Haus der Lüge


Haus der Lüge is the fifth full-length studio release from the German band Einstürzende Neubauten, released in 1989.

Reception

Trouser Press described it as "a much stronger album than Fuenf".

Track listing

  1. Prolog - 1:50
  2. Feurio! - 6:02
  3. Ein Stuhl in der Hölle - 2:09
  4. Haus der Lüge - 4:00
  5. Epilog - 0:28
  6. Fiat Lux - 12:24
  7. : a) Fiat Lux
  8. : b) Maifestspiele
  9. : c) Hirnlego
  10. Schwindel - 3:58
  11. Der Kuss - 3:37
  12. Feurio! - 4:47
  13. Partymucke - 3:52
  14. Feurio! - 4:47
Tracks 9, 10, and 11 taken from the single for Feurio! and are only present on the re-releases of the album in 1995 and 2002. The 2002 re-release was re-mastered by the band.
On some releases Epilog is part of track 4.

Personnel

;Einstürzende Neubauten
"Partymucke" was originally written for Peter Zadek's Andi theatre-play in which Neubauten performed live 50 times during 1987.
The Maifestspiele section of "Fiat Lux" contains field recordings from a demonstration in Kreuzberg, Berlin on May 1, 1987.
"Ein Stuhl In Der Hölle" and the Hirnlego section of "Fiat Lux" were later included as part of their Strategies Against Architecture II collection.