Name: 50!
Brand: Neu!

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Bonus disc: No

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CDGRONX

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-09-23

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5060238638609

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5 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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5060238638517

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5 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Neu!

Genre GB

Krautrock

Label GB

Gronland

Neu! release a brand new boxset marking the 50th anniversary of their first record. The vinyl and CD boxes come with the band’s first three albums (and, for the CD box, Neu! ’86), plus a new tribute album plus stencil and booklet. The tribute album features reworks from The National, Idles, Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Mogwai, Fink, Stephen Morris (New Order) and more.

Neu!’s influence is undeniable. Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother, who had both previously been members of Kraftwerk, are a product not only of West Germany but of Düsseldorf. Like other experimental bands of the late 60s and early 70s gathered under the banner of Krautrock, they were driven by a mixture of political and artistic imperatives to reject the cliches and conventions of orthodox, blues-based Anglo-American rock and create a music that was, formally, West German in origin. 

Neu! are one of the great, belated success stories of rock music. Their influence is widespread, international, continued. Ian Curtis (Joy Division) played the rest of the group Neu! as part of their weekly education classes, David Bowie often spoke of his love for the duo and called them “Kraftwerk's wayward, anarchistic brothers”, in the 1990s Stereolab paid Neu! homage in their Franco-Germanic avant-Europop and further co-signs come from Damon Albarn, Brian Eno, Thom Yorke, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Sonic Youth and Placebo.

Tracklisting: A1. Hallogallo A2. Sonderangebot A3. Weissensee B1. Im Glück B2. Negativland B3. Lieber Honig C1. Für Immer (Forever) C2. Spitzenqualität C3. Gedenkminute (Für A + K) C4. Lila Engel (Lilac Angel) D1. Neuschnee 78 D2. Super 16 D3. Neuschnee D4. Cassetto D5. Super 78 D6. Hallo Excentrico! D7. Super E1. Isi E2. Seeland E3. Leb' Wohl F1. Hero F2. E-Musik F3. After Eight

I1. Hallogallo (Stephen Morris and Gabe Gurnsey Remix)

J1. Negativland (Idles Negative Space Rework)