E2-E4
by Manuel Göttsching

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E2-E4 by Manuel Göttsching
Year: 1984
Release date: 1984-00-00
Overall rank: 1,427th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 148 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1984 (20th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (224th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,427th)

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Manuel Göttsching bestography

E2-E4 is ranked as the best album by Manuel Göttsching.

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Overall rank: 1,427th | 1980s rank: 224th | 1984 rank: 20th  Overall chart history
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79/100 (from 148 votes)
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 !		07/03/2026 16:17 Pluto11  Ratings distribution  12,29172/100
 
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E2-E4 forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 07/29/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5388): By pjerske
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1967) 2. by (2004) 3. by (1968) 4. by (1969) 5. by by by (1969) 8. (1970) 9. (1973) 10. by (1977) 11. by (1975) 12. by (1992) 13. by (1965) 14. by (1970) 15. by (1967) 16. by by (2012) 18. by (2016) 19. by (1998) 20. by (1978) 21.…”
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From BestEverAlbums 02/19/2023 21:00 in Album of the day (#4445): E2-E4 by Manuel Göttsching
“Today's album of the day E2-E4 by Manuel Göttsching ( | ) Year: 1984. Country: Overall rank: 1,305 Average rating: 81/100 (from 126 votes). Tracks: 1. Quiet Nervousness 2. Moderate Start 3. And Central Game 4. Promise 5. Queen A Pawn 6. Glorious Fight 7. H.R.H. Retreats (With A Swing) 8. And…”
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From 09/03/2012 09:48 | #49884 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Why is this album so influential? A lot of reasons. It certainly didn't invent electronic music, and it certainly didn't even popularize it. What it did do, in the same way that Silver Apples molded electronics with rock music, was produce a new genre of music which helped popularize electronica as we know it, it made it a genre of it's own accord, a genre which sounds as if it is without a master, without a similar sound and above all, which crow-barred it's way into clubs throughout the world. This album is the start of dance music, forget synth-pop or early electronics, this is still danceable and funky today, and that's it's beauty, it's timeless and absolutely fully formed sound is both appealing and terrifying in it's perfection.
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From 10/08/2015 11:41 | #151164 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
58 minutes of a long trip trough the psychedelic atmosphere of a record that rule the electronic era.
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From 07/20/2013 13:00 | #82026 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
C7-C5
NG1-NF3
D7-D6
D3-D4
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O I hate playing in Black
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Influential and timeless.
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From 06/01/2012 13:01 | #43406
Is there any sort of purpose in listening to the same 8 second loop for an hour....? (Edited)
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