Customer Reviews

Faust

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I honestly can't say for sure what was influencing these crazy Germans when they were creating this masterpiece. It's on the blistering edge for its time period, it's harsh and violently discordant at times, yet beautifully sensitive and filled with subtle hints at others... ("a wonderful wooden reason"). My original copy of this was on vinyl. A clear inner sleeve, a clear jacket, and clear vinyl, with the hand Xray visible. A beautiful piece of work, visually as well as musically. If you can find the vinyl version, buy it and never play it. Buy the CD too, so you can hear it.

This CD is a must in any self-respecting music collector's stacks...contains the best Faust track ever, "Why Don't You Eat Carrots", which contains an especially entertaining/harrowing/horrifying battle between the band and a not-particularly-having-a-good-day oscillator. "Meadow Meal" you WILL find yourself chanting while walking somewhere, and you won't want to, but "Miss Fortune" has the same effect. Classic. Get it while it's still on the shelves, it's out of print now...

Faust's sound is never easy to describe. perhaps it's one of the reasons that they have remained as one of the great mysteries of the german rock world. taking the basic pattern of rock and roll music of the times, and adding alot of really experimental touches to it (tape manipulation, studio effects, strange instrumentation), Faust entered onto the scene with this debut that is just as weird and confounding as it was when it was first released. these three songs represent a playfull and devilish sense of humour that makes me imagine the band mixing in the studio thinking, "this'll really mess with the heads of the listener, won't it?! heeheee." but there is alot of talent and a genuine musical scope hidden in all the silliness and mystery. perhaps fans of modern media manipulators like Negativeland or the Residents might be interested in leaning an ear towards the Faust back catalogue.

For those of you who haven't ventured out into the realm of "beyond experimental," (and presuming you actually want to), this would be a challenging start. I don't know of many albums so erratic, yet interesting enough to keep wondering what they'll do next. Just a note for collectors...Amazon also appears to offer the Limited Edition Japanese Import with the Clear Vinyl Replica Sleeve. It's a rather elusive piece to pull up. I punched in "Meadow Meal", under song title and the 2003, 24-Bit remaster with the Clear Sleeve came up. It's ASIN is B00008PT30.

Originally released in 1971,as this was Faust's very first record.Top of the line krautrock here. This self-titled opus is a sure vintage trademark recording of it's genre. Track listing is the freaky "Why Don't You Eat Your Carrots?"(9:35), "Meadow Meal"(8:05) and "Miss Fortune"(16:36). Maybe too weirded out for some. For you completists, this pressing is a later release of their self-titled debut, but if there are any fans that don't have this title on CD or vinyl, check out the domestic 2-on-1 CD put out by the Collector's Choice label, Faust-'Faust/So Far'(see my review). Highly recommended.

This is abosolutely amazing. I have always loved all of roadrunner's bands, and now they are all on one album (?!), Abo solutely fabulous. The Vision of Disorder track is absolutely amazing. It includes my favorite Coal Chamber song (Loco) and my favorite Cradel of Filth song (From the Cradel to Enslave). Even though the Sepultura tracks a post-Max, they are pretty decent, and speaking of Max, the great Soulfly song "Bleed" is on there. My only complaint is that the best (...)band ever, Slipknot, is not on there, even though they are roadrunner's best selling band. An all around great album, I have to give this 5 stars, or what kind of metal head would I be...

-HM
(this was not written by h8fullmaggot)

I really don't know how I can POSSIBLY review Faust's debut. it's so weird that it defies description. the first track begins with some staticky noise, then a line each from the Stones and the Beatles comes in. later, a goofy horn riff comes in and out of the mix. the second track begins with clanging, goes into a melodic ballad, veers off into a guitar solo, and ends with ambient noise. the last track has more weird noises, ending with two guys alternating words ("His" "mouth" "full" "of" "garlic", etc.). it's bloody brilliant! you need this album! a true krautock masterpiece.

Received this cd in excellent condition, it's a great CD with a ton of great tracks for various artists. Definantly worth the buy and listen!

This is Fausts first album which was originally pressed on clear vinyl with a clear plastic cover with an X-ray of a fist in the center of the record, marvellous packaging. You can't do that with a CD I'm afraid. Unfortunately the packaging was the best thing about the record. The album consists of three "songs" that sound more like tape and improvisation collections rather than compositions. Now that formula worked very well on "Faust Tapes" but "Faust" simply doesn't have the wit, charm and focus that made "Faust Tapes" so good. To be fair there are occasional moments of brilliance, but I'm afraid I find much of this album to be scattershot, unfocused, oftimes annoying, and ultimately boring. Rather than writing songs or compositions on this album Faust primarily sound like stoned hippies experimenting/playing about in the studio. It may have been groundbreaking or "amazing" in 1971, today without benefit of chemical amusement aids it sounds very self-indulgent and messy. This album really hasn't dated well. I would recommend "So Far", the afore-mentioned "Tapes" or "IV" before this one.

i think this is the best soundtrack i've ever had........standout tracks are replica-FF,bleed-soulfly,take my scars-machine head,from the cradle to enslave-cradle of filth,asthmatic-spineshank,nothing's clear-ill nino,old earth-sepultura,loco-coal chamber....the last song(timelessness by FF)...is a very soothing song...it's from obsolete...........if you're planning to buy a soundtrack............buy this.......you won't regret.