Is a vote for Wumme Years basically just a vote saying you can't chose and you don't think it is IV?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Sunday, 13 March 2011 00:19 (thirteen years ago) link
exactly...dont vote that one
― frogbs, Monday, 14 March 2011 14:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Tapes = So Far > IV > 1st
First one I heard was "So Far". Also great are "Munic and Elsewhere" / "71 Minutes"... well, basically anything by the original band is unbeatable.
I like "You Know FaUSt" best of the later stuff (that I've heard).
― Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 11:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I want to vote for "Wumme Years", as I got it for £2 at a CD/DVD shop in Basingstoke.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 11:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Can just imagine you saying that: standing up, puffing out your chest and sticking your thumbs in your lapels
― Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 11:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 20 March 2011 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I really need to discover this band more than I actually have so far
― U2 the musical by Spiderman (CaptainLorax), Sunday, 20 March 2011 02:23 (thirteen years ago) link
to be good..
― Mark G, Sunday, 20 March 2011 17:57 (thirteen years ago) link
IV starts with 11 mins of strummy noise
11 mins of AWESOME strummy noise
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Sunday, 20 March 2011 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Hear, hear - especially when the drums come in.
― Davek (davek_00), Sunday, 20 March 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
I voted IV although there's at least one brilliant song/moment on everything here.
― Davek (davek_00), Sunday, 20 March 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago) link
second and third song on the first one are both indispensable to a well-rounded life
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Meadow Meal and Miss Fortune
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:17 (thirteen years ago) link
(Krautrock's good too)
I always feel like Each One Teach One is equal parts Faust IV and Easter Everywhere
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
voted So Far
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:24 (thirteen years ago) link
iv
― hey jelixy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 20 March 2011 23:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 21 March 2011 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
wow only three votes for the 1st album
― I may be wrong but I think his name is Husher (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:08 (thirteen years ago) link
As usual, I miss this poll entirely and thus deprive an album of a more exalted standing - in this case, denying So Far a tie for 2nd place.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 21 March 2011 05:36 (thirteen years ago) link
IV starts with 11 mins of strummy noise11 mins of AWESOME strummy noise― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Sunday, 20 March 2011 17:58 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban PermalinkHear, hear - especially when the drums come in.― Davek (davek_00), Sunday, 20 March 2011 18:59 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Sunday, 20 March 2011 17:58 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban PermalinkHear, hear - especially when the drums come in.
― Davek (davek_00), Sunday, 20 March 2011 18:59 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Absolutely, I was playing devil's advocaat there..
I thought it great on the first play, but was trying to rationalise why it was perceived as such a massive letdown at the time.
― Mark G, Monday, 21 March 2011 09:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah I'm surprised that Tapes got 10 while the s/t only got 3. The s/t is way better, IMO...
― frogbs, Monday, 21 March 2011 13:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Think the rehabilitation of "IV" more than complete, prolly needs to be knocked down again now
― Tom D (Tom D.), Monday, 21 March 2011 13:34 (thirteen years ago) link
IV was the only one that remained in print throughout the 90s when Faust became hip again.
― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Monday, 21 March 2011 14:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Beyond the opening track, I don't think it's as good as their earlier albums. Opening track is, uh, pretty good!
― Tom D (Tom D.), Monday, 21 March 2011 14:14 (thirteen years ago) link
“tapes” sounds AMAZING right now, such a weird and silly and deeply beautiful labyrinth of fragments blossoming into epiphanies
― budo jeru, Friday, 20 March 2020 19:19 (four years ago) link
that scream at the end of "No Harm" is one of my favorite things ever
― frogbs, Friday, 20 March 2020 20:56 (four years ago) link
I ended up with three copies of the polydor "So Far" single.
One was a perfectly serviceable vg copy
One a mint lovely one I found at a bargain price
And one a rotten mispress with chunks and divots on side a, side b is perfect. But, it was cheap.
That's not counting a recent reissue which is a different mix/version.
― Mark G, Saturday, 21 March 2020 09:11 (four years ago) link
Wow, no votes back then for 71 Minutes? That's a heaping helping of primo Faust.
― InternationalWaters, Saturday, 21 March 2020 15:15 (four years ago) link
^ would be my choice as well.
― I've got my bidet and my pills (Noel Emits), Saturday, 21 March 2020 15:18 (four years ago) link