Neu! (album)

Neu!
Neu!
Studio album by Neu!
Released	1972
Recorded	December 1971
Studio	Star Studios, Hamburg
Genre	Krautrock; experimental rock;
Length	45:51
Label	Brain
Producer	Conny Plank; Neu!;
Neu! chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Mojo	^[3]
NME	8/10^[4]
Pitchfork	9.7/10^[5]
Q	^[6]
The Austin Chronicle	^[7]

Neu! is the debut album by German krautrock band Neu!. It was 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]

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference nyt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Jurek, Thom. "Neu!". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
^ Male, Andrew (February 2016). "Rothervatin'". Mojo. No. 267. p. 47.
^ "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...
^ Sirota, Brent S. (5 June 2001). "Review: Neu! - Neu!". Pitchfork. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
^ "Neu! review". Q. July 2001. p. 136. ...Neu! Invented the motorik beat - Krautrock's defining relentless rhythm....influencing both punk and ambient...
^ Chamy, Michael (13 July 2001). "Neu!, Neu! 2, and Neu! 75 (Astralwerks)". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
^ "Neu! | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
^ Adelt, Ulricht (2016). Krautrock: German Music in the Seventies. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472053193. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ 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.

[nyt-1] Cite error: The named reference nyt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Jurek-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...

[Sirota-5] Sirota, Brent S. (5 June 2001). "Review: Neu! - Neu!". Pitchfork. Retrieved 27 April 2010.

[Neu!_review-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.

[allmusic.com-8] "Neu! | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-05.

[adelt-9] Adelt, Ulricht (2016). Krautrock: German Music in the Seventies. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472053193. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

[fact-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.

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