Strategies Against Architecture II explained

Strategies Against Architecture II
Type:	Compilation album
Artist:	Einstürzende Neubauten
Cover:	Einstürzende Neubauten album cover Strategies Against Architecture II.jpg
Released:	May 21, 1991
Genre:	Experimental rock Industrial rock Avant-garde Dark ambient
Length:	91:57 (CD) 85:14 (LP)
Label:	Reihe EGO/Rough Trade Germany Mute/Elektra^[1]
Prev Title:	Die Hamletmaschine
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	Tabula Rasa
Next Year:	1993

Strategies Against Architecture II is a retrospective double album by experimental artists Einstürzende Neubauten, released in 1991.^{[2] [3]}

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Abfackeln" – 3:30
2. "Partynummer" (live) – 1:35
3. "Z.N.S." – 5:39
4. "Die Elektrik (Merle)" – 2:21
5. "Intermezzo/Yü-Gung" (live) – 6:18
6. "Seele Brennt" – 4:08
7. "Blutvergiftung" – 1:50
8. "Sand" – 3:30
9. "Kangolicht" – 4:14
10. "Armenia" (live) – 4:39
11. "Ein Stuhl in der Hölle" – 2:08

Disc two

1. "Vanadium I Ching" – 4:53
2. "Leid und Elend" (live) – 4:35
3. "DNS Wasserturm" – 6:27
4. "Armenia II" (live) – 3:46
5. "Fackeln!" – 1:56
6. "Ich bin's" – 3:21
7. "Hirnlego" – 3:09
8. "Wardrobe" – 2:39
9. "Bildbeschreibung" – 9:31
10. "Haus der Lüge" (live) – 4:37
11. "Jordache" – 0:28
12. "Kein Bestandteil sein" (Alternative Ending) – 6:43

Notes

The album was also released on double-LP and as a single long-playing cassette, both of which did not contain the track "Kein Bestandteil sein (Alternative Ending)."

Notes and References

1. Web site: Review/Rock; Shake, Clatter and Clang: Scrap Metal as Instruments. Jon. Pareles. July 21, 1991. NYTimes.com.
2. Web site: E.N. ISN'T PRETTY. Mark. Jenkins. July 19, 1991. www.washingtonpost.com.
3. Web site: TrouserPress.com :: Einstürzende Neubauten. www.trouserpress.com.