Neu! 4

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Neu! 4
Neu4.jpg
Studio album by
Released17 October 1995 (1995-10-17)
RecordedOctober 1985 – April 1986
Length58:01
Label Captain Trip Records
Producer Neu!
Neu! chronology
Neu! '75
(1975)
Neu! 4
(1995)
Neu! '72 Live in Dusseldorf
(1996)
Klaus Dinger chronology
Live As Hippie-Punks
(1995)
Neu! 4
(1995)
Neu! '72 Live in Dusseldorf
(1996)
Neu! 4
Review scores
SourceRating
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All tracks are written by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother.

Neu! '86
Neu! 86 Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released10 May 2010 (2010-05-10) (Boxset)
16 August 2010 (2010-08-16) (CD)
RecordedOctober 1985 - April 1986
Length44:14
Label Grönland Records
Producer Neu!
Neu! chronology
Neu! Vinyl Box
(2010)
Neu! '86
(2010)
Klaus Dinger chronology
Neu! Vinyl Box
(2010)
Neu! '86
(2010)
Japandorf
(2013)
No.TitleLength
1."Nazionale"3:11
2."Crazy"3:15
3."Flying Dutchman"3:56
4."Schöne Welle (Nice Wave)"4:30
5."Wave Naturelle"5:37
6."Good Life (Random-Rough)"3:51
7."'86 Commercial Trash"3:18
8."Fly Dutch II"5:06
9."Dänzing"5:08
10."Quick Wave Machinelle"3:46
11."Bush-Drum"3:10
12."La Bomba (Stop Apartheid World-Wide!)"5:59
13."Good Life"3:42
14."Elanoizan"3:24

Tracks 4, 6, 7, 8 and 14 were selected by Klaus Dinger from "(then) waste material" and other tracks are from "compilation 4 from 27. April [19]86". [5]

Neu! '86 (2010)

All tracks are written by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother.

No.TitleNeu! 4 titleLength
1."Intro (Haydn slo-mo)""Nazionale"0:33
2."Dänzing""Dänzing"5:05
3."Crazy""Crazy"3:14
4."Drive (Grundfunken)"new track5:13
5."La Bomba (Stop Apartheid World-Wide!)""La Bomba (Stop Apartheid World-Wide!)"5:30
6."Elanoizan""Elanoizan"2:31
7."Wave Mother""Wave Naturelle"4:52
8."Paradise Walk"new track5:11
9."Euphoria""Quick Wave Machinelle"3:57
10."Vier 1/2""Fly Dutch II" and "Dänzing"1:01
11."Good Life""Good Life"3:41
12."November""Schöne Welle (Nice Wave)"1:42
13."KD""La Bomba (Stop Apartheid World-Wide!)"1:55

Personnel

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogue
Japan 17 October 1995 Captain Trip Records CD (Neu! 4)CT CD 020
UK & Europe16 August 2010 Grönland Records LP (Neu! '86)LPGRONIV
UK & Europe16 August 2010Grönland RecordsCD (Neu! '86)CDGRONIV

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