Neu! 2
by Neu!
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Neu! 2 is ranked 3rd best out of 7 albums by Neu! on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Neu! is Neu! which is ranked number 874 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,972.
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Neu! 2 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/01/2026 09:47 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,503 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/29/2025 02:05 |  MadhattanJack | 5,590 | 65/100 |
| ! | 09/18/2025 23:59 | Proto | 4,011 | 33/100 |
| ! | 06/03/2025 19:15 | replacementlevel | 7,724 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/04/2025 10:01 |  Jameth | 3,452 | 68/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.
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Leonard 10/17/2018 10:53 | #222653
Rumor would have it that they didn`t had enough material for an whole album, so they recorded some tracks withe differnt speed....
They ran out of money and by necessity had to use the tapes from their debut record to finish this one. The result being an ingenious utilization of the studio as a instrument. The influence of this record is still being felt today.
The minimilist structure and repetitive rhythm of the album is closer to "Sister Ray" than their seminal debut. The percussion is relentless amongst distorted guitar sounds which trump melody. The latter is effectively abandoned in favour of an eerie narrow expressiveness. The album contains versions of songs at different speeds which by accident or design resulted in Neu becoming one of the first to utilize the technique known as "remixing".
I disagree..this is a great album- an rhythmic/experimental success. Other than Neu, I can only think of Talking Heads whose opening trilogy of albums were classics. Of the three, Neu75 is the most disappointing - still very good but a bit bland.
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