Halber Mensch

Einsturzende Neubauten | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Thirsty Ear
• ASIN: B0000057NO
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #265,068 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Haber Mensch

2. Yu-Gung (Futter Mein Ego)

3. Trinklied

4. Z.N.S.

5. Seele Brennt

6. Sehnsucht (Zitternd)

7. Der Tod Ist Ein Dandy

8. Letztes Biest (Am Himmel)

9. Das Schaben

10. Sand

11. Yu Gung (Adrian Sherwood Remix)

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered digipak reissue of the 1985 album by this innovative and groundbreaking German Industrial band. At times, hard to listen to, E.N. have always been hard to ignore. Their brilliance lies in their ability to provoke a thoroughly intelligent reaction from the listener as opposed to an irrational outburst. This less intense release features 11 tracks including 'Z.N.S', 'Das Schabine' and more. Some Bizarre. 2006. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Album, Bad Record Company, May 3, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Halber Mensch (Audio CD)

If you plan to buy this album, please don't buy the version distributed by Thirsty Ear/Some Bizarre Records. The company has never paid the band for its recordings, and NONE of your purchase price will go to the creators of this exceptional music.

Another version is available through Indigo Records, and the group does get paid for those copies.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Please do not buy this edition of this album!, December 17, 2006

By 

Maskello (QLD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Halber Mensch (Dig) (Audio CD)

Some Bizarre does NOT pay royalties to Einstuerzende Neubauten. If you buy this album absolutely none of your money goes to the band. You may as well just download it - it's stealing from the artists either way.

Any EN album or DVD with "Some Bizarre" or "Cherry Red" or "Thirsty Ear" on it is a release that is not authorized by the band.

Some Bizarre are reissuing EN's albums because band authorized reissues, remastered and in digipaks, have been available for several years. Some Bizarre's old editions looked shabby next to the official ones, and they are now trying to catch up and fool you into buying their editions instead. They have even tried to sue EN out of the rights to publish their own music, but were not successful. Rightfully so!

If you get any enjoyment at all out of EN's music, please make the effort to buy albums that will benefit the band. Who should get your money - the people that actually made the music, or a record company who cheated them?

If you can see "Freibank", "Potomak", "Indigo", or "Mute" on an EN release, then this is authorized by the band.

Five stars for the album, 0 stars for this edition.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Something different for people who like different somethings, March 8, 2002

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Threemoons "threemoons" (Astoria, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Halber Mensch (Audio CD)

I originally bought this album for the title track; now it's one of my favorite albums. Harsh and jarring yet poetic and meaningful...even more so if you understand the lyrics. This is not beautiful music for beautiful people; rather it's thinking music for thinking people. Industrial and grating...imagine if The Dead Kennedys and Philip Glass had joint custody of a hyperactive group of children.