Perpetuum Mobile (album)


Perpetuum Mobile is the ninth full-length studio album by the industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten. It was released in 2004 on Mute Records. The album is an offshoot of the band's first fans-only recording experiment, and was released in part to facilitate a world tour.

Track listing

  1. “Ich gehe jetzt” – 3:31
  2. “Perpetuum Mobile” – 13:41
  3. “Ein leichtes leises Säuseln” – 4:31
  4. “Selbstportrait mit Kater” – 6:12
  5. “Boreas” – 3:59
  6. “Ein seltener Vogel” – 9:14
  7. “Ozean und Brandung” – 3:44
  8. “Paradiesseits” – 4:07
  9. “Youme & Meyou” – 4:39
  10. “Der Weg ins Freie” – 4:04
  11. “Dead Friends ” – 5:14
  12. “Grundstück” – 3:41

Themes

Perpetuum Mobile contains overarching references to its namesake perpetuum mobile and to perpetual motion. Other ideas include Boreas, Ararat, travel and airplanes, and rare birds.