Haus der Lüge explained

Haus der Lüge
Type:Album
Artist:Einstürzende Neubauten
Cover:ENHaus_front.jpg
Released:4 September 1989
Recorded:1988–1989
Length:34:22
Label:Some Bizzare
Producer:Einstürzende Neubauten
Prev Title:Fünf auf der nach oben offenen Richterskala
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Tabula Rasa
Next Year:1993

Haus der Lüge (English: House of Lies) is the fifth full-length studio release by the German band Einstürzende Neubauten, released in 1989 by Rough Trade Records. It was reissued in 2002 by Some Bizzare Records in the U.K., the band's own label Potomak in Europe and Thirsty Ear Recordings in the U.S.[1]

Reception

Trouser Press described Haus der Lüge as "a much stronger album than Fuenf."[2] According to Ned Raggett of AllMusic, the album "[finds] the group wrapping up [the] decade on a high note".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Prolog" - 1:50
  2. "Feurio!" - 6:02
  3. "Ein Stuhl in der Hölle" ("A Chair in Hell") - 2:09
  4. "Haus der Lüge" ("House of Lies") - 4:00
  5. "Epilog" - 0:28 (indexed as part of track 4 on some releases)
  6. "Fiat Lux" - 12:24

a) "Fiat Lux" ("Let There be Light")

b) "Maifestspiele" ("May Festival")

c) "Hirnlego" ("Brainlego")

  1. "Schwindel" ("Deception") - 3:58
  2. "Der Kuss" ("The Kiss") - 3:37

Reissue bonus tracks ("Feurio!" single B-sides):

  1. "Feurio! (Remix)" - 4:47
  2. "Partymucke" ("Party Music") - 3:52
  3. "Feurio! (Türen Offen)" ("Feurio! (Doors Open)") - 4:47

Personnel

Einstürzende Neubauten

"Partymucke" was originally written for Peter Zadek's play Andi.

The Maifestspiele section of "Fiat Lux" contains field recordings from a demonstration in Kreuzberg, Berlin on 1 May 1987.

"Ein Stuhl in der Hölle" and the "Hirnlego" section of "Fiat Lux" were later included on the 1991 compilation Strategies Against Architecture II.[4]

Notes

The cover art is based on a woodcut titled "Group of Six Horses" by German Renaissance artist Hans Baldung Grien.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Einstuerzende Neubauten* - Haus Der Luege. 2020-08-20. Discogs. en.
  2. Web site: TrouserPress.com :: Einstürzende Neubauten . Sheridan . David . Fasolino . Greg . Robbins . Ira . . June 14, 2016.
  3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r6661|pure_url=yes}} Haus der Lüge - Einstürzende Neubauten ]. Allmusic.
  4. Web site: Einstürzende Neubauten - Strategies Against Architecture II. 2020-08-20. Discogs. en.