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Faust

Faust IV

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Original 1973 first edition on Virgin of Faust's classic fourth album.

** condition: NM/EX ** "The fourth and final album to be released during Faust's original lifespan, originally released by Virgin Records in 1973. "As an album, IV matches the band's trajectory: Jumbled, fragmented, with random data integrity issues, but seeming more the brainchild of inspired pop anarchists than calculating avant-gardists. Yes, the record sounds more 'professional' than any of their others, but somehow that doesn't actually equate to slick sounds: Opener 'Krautrock' (which Irmler says was inspired by the band's perception of the British still fearing the 'krauts') is on the noisiest end of Faust's spectrum, usi-ng distortion and feedback as springboards for tripping into galactic clouds. For better than seven minutes, minute gradients of angelic, overdriven major-chord-sheets are exploited by who knows what devices before the drums come in and the track moves from milky, third-ear noise into MINDFUCKING KRAUTROCK. And before you can explode from the sonic congestion, 'The Sad Skinhead' starts, replete with ridiculous 60s go-go beat and skank guitar."

Details
Cat. number: V 2004, V2oo4
Year: 1973
Notes:
℗ 1973. © Virgin Records Ltd. Recorded at the Manor, Oxfordshire, England, June 73. Distributed by EMI & Island. Tracks B1 and B2 has a combined duration of 3:00. Catalogue number variations: V 2004 on labels, V2oo4 on cover.

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