Alles Wieder Offen [Import]

Einsturzende Neubauten | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 5, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Potom
• ASIN: B000V1MME0
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,214,730 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Die Wellen [The Waves]

2. Nagorny Karabach

3. Weilweilweil [Becausecausecause]

4. Ich Hatte ein Wort [I Had a Word]

5. Von Wegen [Of Ways]

6. Let's Do It a Dada

7. Alles Wieder Offen [All Open Again]

8. Unvollständigkeit [Incompleteness]

9. Susej

10. Ich Warte [I'm Waiting]

Editorial Reviews

Everything Is Open Again is the 2007 album from the German Avant Rock legends!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Album, February 8, 2008

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Thomas J. Park "mystified musician" (Saint Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alles Wieder Offen (Audio CD)

I was putting off buying this one, for some reason, but I wish I hadn't. I was a big fan of "Perpetuum Mobile", and found "Alles Wieder Offen" to be similar, but by no means a repeat. Rather, I find "Alles" to be a better album-- from the same world of music, but better.

One thing that Neubauten seems to be perfecting is this sense of lightness. Older material, the classic stuff, is often very heavy. Incredible, but harsh-- brutal, maybe even.

Newer albums make forays into pop, combining drone and ethereal elements with metallic percussion, sprinkles of electronics, and, of course, Blixa's voice. In this work, Blixa sounds as powerful as ever, and his voice works nicely with the music.

There are moments of sadness in this album, but then Neubauten really isn't just for kids anymore, so what would a person expect? Nonetheless, having listened, I felt both enlightened and satisfied.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alles Wieder Offen provides pleasure to a seasoned ear., December 27, 2007

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Alles Wieder Offen (Audio CD)

Einsturzende Neubauten have definitely created a very focused sound in these last few recordings, maybe it's because of frontman Blixa's leaving the Bad Seeds to concentrate on EN.

The first thing a listener will notice is that it is definitely work in the Silence is Sexy and Perpetum Mobile vain, the mark of that work being a hold on intensity while often remaining almost calm and downtempo. At points while listening to the smooth(yet still mechanical) flow of the work, i'm put in almost a trip hop mood. It's a very mature work on the part of EN, and it shows. For instance in the begining where the music grows and grows in intensity(and loudness), and the beat pounds like a heart going faster and faster after a long run, Blixa's voice remains steady and calm like the wizard summoning the tempest. And that is what makes EN so fasinating to listen to in the first place which is displayed heavy on Alles Wieder Offen, is that sense of control that dominates the work. Many groups can't be experimental(or industrial for that matter) without losing themselves in trite cliche, dullness, or at least a little bit of pretension. Einsturzende skips all that and only anwsers to themselves, and the sharpened ears of their fans. Most industrial fans who have wondered what happened to their precious genre that has grown away from its more expermental and freethinking roots would do good to drown themselves a bit more in EN's work. It is always nice to see a serious and true artist still providing a unique voice after all these years.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Meine Ohren sind wieder Wunde!, April 25, 2008

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L. Vierhout "noord23" (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alles Wieder Offen (Audio CD)

EN crashed into my world long ago with Seele brennt. It opened up a field of sonic and emotional experience unbeknown to me, quite exciting. But after Tabula Rasa I really became disinterested. I listened to the new releases but apart from the occasional song, the material just could not keep me captivated.

But Blixa and consorts have found new ground to erect temporary dwellings for the soul. There is a new vulnerability to the material which is really touching (and sweat!).

The into the abyss brutal expressionist noise - I admit I still miss it and long for it sometimes - has been replaced by careful, thought through song structures. This development had already begun on previous albums but now it seems to pay off. There is a balance between the new open sound and philosophical bend lyrics that wasn't there before. Not for me anyway.

There is a strong delivery of the words by Blixa that comes across as convincing and honest, reminiscent of the Halber Mensch era. And what is most important, there again is a vast amount of space and time between the bars creating the tension and friction which made EN music special and exciting to begin with.

Meine Ohren sind wieder Wunde!