FAUST IV

This album had a great impact on generations of musicians to come, still fresh and original...but sorry, once again it's not their best and just a passable effort if we compare it to their grandiose BBC sessions or 71 minutes Faust. Tracks here are a bit puerile and too orientated to humorous post-rock collages, funny sketches. The good point is the variety of recordings, alternating with consistence pre-ambient songs, experimental pop / rock attempts and nervous kraut-hymns. This one also sounds more commercial, consequently it can easily seduces the more reluctant of us toward "weird" krautrock experimentations. The opening "tune" krautrock is an eccentric, noisy & dirty rock song with fuzz, electronic treatments. "The sad Skinhead" and "Jennifer" are funny pop songs with a nice groovy felt, but just boring for those who love the experimental side of the band. "Just a second" is an efficient "garage" pysch-guitar composition, my favourite here...Faust IV is not perfect but remains a sweet collection of flashy post-rock songs. A necessary purchase for fans.