Fünf auf der nach oben offenen Richterskala


Fünf auf der nach oben offenen Richterskala is the fourth full-length studio album from the German experimental rock band Einstürzende Neubauten and was released in 1987.

Content

described the album as "the group's most subdued and measured work to that point, organic dark ambient that rarely utilized the chaos and cacaphony [sic] for which they had become known".

Reception

Trouser Press, in an ambiguous review, described the album as "shockingly low-key". AllMusic described the album as "Einstürzende Neubauten at their unsettling, gripping, and tension-ridden best".

Track listing

  1. "Zerstörte Zelle" - 8:02
  2. "Morning Dew" - 4:56
  3. "Ich bin's" - 3:24
  4. "MoDiMiDoFrSaSo" - 4:51
  5. "12 Städte" - 8:38
  6. "Keine Schönheit " - 5:10
  7. "Kein Bestandteil sein" - 6:43
  8. "Adler kommt später" - 5:42*
Track 8 is a bonus track only available on remastered re-release on Potomak/Indigo and is an early version of Zerstörte Zelle.

Personnel

;Einstürzende Neubauten