Strategies Against Architecture '80–'83 Explained

Strategies Against Architecture '80–'83
Type:	Compilation
Longtype:	of live tracks & B-sides
Artist:	Einstürzende Neubauten
Cover:	ENStrat1.jpg
Released:	1984
Recorded:	1980–1983
Genre:	Industrial, noise
Length:	41:17
Label:	Mute
Producer:	Einstürzende Neubauten
Prev Title:	Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T.
Prev Year:	1983
Next Title:	Halber Mensch
Next Year:	1985

Strategies Against Architecture '80–'83, also spelled 80–83 Strategies Against Architecture (German:80–83 Strategien gegen Architekturen), is a 1984 compilation album by the German industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten. It consists of material recorded from 1980 to 1983, and features roughly half of the band's debut 1981 LP Kollaps along with single-only tracks and live material. It was originally released on Mute Records and is currently being sold without authority by Rough Trade.

Track listing

1. "Tanz Debil" - 3:20 (A Dance of Mental Illness)
2. "Schmerzen hören" (Hören Mit Schmerzen) - 2:31 (Listen with Pain)
3. "Mikroben" - 1:31 (Microbes)
4. "Krieg in den Städten" - 3:44 (War in the Cities) (originally Steh auf Berlin)
5. "Zum Tier machen" - 3:05 (Changing to Animal)
6. "Draußen ist feindlich" - 0:48 (Outside is Hostile)
7. "Stahlversion" - 5:35 (Steel Version)
8. "Schwarz" - 4:16 (Black)
9. "Negativ nein" - 2:23 (The Act of Double Negativism)
10. "Kalte Sterne" - 4:11 (Black Hole Cold Stars)
11. "Spaltung" - 2:25 (Split)
12. "U-Haft Muzak" - 3:41 (Muzak for While on Remand)
13. "Gestohlenes Band (ORF)" - 0:17 (Tape Stolen in ORF)
14. "Schwarz (mutiert)" - 3:26 (Black (A Mutation))

Personnel

Einstürzende Neubauten

• Blixa Bargeld - lead vocals, guitars
• Mark Chung - bass, vocals
• Alexander Hacke - guitar, vocals
• N.U. Unruh - percussion, vocals
• F.M. Einheit - percussion, vocals

with:

• Jim Thirlwell - compilation assistance