Neu! (album)

Neu!
"NEU!" logo, underlined in red, over white background
Studio album by
Neu!
Released1972
RecordedDecember 1971
StudioStar Studios, Hamburg
Genre
Length45:51
LabelBrain
Producer
Neu! chronology
Neu!
(1972) 		Neu! 2
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Mojo[3]
NME8/10[4]
Pitchfork9.7/10[5]
Q[6]
The Austin Chronicle[7]

Neu! is the debut studio album by German krautrock band Neu!, released in 1972 by Brain Records. It was the first album recorded by the duo of Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger after leaving Kraftwerk in 1971. They continued to work with producer Konrad "Conny" Plank, who had also worked on the Kraftwerk recording sessions.

Upon release, the album was largely ignored internationally but did well in West Germany,[8] selling 35,000 copies.[9] In 2001, the album was reissued by Grönland and then licensed to Astralwerks for US distribution. In 2014, Fact named it the 36th best album of the 1970s.[10]

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  2. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Neu!". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  3. ^ Male, Andrew (February 2016). "Rothervatin'". Mojo. No. 267. p. 47.
  4. ^ "Neu! review". NME. 2 June 2001. p. 39. ...The album staggers psychotically through metallic scrapings, drifting space musik, unwinding drones, Japanese banjo moments and noise extremism worthy of Pil or Einsturzende Neubauten...
  5. ^ Sirota, Brent S. (5 June 2001). "Review: Neu! - Neu!". Pitchfork. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  6. ^ "Neu! review". Q. July 2001. p. 136. ...Neu! Invented the motorik beat - Krautrock's defining relentless rhythm....influencing both punk and ambient...
  7. ^ Chamy, Michael (13 July 2001). "Neu!, Neu! 2, and Neu! 75 (Astralwerks)". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Neu! | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  9. ^ Adelt, Ulricht (2016). Krautrock: German Music in the Seventies. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472053193. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  10. ^ Kelly, Chris; Lea, Tom; Muggs, Joe; Morpurgo, Joseph; Beatnik, Mr; Ravens, Chal; Twells, John (July 14, 2014). "The 100 best albums of the 1970s". Fact. Retrieved September 21, 2016.