this was pretty good. The rest was definitely Krautrock.
4/10
Didn't finish it, but I didn't love what I heard.
Never heard of them and no idea what this is going to be. Let’s jump in. First track is….noise? Funny, it sounds way more recent than 1973, like a sound that would’ve came way later. Didn’t think I was enjoying the long opening track but by the end thought it was okay and at least interesting. My main thoughts while listening to this album in general are huh this is interesting followed immediately by I don’t think I like this. Jennifer is kind of amazing. If you told me this song was from an indie band from Brooklyn in 2013, I wouldn’t have questioned it. What a vibe this song has until that crazy instrumental two minute outro. It’s kinda crazy that every song is like hey this is a fun jam and then two minutes later it’s like just kidding let’s hit you with some crazy noise. Hey what if half way through we just hit you with a sax solo. It all feels jazz and jam band influenced. You never know where a track is going to go. I don’t know if this is all good or not, but it’s certainly interesting. Would feel mean to give something so original a low rating, but not sure it all works for me. I think I’ll settle on a 2, because I agree this is an album you should experience, but not sure I will ever choose to experience it as a whole again. But I would absolutely put Jennifer on. Really enjoyed that song.
Didn't love it. Found it more grating and annoying than anything else.
Zu krass
not enough good songs to qualify as a good album
No but almost maybe. But No......for now
Added nothing new to the psychedelic genre and got samey
Just not for me.
The universe heard me grumble about Pink Floyd and laughed in my face. Changed how I felt about Germans. 3/10
Not really for me. Almost like a demo tape. Can get that experimental sound, not terrible
Krautrock? It's a vibe for sure. Putting "The Sad Skinhead" on the playlist because it's quirky.
Those Germans are weirdos 100% haven’t heard anything like it, was definitely not expecting it to be as experimental as it was. I do like the sound though I feel like Krautrock overstayed its welcome by about 8 minutes and I thought my audio was completely broken on the last song but the other songs were palatable enough According to Wikipedia the band vanished for like 15 years after the release of this album and then resumed touring like nothing happened lol
Weird intro song, no idea what this album is supposed to sound like from it. I don’t get this intro, it’s almost twelve minutes long and it’s filler? What kind of intro is that? The second song is good, much better than the intro, but is then followed yo by another song that is just filler again. I like the second song, but these stupidly long songs are going to be the end of me. I like some of the songs, it’s just everything else that lowers the album for me. I’d give it a one, but, unfortunately, I really liked one song.
3/10, boring?
The first notes on the first track petrified me. I listened to Spaceman 3 two days ago, will I have to do it again? I skipped to the second track and was pleased to know that it was not the case (and the first song changed its tune when I gave it a fair listen). I didn't care much for the sounds, but it sounded like they wanted to do something fun and it was not too insulting to the ears.
Couldn’t finish both discs.
this is kinda boring fr
While listening I remember enjoying this album, but removed from it I can’t remember a single thing about it, good or bad.
I like the idea of Krautrock but I pretty much only explore it via approximations by other artists I like more. Like, I want to tell people I like Neu! and Can and Faust and Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk but instead I just listen to David Bowie doing his imitation of them on Low and Heroes and Lodger and feel oh so very cultured. My favorite parts of this album are various scattered individual instrumental parts rather than full songs but I did really like "Giggy Smile" and "It's a Bit of a Pain."
Years of economic hardship and fascism, and this is some of the best music it created? Damn, the U.S. charts are going to be weird in 2045. Maybe after more listens I'll change my tune to "Years of economic hardship and fascism produced some incredible counter-cultural music" but I'm not there right now. Really liked the hectic build of "Krautrock", but the rest had flashes of stuff that I enjoyed between longer spells of sound that I didn't like.
< the Beatles Apparently "krautrock" sucks?
I had to listen to this record on the same day as an instrumental Brian Eno record, so my patience for soundscape style music is wearing thin. This record is experimental background music. It’s fine. It’s cool at times, but very boring for an entire record. I don’t think it belongs on this list. Way more deserving records out there.
Krautrock. Dificil. No me agarra en los mejores días ni con tanta paciencia para entenderlo. Quizás a futuro cambie. Por ahora, 4/10
some parts of this were okay….. but others were excruciating
Good background music. Don't like disc one and two are the same other than remaster.
Drugs needed
Yeah, not for me. It’s not bad like edm is bad, it’s bad like a go-nowhere soundscape. 2.5/5
2 “krautrock” albums in a row on a random list is crazy. Never heard of album or band. I like the intro song and how it continues to build up. Relatively basic but not in a bad way. Spoke a little too soon. It never really reaches a crescendo which is a let down. 12 minutes of GTA loading screen music. It’s not bad but also not necessarily good. Wasn’t expecting English lyrics. Sad skinhead is goofy in the worst way. Bullshit song. Over produced. Guitar is good tho. Jennifer has a lot of interesting sounds going on. Actually work pretty well all together. Really good/unique bass. Not a fan of the vocals. Last 2 mins are interesting. I like the piano to close it. Guitar on just a second is really good. Wish they stuck with it. The bug part in the middle sucks. Not really a fan of the end either. Again, first two mins of giggy smile are fun. Middle is a lot better than second. Really good bass line. Sax is fine. Would’ve liked more of everything else. Another switch up at 4 mins, I like this one too. Back half was kind of whack. This album just isn’t my style. Laugh is fine but more of the same. A lot going on through out. After 4:30 it’s simply a new song. Pretty cool, I liked it more than the first half. I like it’s a bit of pain, I think if the rest of the album was closer to this one(aside from the weird guitar in the middle) I would’ve had a better feeling about it. Mid to bad album. 2 stars.
Pretty unique for 1973 but after so much has been built on this it’s not very interesting to listen to today
"Faust IV" is undoubtedly a bold and ambitious album, yet it ultimately sits on the cusp of a "one-off" curiosity rather than a record built for repetitive listening. The experience begins with "Krautrock," an 11-minute, 47-second exercise in avant-garde patience. While its steady build is ambitious, it only just manages to retain interest until the drums finally kick in at the seven-minute mark. It is a striking piece of music, but one I doubt I will ever consciously select to hear again. The rest of the first side is defined by jarring contrasts. "The Sad Skinhead" is a complete pivot, jaunty, brief, and almost childlike in its delivery. This is followed by "Jennifer," which begins with a melancholic beauty before morphing into an experimental soundscape and concluding with plaintive piano. The sheer lack of sonic connectivity between these three tracks is both the album's greatest strength, and its most exhausting trait. The second half of the album continues the band's habit of "bait-and-switch" song-writing. "Just a Second" starts as a conventional rock track with a chugging riff, only to dissolve into electronic bird tweets, interference, and ambient noise. Similarly, "Picnic on a Frozen River" and "Giggy Smile" flirt with jaunty nonsense and conventional structures before resolving into a repetitive, jazzy motif and ending on a plaintive acoustic guitar. The album winds down with "Läuft...Heißt Das Es Läuft," a largely ambient and plaintive soundscape, followed by the closer, "It's a Bit of a Pain." The final track is underpinned by lovely, delicate guitar work and a soft vocal delivery, but even here, the melody is rudely interrupted by harsh electronic noise and a loud, fuzzy guitar solo, a final reminder of the band's refusal to be "pleasant." "Faust IV" is a challenging listen that occupies a strange space between two and three stars. There's a "push-and-pull" that I'm assuming Faust intended, they want the listener to feel both charmed and slightly perturbed at the same time. While I respect the boldness of their approach and the flashes of pretty melody, it fails to justify a return visit. It works well as a one-off experimental experience, but it lacks the cohesion required for repeat listens. Bold, but not for me. Two stars. Side one 1 "Krautrock" (3/5) 2 "The Sad Skinhead" (2/5) 3 "Jennifer" (3/5) Side two 1 "Just a Second" (3/5) 2 "Picnic on a Frozen River, Deuxieme Tableau" (2/5) 3 "Giggy Smile" (2/5) 4 "Läuft...Heißt Das Es Läuft Oder Es Kommt Bald...Läuft" (2/5) 6 "It's a Bit of a Pain" (3/5) Total - 20 Average - 2.50 201/1001 113/201 albums reviewed were new to me.
Not really my favorite, as far as Krautrock goes. A lot of it is noisy and abrasive, but I don't really hear much more than that. Doesn't have the groovy jams of Can or the vibes of Ash Ra. The Wiki states it's more experimental than actual music, but I don't really see it's experimental nature as being that much more ahead of the curve compared to other early 70's experimental work. Picnic On A Frozen river makes a great song for the Garfield Kart soundtrack though.
Krautrock. En sjanger jeg ikke har stort kjennskap til. Når jeg lytter til dette, kan jeg forstå hvorfor. Selv om enkelte av sangene har sin appell, fremstår albumet som helhet rimelig sært. Top 3: Picnic On A Frozen River (…), The Sad Skinhead, It’s A Bit Of A Pain
Musikk fra et kjipt, eksperimentelt sirkus. Men godt driv, det har de.
It’s not so terrible it makes you cringe, but it’s weird enough to make you wonder exactly who needs to hear this before they die? Certainly not me.
I like the first album, but this is pretty bleh. 2/5
I liked parts.. but then they ruined it with their techno stuff.
This is huge sh*t. You can always make it pass by the way of intellectualism to make it sound good, say it’s a precursor of better music bla-bla-bla But there is nothing to take of the 11 mins of the first track. 2 stars because one or two songs are interesting, nothing more. The album as a whole is sh*t.
Hmmm
Turned it off after the sheer dizziness of Giggy Smile
Germans are weird
I don’t know what I was expecting krautrock to mean but it wasn’t this. I enjoyed it but doubt I’ll be back.
It's weird but not in an interesting or experimental way. A lot of repetition, elements that never quite come together, and a lot of repetition. was leaning toward a generous 2 before I heard giggy smile
Meh. Too long, and I didn't care for it.
Melkoista pilipali musiikkia. Vaikea kuvailla, ei kuitenkaan mitään kauheen miellyttävää. Aika junnaavaa. Parhaat: Lauft....Heisst Das Es Lauft Oder Es Kommt Bald..Lauft
After the first song I thought this was a 1 star fpr sure, but it grew on me a little bit. Still nothing I’m likely to revisit but I’ll say 2 stars, even though I skipped through most of the latter half.
OK.
Not feeling this one. Not sure what they are trying to achieve here other than being ‘experimental’. Which is all well and good but it’s all over the place. It’s like they’re trying on a few different styles bur they’re not particularly good at any of them
Not great, but not good and not terrible. Ryan did describe it as noise.
what the FUCK is krautrock?
Lost interest quickly.
I liked the first instrumental song on the album, but found the rest of the album disappointing. I couldn't stand the vocals, and found even the other instrumental tracks grating. Not a great introduction to Kraut Rock.
For its age it's a pretty interesting and intriguing album, but I'm personally not a fan.
Experimental; has some nice grooves, but is overall not fully to my taste
It was not as bad as the first song. Kann man mal mit Sauerkraut verzehren.
i understand how this album has a cult following and it could be a vibe but the cutting of the sounds doesn’t agree with me but i respect it.
Album No. 0062 on my list. For whatever reason, I’ve never listened to much Krautrock so far. Faust IV was a completely new listen for me. I actually find it quite okay! I don’t think it’ll ever be something that really gets to me, really touches me. But I can a) appreciate the experimental nature of this and see its influence in the music that came after it. And b) some parts of this are kinda groovy, kinda nice. “The Sad Skinhead”, and “Jennifer” were my favorites. Some songs consisted of very long instrumental droning parts. Didn’t like that too much, even though I - again - appreciate the influence these pieces of music had. In total, it’s a narrow 2 stars, even though I could have comfortably given 3 as well. Looking forward to listening to some more Krautrock. 2/5 stars.
I suspect this is an album which will do different things to different people’s brains. For me, it’s more of a sample tape showing off the textures, arrangements, production and transitions this group are capable of with Faust rarely organising themselves into “a song.” This is obviously completely missing the point of what the band are trying to do. They want a feel of organised chaos though I’d prefer it if it sounded a little more improvised and organic. Due to these personal tastes Jennifer and Lauft… are the obvious highlights to me.
This is the kind of record that makes you question your life choices. This thing tested my patience. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions Jennifer Piano Piece
yea that sucked....moments where you think, hey this part is actually pretty good, which they immediately subvert by playing random out of tune notes or irritating sounds like a digital frog....
If this is what happens to music when you lose a world war, they make a very strong argument for peace!
Proof that the German belief in a supreme race is laughable.
Краут залупа
I did like the fuzzy, sorta dirty guitar sound!
Interesting. Not my style. Reminds me of a German Frank Zappa kind of vibe
Not really, no
This was both a new genre and new artist to me. Interesting, but I don’t think it’ll be one I’ll return to.
The few elements of this that I did like were way too few and far between. If "Jennifer" was half the length, it would be a little slice of perfection... but it isn't.
Not for me
I like Krautrock as a genre just fine, some of it is more interesting than the rest. This particular one ….well, “it’s a bit of a pain”(for me).
I don't really know what to say about this one. It is an album that I listened to today. I will not listen to it again. 2.5/5. That review is about as fulfilling as the album.
Not a Krautrock fan
I like a good deal of krautrock, but not this.
God damn ambient hippies
At some point a collection of sounds does not make a good music. This album is so random im unsure why it’s in the list.
Na
Meh
That first 12 minute track was mind-numbing, then there were some other experimental tracks, then the one good song, Giggy Smile that might get stuck in my head, then one with a long silent stretch, then another one and it ended.
Nao é muito meu estilo nao
seven minutes into the first song and nothing has happened. This is going to be a long one. Lots of guitars, fades into the background with the (occasional) mumbled singing. You probably had to be there. I do prefer the originals, not the digital remasterings.
Acid trip
Hypnotic rhythms and extended improvisation. A krautrock classical from '73.
Grew on me the more I listened, but nothing I would seek out again.
An album that was trying to be a1, but kept accidentally playing good bits too.
This had a couple of interesting moments, but was mostly un-fun. I think harsh noise and other machine-generated experimental music can be captivating, but it works much better in a live setting. Recordings just come across like an album of old dial-up modem connection sounds.
As weird as this was, if you told me it was made any time in the last 60 years, I wouldn't be surprised. Would have been weird last week, and was definitely weird 52 years ago.
Ah the elusive krautrock, only learnt about this from this list..... Unfortunately I found most of this a bit too weird and without structure for me to get on board with. Bits of it were ok, but won't be rushing back. 2.5
Not for me
Verdammt, diese deutschen Jungs haben einfach gemacht, worauf sie Bock hatten, scheißegal was, oder? Still could not even begin to describe what the fuck krautrock is, even after a full listen. Interesting enough though, certainly didn't hate it.
Not for me
Why?
This was not my thing. I didn’t even finish the first half.
Slow, boring...
Maso
boring.
Noises. Nothing but goddamn noises.
Not sure this one is for me. I didn't hate it or anything. I get the appeal but just not for me. 2 stars.
Inoffensive, but the best part of this album was the 11-minute opening track which sounded like the uncut version of the intro to a sci-fi film.
Like a SNL skit gone wrong. Weird and not very enjoyable.
I didn’t finish it but what I did hear of it was weird but not in a good way
Enjoyed Jennifer and Lauft... Heisst Das Es Lauft Oder Es Kommt Bald..Lauft had me floating through space
The opening track 'Krautrock' really be testing a mothafucka patience at 8am this morning. The rest of the album was OKAY, it definitely doesn't sound like it was released in the 70's, it was definitely ahead of it's time but also I don't really care
I'm really not sure about this one yet. I still haven't finished the first disc and it's 6 hours later. This album is painful. I see how Radiohead among others were influenced by this album, but it's like if you took all droning parts of Radiohead, but removed all the high energy climaxes and replaced them with super annoying nonsense, that's what this is. Not the worst album I've listened to, but I do not care for it.
It was interesting, but not for me. 2 stars.
plenty of people complaining in the review that this one is weird, but i don't think it really is? it's mostly just an instrumental album that i actually enjoyed at several points... even if a lot of these songs drag on and on and on.... it's very, very, very german from start to finish. i liked the song "Jennifer" the most, as it's one of the only songs with full lyrics, but i also really liked "Piano Piece" and "Giggy Smile" tbh most people probably won't love this one, it's not for people who need more than just music or people who can't appreciate a strange sound or random sound going off for 2-5 minutes, over the track. not something i'll listen to again, but i have to respect the hustle and artistry of it, so.
När vi äntligen får västtysk psykofarmaka helt befriad ifrån anglosaxisk bluestradition, ja då får vi Fausts skojfriska fyra. Och det vet ju alla att tyskar ska inte hålla på med något som tangerar humor. Öppnongsspåret driver med det av britterna nedlåtande hittepåbegreppet Krautrock. Andra spåret är en reggaepatisch i västtysk tapping, som förvisso är 100 gånger bättre än när Clapton ger sig på musikformnen men likväl en patisch. Och sådär håller det på genom i stort sett hela plattan, symfonirocken får sig en eller två kängor, liksom hippierock och annat, allt med glatt humör, jazztobak och krautens beståndsdelar mer eller mindre tydliga. För visst finns här ett tillsynes oändligt motorikbeat, det fins monotomi och upprepning, det finns experimentlusta och en centraleuropeisk klangvärld. Men det går inte att komma ifrån känslan att dom driver även med detta, för att demontera hittepågenren. Och kanske är just det skivans största förtjänst, att den bidrar till att genren inte blir cementerad och bara en ny form av bluesrock. Det är västtyskt och befriat ifrån bluesarv, bara det gör att det blir godkänt men så mycket mer kvalitativt blir det inte mer än i enstaka stunder. Lyssna hellre på Can - Tago mago, Neu! - Neu! , The Exorcist GBG - The Exorist GBG
- Tjena grabbar, läget? Redo att göra en ny skiva? - Jajamen Günther! Du har väl mad dig den där maskinen som gör konstiga ljud? -självklart gubbar. -Härligt! Kan vi inte se till att ljuden är symbios med resten av vår musik den här gången? -Nein! -Snälla -Ok, på nån låt då, men på sista spåret ska det låta för jävligt! -Kanon Günther, det kör vi på. Se fick vi ju knalla fall en tvåa.
Småtrevligt, men rätt konventionellt. Hade förväntat mig mer sauerkraut i krautrocken.
Weird
I don't have a job that allows me to do the kind of drugs to properly enjoy this album. That being said, it accomplishes its goal of being an acid trip induced jouney
I enjoyed the parts of this album that didn’t make me want to hurl my headphones across the room. Sadly that was only about 20% of the time! It’s weirdly creative and like little I’ve heard before; it just sounds like bullshit to me.
Not really to my taste - not a bad album by any stretch but not much in it for me personally.
Mega experimentele Duitse tjak. Is onwaarschijnlijk een soort hele oude trendsettermuziek geweest. Beetje psychedelisch. Niet om aan te horen.
If, before I started this project, that fans of this band would criticise this album for being 'sellout' and too palatable, I would not have believed you. The opener is good, the rest of these songs range from goofy to experimental (read: shit). The one with the really long name in German is pretty cool too. At least it isn't Throbbing Gristle. Highlights: Krautrock
2/5
Krautrock is noise. Did I need to be on drugs to enjoy this? It wasn’t good. 2⭐️
nothing special
Idk what to say
I feel like this didn't make sense because I didn't see Faust I through III, but I keep meaning to see whichever one has Mr. T in it.
Weird. Not the worst but not great.
Krautrock? All these genres. Not my bag.
eh
The last Krautrock offering by Neu was exciting and captivating to listen to and something I was sorry I hadn’t heard in last few decades since it’s release. This however was something I was sorry I had listened to!
Some ok moments but not enough.
No need to include this one.
Glad it created much of the music I like, but I will not listen to this again.
It’s weird, but I like weird. Liked the futuristic and hypnotic sound. More of a mood piece than a regular listen.
It was cool but but nothing remarkable.
im bored
Pleasant floating around experience without any hooks. At least I didn't find hooks.
Very weird... Krautrock look up Riem 1994
Hardpanninga gjorde det litt vanskelig å høre på. Litt kult men og litt ensformig. De remastra greiene var bedre
Not a fan
2 1/2 Stars: This has been a weird week for 1001 generator picks. Can you throw me something somewhat normal today, please?!
2/5
If this album is typical of the krautrock genre, I guess I'm not likely to become a fan.
Not for me really
There are a few half decent tracks here but several tracks are just the same nine seconds on repeat for 3-7 minutes before the music changes up for a bit. Meh
made my anxiety worse
This album was an absolute slog. I'm already not really one for prog rock, but apparently krautrock turns the "nope" levels up even further. This album really just seemed to ramble on and on.
Not bad, musically it was pretty solid.
A few good songs, which save it from a 1 star. But the noise in some of the bad song (especially the first and last songs) were absolutely awful. Literal noise, had me turn down the audio because it was so grating. I thought something was wrong with my device at first.
Noise
I thought this would be interesting but it was not.
Weird and noisy. Not really my jam, sadly, because it felt like there was probably some gold in here that I couldn't quite mine out.
this is a long long album with the first song being 11 minutes but i view it as the establishment of the vibe of the album. WHICH i do appreciate! i think that this was excellent- very interesting and i have never heard of this band before- faust?! ummm but i did really dislike several of the weird sound effects that they included it is a little too weird for me.
Ok 2/5
I was going to give this a generous 3, but that last song can fuck right off
This was quite a difficult listen; parts were ok, but most of it was subpar. Also, you don't need an 11-minute opening song
Really enjoyed listening to something completely new. I have never heard of before. But this was just a little bit too experimental for me. It did sound way more modern than 1973 however. Glad I got to experience the Faust.
Come on now, nobody HAD to experience this.
There’s experimental, and then there’s whatever this is. Faust IV has some moments of intrigue, but "Jennifer" might honestly be one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard. It’s like they were actively trying to test your patience. If you’re into avant-garde noise with no real structure, maybe this is for you, but for most listeners, this one’s a tough sell.
I think I lost some brain cells
2.0
Meh
Didn’t care for this
Some cool ideas but so much shit I hated.
Reminds me of the machines at the dentist office
Not my bag - it was fine as background music but nothing stands out and I'd never realistically revisit it
The first song, Krautrock lasts 11 and a half minutes. And it starts for all 11 and a half minutes. And you wait for it to start, but it just starts. A whole 11 and a half minutes. And you say to yourself - is this still going on? Because there is no dynamics, the same sound is literally a whole 11 and a half minutes. And it never starts. And finally, not yet started, it ends. I didn't even notice the second one, I don't know what it was. The third one was OK to listen to, but just OK, nothing more. And after the fourth one, some experiments begin, strange sounds, some incomprehensible things that can be called a combination of sounds rather than music. So the whole album, from beginning to end, is a form without content. They played with everything and anything they could find, and the result is a big nothing. But I didn't die of it, so if I could, I would've given it 1,5 stars. But the system does not allow, so, let it stay 2/5.
Some good soundscapes, can hear a little influence on the Prodigy on the first track, but this album is all over the place some of which I like but not enough to want to go back and listen to it much again.
I appreciate things like this being in the list but didn't find much that was interesting to me in it.
Giggy Smile as def my favorite Song. Definitely an interesting First few listens but after that the magic fades away to me. Good to have some more challenging and not mainstream albums.
It’s a bit uneven, the more jam-rock cuts are better. It opens with the sprawling Krautrock which gives great promise. The next couple of tracks are a little less even and then we flip back and forth between solid jam-type tracks and some much more weak songs.
38/1001 - First song is 11 minutes long where nothing happens for 7 minutes, drums come in, then nothing happens for 5 minutes. Panning is super hard left and right. There are some cool things here and there but there's also way too much vamping/repetition of the same idea without any meaningful variation and it gets stale.
I just couldn't get my head around it. Listened to it 3 times. 2.5
Pretty repetitive and might just be because I'm sick, but it sounds fairly muddy. Never been one for long, repeating instrumentals anyway. Vocals are meh too. Pretty experimental for the 70s, but there's not much that does it justice.
Day408 - more experimental german rock and i don’t think i can take anymore
I've done this thing for 40 days and this is like the fifth "krautrock" album I've had to listen to. It starts of well with an instrumental, some early drone metal almost. Then there are a bunch of germans with heavy accents playing bad psychedelic rock five years after the rest of the world did it. Fucking terrible.
Krautrock, oh krautrock... To be honest, this wasn't as "odd" as I was expecting it to be. Most of it consists of droning instrumental sections (although the presence of the sax on track 5 could qualify as "odd" given the context here). This isn't really stuff that I dig, nor will I ever dig to be honest. Kraftwerk's the closest I'll get to enjoying this genre, but even they encompass a broader range of sound. I can certainly acknowledge that this type of music was unique given the time period, but that's all the flowers I'll give here.
Weird and atmospheric and unsettling but not in a wholly bad way
Goofy shit. Some of the instrumentals are great and then they just slap obnoxious noise on top of it.
I liked a couple of tracks but most just went on too long without getting anywhere.
The first track is amazing but unfortunately it falls short thereafter. Record feels messy
Too weird. Some songs were good but it was impossible to listen to the whole thing.
A literal snoozefest. I'm sure some rock nerds like it, but I thought it was slow and sleepy music. 2s.
Però què és aquesta putíssima merda? M'ha donat mal de cap només començar i ha seguit durant tot l'àlbum. Li poso un 2 perquè té el seu mèrit, però no ho aguanto.
Eh, not as good as I had hoped. Can is better at krautrock.
Oooof. This was not very good at all.
Nothing special
Weird shit
Þessi plata var mjög furðuleg. Annaðhvort voru lögin á plötunni eins og töff upphaf á lagi sem kom svo aldrei eða eins og lokin á einhverju dúndurlagi á tónleikum. Ég eyddi sem sagt tímanum í að bíða eftir lagi eða spá í hvort ég hafi misst af aðallaginu. Undarleg tilfinning
It’s just … noise, really, a lot of this. It’s not dreadful, but I didn’t really enjoy it.
Highlights: Krautrock, Läuft... In a nutshell: surreal psych prog. I dunno about this album. The track order didn't have a natural flow to it, like when you play a CD from an artist you don't know well and forget to deselect shuffle mode. Not as hypnotic as Kraftwerk's Autobahn, which was released the following year. I suspect Devo (maybe Talking Heads) and Stereolab listened to Faust. It's considered a krautrock classic, which I don't get as it sounds more psych prog, experimental and avant garde. And this is an album from the band who adopted the term krautrock with pride. Overall: 4/10
For some reason I always thought The Sad Skinhead was a Ween song. I'm sure this album's inclusion on the list is because it's innovative or ground breaking or something like that but it just really isn't for me.
I knew some parts of this album due to Apple Music suggesting me Krautrock due to other albums from this list like Can. I always skipped them, but this time I took the time to listen to the full album. Well, what should I say? Not a totally horrible experience, but still nothing I would listen to.
Strange German techno? Some of these songs made me uncomfortable.
This again is one of those albums I just don't quite understand
I enjoyed the opening track but after that I was less enthusiastic. Nothing I really disliked but I just couldn't get into it. And lyrics were a bit stupid sometimes. This is not always something that bothers me, but in this case it annoyed me a bit.
Disco raro, como una música de fondo ruidosa, con buenos arreglos pero sin convencer.
Did not enjoy.
High variability for me. 2.
Weird and kinda boring but not that bad
Nein.
Nope just didn’t enjoy this, too weird.
Decent enough sounds, but I got bored halfway through. Not for me.
Not really my thing probs won't listen again
I hadent ever heard of Faust before this album. After listening- it was decebt but unremarkable. It had an interesting sound- kind of like progressive rock meets a more implistic style. I could see this being an influential album, but nothing really stood out to me.
Has a few compelling moments
Listened to it so it gets a 2. Weird but it had its moments I guess
Why is this on here... No songwriting, just jamming... This is not a record
Atmospheric
Interesting German prog rock. 2.5 stars for me if they did halves. Nice experimentation but lacks flow and maybe a little dated now.
Interesting and certainly ahead of its time, but didn’t pull me in enough to want to explore their other works.
Occasionally interesting but mostly just grating and annoying.
I've heard Jennifer and Giggy Smile before so that was nice to hear again. The rest of the album was new but I just wasn't that in to it
Idk what this was
Eh. 3.6/10.
While this was an interesting listen this is something that's not my favorite project. Parts were okay but Just a Second (or Deuxieme Tableaux, the end of this track) for example really sucked.
Interesting. I’ve never listen to this album before. I enjoyed the opening track. The sad skinhead reminded me of early WEEN. I can see where Faust was influential. I might have to listen to IV again to see if I enjoy it more, but on first listen it’s about a 2.5
This is so easy to ignore. It’s supposed to set a scene but it just sets off my ADD
This was...not for me. At times I'd feel like I was getting into a track and then some strange sounds came in and threw me off the overall flow. Not even sure I understand the relevance of the genre well enough to "appreciate" it
Pretty tough listen in the most part. Possibly one for the purists, but if so I’m afraid this may a bit highbrow for my taste. A few nice moments though, Just a Second and Giggy Smile in particular provide some light relief. I note from the Spotify figures that not many listeners make it to Disk 2, which says it all.
Fine weird German music. The last song started great and then it just added a ton of shitty distortion. You can definitely skip this one
sorry, I can't, while maybe interesting somehow it triggers the same aversion free jazz does to me.
Bit boring but not obnoxious
An endurance test of nonsense, interspersed with some really lovely songwriting. Why don't they just, I don't know, not start with ten minutes of the same noise, and get onto the songs that have meaning and tunes?
Really tried to enjoy where I could, but its just not for me.
Very interesting. Pretty repetitive in a Philip Glass sort of way. I guess this would be psychodelia? Not terrible interested to listen to again.
So this is krautrock. More like craprock. The first “song “was so annoying I almost shut it off. I thought “Giggy Smile”was going to redeem them but no. This is great if you want a headache
Favorite Track: The Sad Skinhead
The album goes back and forth between instrumentals similar to something like Kraftwerk, and songs that have a bit of an experimental "let's just try stuff feel." I give them credit for trying different things, even if it doesn't work. For example, "It's A Bit Of A Pain" has an intrusive guitar bit that just sounds like... you know when you're having a discussion and there's one guy who has a REAL abrasive voice that cuts through it all? Or if you're in a comedy club, and there's the one guy who laughs so loudly it cuts through the comedian? THAT'S how it sounds. It takes your focus off the rest of the song. I mean, was THAT the point? A song you can only listen to once, you know? I was expecting the rest of the album to song like the first song, which would have been fine. The fact that it didn't was fine too, but having a song like "Giggy Smile" which just seems... goofy. It just didn't fit for me. I get that there are thing here that are the foundation of Krautrock, but some of these songs are head-scratchers for me. Not something I would come back to.
Faust's Krautkrock goes from okaish electronica to droning noises, distortions and cricket chirps. Unsettling enough to wanting to quit the album half way.
Boring German language rock. Idk man its just not for me.
Interesting variety
A very interesting album, not heard much by them over the years. I liked the first track 'Krautrock' with it's incessant beat and great guitar noises, but then it all became a bit oompah oompah in places. Did I enjoy it? In places. Will I listen to it again? Probably not.
Kinda weird, kinda good. Not sure.
German. Much distortion. A song called Jennifer. Too many weird noises.
Experimenteller Keautrock. The Sad Skinhead ist ganz nett, aber der Rest. Nun ja.
WTF. Muuta ei pysty sanomaan....
Almost listenable, the album sounds like a bizarre collection of noises that could be used in the background of movie scenes, then all of a sudden some sort of horrific noise will play directly into your eardrums and your snapped out of the experience. Is it a listening experience?, yes. Is it one i would recommend for curiosity's sake? yes. Is it good?. No.
Krautrock 1.5 The Sad Skinhead 2 Jennifer 1.8 Just a Second 3.1 Giggy Smile / Picnic on a Frozen River, Deuxieme Tableau 3 Läuft...Heißt Das Es Läuft Oder Es Kommt Bald...Läuft 2.3 Run 2.3 It's a Bit of a Pain 1.8 Score: 2.225
German Jam Background noise barely any singing and when there is the audio for the vocals is way too low. 3/10
Different and not obnoxious, but not something I particularly enjoyed. Not going to go look for more Faust, or purchase a CD copy
Too much prog not enough music
Interesting ways of composition with tape splicing and sound experimentation, but I didn't find it appealing musically. 2/5.
Omg it's krautrock. I somehow like it (but it's too loud)
read this at first as Feist and was like “oh i didn’t know she had an album with this name!”
not my cup of tea
Initial reaction of frustration for yet another Krautrock band we would have never heard of and will never hear again made me want to give 1 ⭐️. However, I decided to give it a fair shake and must admit that some of the instrumentals are good. I guess chalk it up to ignorant American lenses, but I don’t think this qualifies as one of 1001 albums to hear before you die, at least in a list targeted at Americans.
It's okay, one good song though🔥🔥
I tried to like this but couldn't really find it that interesting. Just when it would start to go there, it went a different direction. Some songs would remind me of Godspeed You! Black Emperor but not complete. Now I know
Some interesting bits, but I caught myself checking several times how much longer until it's over.
I can appreciate Krautrock themes, but this was boring and kind of painful.
Nothing enjoyable about this at all. I think this album generator is trolling me.
Mix of industrial (mostly), hypnotic repetitive, with a few moments of lyricism and melody and a random piano song thrown in.
This is a really fuckin weird one. Early krautrock/ambient electronica. The first song (Krautrock) is 11 minutes long and nothing really happens in it at all. It's like psychadelic rock passed through spacey electronica filters. Same vein as Kraftwerk, but much, much shittier, and less upbeat. Closer to those Einsturzende Neubauten lads. Favourite songs: Krautrock Least favourite songs: The Sad Skinhead, Just a Second (Starts Like That!), "Picnic on a Frozen River, Deuxieme Tableux" 2/5
I really hated the first track. The second had a Gypsy vibe I could tolerate. Third- “Yellow jokes come out of your mind.” Nonsense. Song 4 made me feel itchy, so I gave up. I can imagine life in Germany (east or west) in the 70’s was complicated and that’s certainly reflected here. Not my cuppa. 2.3
Maybe it's because I just listened to Eno, but I get some proto-ambient sounds in places. Other than a few attempts at conventional songs, it seems mostly noise/experimental to me. I only know Kraftwerk for krautrock, so this expands the genre for me. Not into places I cared for. 2.6
The playing itself is not bad, but I found nothing compelling on this albim and it is far too long.
Really need to be in the right mind set for this and I was not and rarely would be.
My first Krautrock experience and boy was that odd. Enjoyed the more ethereal, synth-driven tracks but everything else was a miss. Favorite track: Lauft...Heisst...
They sound like they would be good live. Too bad they’re dead
Yawn
Didn't get it on first listen as a whole but it had its moments
I like some Krautrock but this is a pretty uneven record imo. Some good ideas, some cool production for the time. A little too disjointed and "jazzy" for my taste. Sounds often like some mediocre musicians just noodling around having fun in a basement.
Krautrock, more like... noperock
dont love krautrock :( not my kind of noise
The song Jennifer was ok, but a lot of the album was just too experimental/annoying/long for me to get into.
Half the tracks we too cold and electronic, and half were too loose and lo-fi. Really a Daddy Bear/Momma Bear situation with no Baby Bear in sight.
Did not connect with this one. Too drawn out and monotone. Tracks were inconsistent
To quote Joe’s review of my new favorite band The Pogues, “meh”
Krautrock is not for me. Period. This one is not so bad.
Bold intro, but they figured it out. Must listen to Jennifer on acid. Trying to find out what made this influential, possibly all of the experimental sounds. Same year release as dark side of the moon. giggly smile good but too damn long. To enjoy this album you require a double dose of shrooms or acid Actually so bad I don’t think they understand music, but respect to them
Real weird. I feel like this is the music that plays in movies when somebody has a bad trip. I kinda dug "the sad skinhead" but the album is 90% noise, 10% music in my opinion. It felt like there was potential in some of these songs and then they either took too many drugs or thought too much about it and ruined the idea. Salvaged a 2 but just barely.
Interesting but not enjoyable. Albums like this are like concept cars. They’re not actually meant to be driven, but merely to display ideas. What’s funny is that Faust’s fans thought they “sold out” with this album. German rock is interesting. Let’s take a culture, destroy it with two world wars, and Great Depression, 12 years of Nazi rule, then see what kind of art the kids who grew up in that bombed-out wasteland create. It’s disjointed, little melody, industrial and ambient. Kind of makes sense when you think about it. Still wouldn’t listen again, though….
There are many albums. This is one of them.
Feels trippy and super slow most of the time. Bold first song with no lyrics and 12 minutes long. Second song lyrics were quieter than the music, bold again, but probably one of the better ones. So many experimental noises out of no where. Some Pink Floyd noise similarities just done in a way worse fashion. Beatles and Pink Floyd child that was neglected. Second to last song went wild then ended up with bagpipes making it feel like a funeral and then it finally got peaceful just to ear rape me all over again at random intervals in the final song. I am giving this a 2 because it’s obvious they can make music I think they just intentionally make it disruptive.
experimental, cool listen but probably wont check out again.
1.6/5 Half of this is not available on Spotify and the rest I'm not really into, so this was mostly skipped. Best Track: ???
Erm, clearly krautrock isn’t for me. 2/5
This is like early prog rock. Very weird and not very interesting.
2 stars for its experimental, yet still cohesive sounds. I enjoyed the lo-fi techno sounds, especially since it was in the 70s. Overall, this is a personal listen. To quote my wife "That is SO annoying"
Elements that I like keep popping through, but never consistently enough to constitute true enjoyment. 2/5
pontualmente irritante (quando parece que o Guitar Hero transou com um Sim e com o vinil do meu avô). muita coisa acontecendo, inclusive senti que tinha um filho e ele ficava batendo essa porra de chocalho!
I think this must be where you go when you're bored of jazz. Not bad music per se, but too out there for me to enjoy. It was difficult to follow the structure of the songs, and many of them approached sounding more like noise.
1.5 - I thought that this was gonna be a really rough listen based on the first song, but there are more song-like songs on the album that balance it out to a 1.5 for me. They aren't exactly my cup of tea, but they have tiny moments of things I would enjoy. It's just not enough compared to the things I didn't like. I'm not really sure if I like krautrock or not? I guess I have to listen to more to really know.
Nou, dit was wederom op het tandvlees hoor. Wat een gepiel in de marge. Ik ben muziekaal waarschijnlijk te dichtgenaaid om hier het briljante van in te zien.
Not too much on my wave of liking, but still very chill
faust this up your ass
Honestly pretty good for the time.
Just... not very good. Exceptionally boring from start to finish; high school bands could do a better job. 3/10.
Respect the complex composition and layers. It’s fun adding electronic noise on top of even conventionally more acoustic songs to make them more interesting.
Josh said it was a nothing sandwich and honestly. Yeah.
I understand why this would be an important album, I just don’t really like it. It’s sounds like music that would be included in a bootleg NES game.
Listened Before? N It was okay. Lots and lots of alt rock and electronic stuff lately is wearing on me and makes it hard to be objective here. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: The Sad Skinhead
Just not my thing. IDK
First went pretty hard but it was really long and reparative so then i got bored of it. the rest of the album was even more trash. 2 bc it was so different and im sure theres some reason its on this list
4/10. In one ear, and out the other
I hear how bands like Stereolab and Spacemen3 have used similar drone sounds. It’s good that Faust actually played songs and convention music amongst the noise art. Still not a very enjoyable album though, but not absolutely terrible.
Like the album says, this is the fourth studio album. Woohoo! It's really all over the place, however... weird.
Not much spoke to me here, although it is nice to have some more context to the Krautrock-inspired tracks from David Bowie. However, this feels significantly less artful than those songs. Cacophony is not the right word for this sound, but it is a collection of sounds that are hardly connected at all to me.
I know I was talking about warming up to Kraftwerk somewhat recently but this album has completely soured me on krautrock for a while. The sparse vocals sounded like they were recorded with the mic outside the recording booth and the rest of it was just really boring. It's not good enough to be ambient music and it's not interesting enough to listen to fully engaged. It doesn't deserve a one but it does deserve to be immediately forgotten about by me within an hour.
self-conscious weirdness just doesn’t do it for me