Neu!
The debut, recorded in four nights, which opens with "Hallogallo".
Neu!, 1972
- Released
- March 1972
- Recorded
- December 1971
- Studio
- Star Studios, Hamburg
- Label
- Brain
- Producer
- Conny Plank, Neu!
- Length
- 45:51
All tracks are credited to Dinger and Rother, and the second side was titled Jahresuebersicht. The listed length is 45:51 against about 45:42 when the track times are added. Dinger first played the motorik beat in these sessions, on "Hallogallo" and "Negativland", though he disliked the word, preferring lange gerade, the long straight line. "Negativland" was the first track recorded, with the treated taishogoto. In 2022 the album entered the German chart at number 18. Fact ranked it 36th among the best albums of the 1970s, and the New York Times called it one of the landmarks of German experimental rock.
Track listing
- Hallogallo10:07
- Sonderangebot4:51
- Weissensee6:46
- Im Gluck6:53
- Negativland9:47
- Lieber Honig7:18
Personnel
- Michael Rother electric guitar, bass, bowed bass
- Klaus Dinger drums, electric guitar, taishogoto, vocals
- Conny Plank producer, engineer
More from Neu!
Neu! '75 (1975)
Where to go next
Reference
- Neu! (album) on Wikipedia The recording story.
Interviews
- Electronic Sound: Hallogallo The best account of the sessions.
Sources
- Neu! (album), Wikipedia
- Hallogallo, Electronic Sound (2013)