Performer: Einstürzende Neubauten
Title: Halber Mensch
Released: 1986
Style: Industrial, Experimental, Avantgarde
Rating: 4.6
Votes: 376
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It was released on 2 September 1985, through record label Some Bizzare Records.
Titled 1/2 Mensch on cover and Halber Mensch on spine. Includes lyrics in German translated in English on printed inner sleeve. the first completely 'professional' produced and arranged work of Einstürzende Neubauten and the beginning of their decay. only the track "Halber Mensch" can convince, the rest is rather sterile and dead.
Halber Mensch is the most cohesive Einstürzende Neubauten album, and also their darkest at its most sparse. It's very unusual, and so moreish once you're in. A massive improvement over the sometimes quite messy earlier work. Neubauten have one of the strongest discographies in music, their more relaxed later sound is often the equal of this, and I'd put Halber Mensch in my overall top ten of all time.
Band Name Einstürzende Neubauten. Album Name Halber Mensch. Labels Some Bizarre Records. Members owning this album4. 2. Yü-Gung (Fütter Mein Ego).
The band's next album, Halber Mensch ("Half Man") in 1985, may be seen as a developmental breakthrough. Musical structure became more evident, and Bargeld's lyrics and, especially, his singing changed. He moved from shouted words and phrases toward organized, poetic melodies. Fans who were part of the paid EN community at neubauten. The band also filmed a video for "Nagorny Karabach". They spent the first half of 2008 touring for the album, playing 32 dates in 19 European countries.
Einstürzende Neubauten. Halber Mensch Tracklist. 1. Halber Mensch Lyrics.
A1 | Halber MenschComposed By – Alexander Hacke, Blixa Bargeld, F.M. Einheit, Mark Chung*, N. U. Unruh, Nikkolai WeidemannLyrics By – Blixa Bargeld |
4:16 |
A2 | Yü-Gung (Fütter Mein Ego) | 7:12 |
A3 | Trinklied | 1:17 |
A4 | Z.N.S. | 5:36 |
B1 | Seele BrenntRecorded By, Mixed By – Michael Zimmerling |
4:05 |
B2 | Sehnsucht (Zitternd)Producer – BBC* |
2:54 |
B3 | Der Tod Ist Ein Dandy | 6:43 |
B4 | Letztes Biest (Am Himmel) | 3:21 |
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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BART 331 | Einstürzende Neubauten | Halber Mensch (LP, Album) | Some Bizzare | BART 331 | UK | 1985 |
BART 331, BART 451 | Einstürzende Neubauten | Halber Mensch (LP, Album + 12", Ltd) | Some Bizzare, Some Bizzare | BART 331, BART 451 | UK | 1985 |
PCD-22303 | Einstürzende Neubauten | Halber Mensch (CD, Album, RM, Car) | P-Vine Records | PCD-22303 | Japan | 2008 |
Bart CD 331 | Einstürzende Neubauten | Halber Mensch (CD, Album) | Some Bizzare | Bart CD 331 | UK | 1986 |
SF 14 | Einstürzende Neubauten | Halber Mensch (CD, Album) | What's So Funny About.. | SF 14 | Germany | 1986 |