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Coming on the heels of the cut-and-paste sound-collage schizophrenia of The Faust Tapes, Faust IV seems relatively subdued and conventional, though it's still a far cry from what anyone outside the German avant-garde rock scene was doing. The album's disparate threads don't quite jell into something larger (as in the past), but there's still much to recommend it. The nearly 12-minute electro-acoustic opener "Krautrock" is sometimes viewed as a comment on Faust's droning, long-winded contemporaries, albeit one that would lose its point by following the same conventions. There are a couple of oddball pop numbers that capture the group's surreal sense of whimsy: one, "The Sad Skinhead," through its reggae-ish beat, and another, "It's a Bit of a Pain," by interrupting a pastoral acoustic guitar number with the most obnoxious synth noises the band can conjure. Aside from "Krautrock," there is a trend toward shorter track lengths and more vocals, but there are still some unpredictably sudden shifts in the instrumental pieces, even though it only occasionally feels like an idea is being interrupted at random (quite unlike The Faust Tapes). There are several beat-less, mostly electronic soundscapes full of fluttering, blooping synth effects, as well as plenty of the group's trademark Velvet Underground-inspired guitar primitivism, and even a Frank Zappa-esque jazz-rock passage. Overall, Faust IV comes off as more a series of not-always-related experiments, but there are more than enough intriguing moments to make it worthwhile. Unfortunately, it would be the last album the group recorded (at least in its first go-round).
© Steve Huey /TiVo
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Faust, Composer, MainArtist - Uwe Nettlebeck, Producer
(C) 1973 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1973 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1973 Virgin Records Limited
Faust, Composer, MainArtist - Uwe Nettlebeck, Producer
(C) 1973 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1973 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1973 Virgin Records Limited
Faust, Composer, MainArtist - Uwe Nettlebeck, Producer - Michael Donaldson, Arranger, Work Arranger
(C) 1973 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1973 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1973 Virgin Records Limited
Faust, Composer, MainArtist - Uwe Nettlebeck, Producer
(C) 1973 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1973 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1973 Virgin Records Limited
Faust, Composer, MainArtist - Uwe Nettlebeck, Producer
(C) 1973 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1973 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1973 Virgin Records Limited
Faust, Composer, MainArtist - Uwe Nettlebeck, Producer
(C) 1973 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1973 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1973 Virgin Records Limited
Faust, Composer, MainArtist - Uwe Nettlebeck, Producer
(C) 1973 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1973 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1973 Virgin Records Limited
Faust, MainArtist - Uwe Nettlebeck, Producer - Werner Diermaier, Composer - Rudolf Sosna, Composer - Hans Joachim Irmler, Composer - Günther Wüsthoff, Composer - Jean-Hervé Peron, Composer
(C) 1973 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1973 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1973 Virgin Records Limited
Albumbeschreibung
Coming on the heels of the cut-and-paste sound-collage schizophrenia of The Faust Tapes, Faust IV seems relatively subdued and conventional, though it's still a far cry from what anyone outside the German avant-garde rock scene was doing. The album's disparate threads don't quite jell into something larger (as in the past), but there's still much to recommend it. The nearly 12-minute electro-acoustic opener "Krautrock" is sometimes viewed as a comment on Faust's droning, long-winded contemporaries, albeit one that would lose its point by following the same conventions. There are a couple of oddball pop numbers that capture the group's surreal sense of whimsy: one, "The Sad Skinhead," through its reggae-ish beat, and another, "It's a Bit of a Pain," by interrupting a pastoral acoustic guitar number with the most obnoxious synth noises the band can conjure. Aside from "Krautrock," there is a trend toward shorter track lengths and more vocals, but there are still some unpredictably sudden shifts in the instrumental pieces, even though it only occasionally feels like an idea is being interrupted at random (quite unlike The Faust Tapes). There are several beat-less, mostly electronic soundscapes full of fluttering, blooping synth effects, as well as plenty of the group's trademark Velvet Underground-inspired guitar primitivism, and even a Frank Zappa-esque jazz-rock passage. Overall, Faust IV comes off as more a series of not-always-related experiments, but there are more than enough intriguing moments to make it worthwhile. Unfortunately, it would be the last album the group recorded (at least in its first go-round).
© Steve Huey /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:12
- Main artists: Faust
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Virgin Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1973 Virgin Records Limited ℗ 1973 Virgin Records Limited
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