On the Way to the Peak of Normal (Reis)

Holger Czukay | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 19, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mute U.S.
• ASIN: B0000067XI
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,997 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #57 in Music > Indie Music > Rock > Progressive

Track Listings

1. Ode to Perfume

2. Fragrance

3. On the Way to the Peak of Normal

4. Witches' Multiplication Table

5. Two Bass Shuffle

6. Hiss 'N' Listen

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If your life is mostly weird---this is the soundtrack to you, September 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: On the Way to the Peak of Normal (Reis) (Audio CD)

Holger Czukay invented sampling...there may be others who make this claim, but he's the dude. This album is a classic piece of beautiful music. Relaxing and unnerving at the same time. Scary and comforting. This album is great to drive to, talk to, play at parties...it is all around great music. Although this album is less known than Movies, the release with Persian Love...it is the superior piece. Listen to it...change your way of thinking. Learn to love Holger...the nicest genius in Rock & Roll.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Holger Czukay - 'On The Way To The Peak Of Normal' (Mute), January 28, 2007

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On the Way to the Peak of Normal (Reis) (Audio CD)

Originally released in 1982, this was Czukay's third solo effort. Just barely too Avant Garde for me, enough for me to still get some enjoyment from this title. Tunes here I thought were decent are the fourteen-minute "Ode To Perfume" (liked the oddness and the twangy-like guitar this cut has to offer), "Witches Multiplication Table" and the rather offbeat "Hiss 'N Listen". Line-up: Holger-synthesizer,keyboards,guitar&vocals, fellow former Can member-Jaki Liebezeit-drums and Jah Wobble-bass. Certainly not a classic by any means, but an okay CD reissue.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Playful (and experimental) fun!, January 25, 2000

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DAC Crowell - See all my reviews

This review is from: On the Way to the Peak of Normal (Reis) (Audio CD)

Czukay's second post-Can release is notable for the amazing 'Ode to Perfume', a 14+ minute ride that starts off with a chop-suey of 'Suspicion' and leads into this...familiar?...melody. On this, Holger's refined the methods he first explored in Can and improved on on "Movies". The shorter cuts are also rewarding and weird, with the eerie title cut, the mock-scary 'Witches Multiplication Table', and a couple of interesting workouts on 'Two Bass Shuffle' and 'Hiss 'n' Listen'. This, or the equally-skillful "Rome Remains Rome" are good start-points for looking into Holger Czukay's solo work.