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Einsturzende Neubauten
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  • Audio CD (June 20, 2000)
  • Original Release Date: May 23, 2000
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Mute U.S.
  • ASIN: B00004TM12
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #27,855 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. Sabrina
2. Silence Is Sexy
3. In Circles
4. Newton's Gravitätlichkeit
5. Zampano
6. Heaven Is of Honey
7. Beauty
8. Die Befindlichkeit des Landes
9. Sonnebarke
10. Musentango
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Disc: 2
1. Pelikanol

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Einstürzende Neubauten have long made a career of taking a wrecking ball to the staid towers of musical convention. Their seminal industrial excess having become a musical institution in Germany--aligning them somewhat to the left of Kraftwerk and Can--they turn the wrecking ball on themselves on Silence Is Sexy. Employing aural texture, murmurs, hushed vocals, and, yes, silence, instead of the Sturm und Drang of collapsing buildings, monstrous machinery, and industrial decay, Silence defies all preconceived notions of what an Einstürzende Neubauten album should sound like. The title track manages to imbue long patches of complete silence with a backbeat and groove, proving their titular claim. Blixa Bargeld--perhaps having learned a thing or two about terrible beauty from his work with Nick Cave--imbues his deep-toned vocals with warmth and emotion, and while at moments the music can careen out of control, for the most part it wavers on the lower fringes of the sonic spectrum. Now that the sonic ceiling has been shattered, perhaps EN want to prove the complexity of silence. Ah, but not for long! Accompanying Silence Is Sexy is a second disc featuring the single, seemingly unending composition "Pelikonal," an improvised duet between a repeated vocal phrase and a drill--not much more pleasant than getting root canal. Yikes. --Tod Nelson

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Certainly different from early EN, but just as relevant, February 17, 2002
By Theresa M. Laehn "teelaehn" (Fountain City, WI, USA) - See all my reviews
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There seems to be one agreement among all reviewers about Silence is Sexy: it's not like earlier Neubauten. The same goes for "Tabula Rasa", another terriffic album from the band. But some people are displeased with those albums and all of the ones in between because they're not...um, "Industrial" enough, they're not angsty enough, and they're too tame. "MAN, break out that pneumatic drill and give me some more eardrum-rupturing caucophony I can sterilize small animals with!" I disagree with that sentiment. Of course, I am in no way ripping on EN's earlier material; it was their brilliant, searing, metal and found sound percussion along with the screeching and squealing of power tools and Blixa Bargeld's banshee yell (anything on "Kollaps", or "Seele Brennt" from "Halber Mensch", for example) that defined them as unique, pioneering artists in the European avant-garde of the 70's and 80's. But Neubauten had no reason to stop there. Evolution in sound and overall feeling/atmosphere the music creates is one of the trademarks of a band who's daring enough to explore new areas of their art. After all, Neubauten is all about beginnings and endings! Einstuerzende Neubauten's music matured as they did, and they did it beautifully.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars their best album of the 90's, March 4, 2003
This cd is generally more hard-hitting than the cd before it, Ende Neu, without sacrificing the beautiful minimalistic virtuosity of their musical instrumentation. This cd sounds as intellectual as the Neubauten members are. This cd is big ideas. It's fun. I get lose in the pulsing pounding of Redukt. In Die Befindlichkeit des Landes (the lay of the land), the way the rhythm grows & completes itself is amazing. In Beauty, the monologue is interesting, & the ambient wavering electronics are great. I saw themplay in Boston on their tour for this. I think it was during Zampano that Blixa was gyrating. There are,of course, also a few songs that have the romantic minimalism they do so well. In one of them, the title track, there's a long silence. In another, the first song on the cd, there's a reference to Russian avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich who was a great great greart pioneer of minimalistic, abstract geometric painting. The last song, Total Eclipse of the Sun, you could play for your grandmother without distressing her.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a Turning point in their career, October 12, 2000
By Simone Oltolina (Morbio Inferiore, TI Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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Einstürzende Neubauten have dealt with a wide variety of sounds (most of which were dazing and disturbing) in the past so it's a bit surprising to find out that their last record is entitled "silence is sexy". One might be wrongfooted when listening to the record for the first time and wonder if this is actually the same band that recorded "1/2 Mensch"... well, yes, they've changed their trademark sound and this, far from going to the disadvantage of quality, makes Silence is Sexy their best record to date... It sounds more calm, meditative than their previous efforts but the lyrics are simply astounding (many track are sung in German but you'll find a translation in the booklet) and the music is as sophisticated as usual (well, they're one of the best indie bands out there if not the only one). Sometimes the music stops, giving way to the silence, then it takes up again and at times it sound as furious as usual... but given that in both cases you are listening to a work of art, who really cares?
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4.0 out of 5 stars Silence Is Sexy
Silence Is Sexy being EN's 8th studio album and their 2000 release is a very low key affair sound wise compared their earlier releases. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Bjorn Viberg

4.0 out of 5 stars Another fine EN album
First off, if you're reading this, you're probably already a fan. So I'm not going into the nuances of trying to convince you why you should listen to this band. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Eric M. Stobie

5.0 out of 5 stars Silence really is sexy
If you like the album Ende Neu then you will love this album. In Silence is Sexy they focus on music and make use of industrial noise as yet another musical instrument. Read more
Published on April 4, 2007 by Quasipsyco

5.0 out of 5 stars Silence Is Sexy Review
This album is the most laid-back Einsturzende Neubauten album I've ever heard. Every single song on this album is fire, the lyrics are perfect, and the music is crazy! Read more
Published on January 29, 2004 by Pithy Commentz

3.0 out of 5 stars I'm not saying it's rubbish
But there's a lot here that puts the album in a wildly uneven album. And it takes a very concerted effort to listen to it the whole way through. Read more
Published on October 7, 2003 by filterite

2.0 out of 5 stars A Band in Kollaps
I have been an ardent admirer of Einstuerzende Neubauten for many years, and I'm shocked to hear any comparison between this album and their earlier recordings. Read more
Published on March 22, 2002 by Barnaby A Thieme

3.0 out of 5 stars Silence
I am just beginning to get into industrial music, and this is one of the first industrial albums I've bought. Overall, I like it. Read more
Published on January 17, 2002 by Logan Albright

5.0 out of 5 stars self explanatory
this is a wonderful record that just illustrates the intense beauty that is found within this band. The angst and tension that has always been found in their past records with... Read more
Published on November 20, 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Silence has never been this sexy
I have been a great fan for years, and my favourite band has done it again. With every new album they release, they astound me, and completely blow me away. Read more
Published on September 29, 2000 by icesehnsucht

5.0 out of 5 stars I was suprised
I bought this cd under the recomendation of an internet buddy who knew I loved the moody compositions of Joy Division and Iggy Pop. Read more
Published on September 21, 2000 by watrfae

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