Strategies Against Architecture II

{{Infobox album

| name = Strategies Against Architecture II

| type = Compilation album

| artist = Einstürzende Neubauten

| cover = Einstürzende Neubauten album cover Strategies Against Architecture II.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 21, 1991

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Experimental rock
Industrial rock
Avant-garde
Dark ambient

| length = 91:57 (CD)
85:14 (LP)

| label = Reihe EGO/Rough Trade Germany
Mute/Elektra{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/21/arts/review-rock-shake-clatter-and-clang-scrap-metal-as-instruments.html|title=Review/Rock; Shake, Clatter and Clang: Scrap Metal as Instruments|first=Jon|last=Pareles|date=July 21, 1991|via=NYTimes.com}}

| producer =

| prev_title = Die Hamletmaschine

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = Tabula Rasa

| next_year = 1993

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r6664|pure_url=yes}}|title=Strategies Against Architecture II - Einstürzende Neubauten|publisher=Allmusic}}

}}

Strategies Against Architecture II is a retrospective double album by experimental artists Einstürzende Neubauten, released in 1991.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1991/07/19/en-isnt-pretty/a86ad432-ff22-45f0-8f45-e8dc429f0530/|title=E.N. ISN'T PRETTY|first=Mark|last=Jenkins|date=July 19, 1991|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=einsturzende_neubauten|title=TrouserPress.com :: Einstürzende Neubauten|website=www.trouserpress.com}}

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)."

References

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