½ Mensch
by Einstürzende Neubauten
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½ Mensch is ranked as the best album by Einstürzende Neubauten.
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½ Mensch track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
½ Mensch rankings
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½ Mensch ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/09/2026 04:01 | matterhornrider | 5,112 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/31/2026 11:50 | cicadelic | 13,515 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/17/2026 22:25 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,336 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/17/2026 02:37 | Proto | 4,224 | 33/100 |
| ! | 02/13/2026 22:57 | Pluto11 | 12,260 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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Jboy56 08/26/2024 09:20 | #304980
noise
Timestarter 04/20/2021 18:42 | #268800
Highlights: All of Them.
timtooky 04/25/2014 22:27 | #110084
i remember first listening to halber mensch in 1987. my first impression: crazy people making noise. but already at the end of the first run-through we played it again and then again. the songs triggered a undecribable fascination on me. and today it's still the same. definitely no easy record but a memorable listening experience anyhow.
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