''Faust IV'' is the fourth studio album by the
German
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krautrock
Krautrock (also called , German for ) is a broad genre of experimental rock
Experimental rock, also called avant-rock, is a subgenre of rock music that pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments ...
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Faust
Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust ( 1480–1540).
The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a pact with the Devil at a crossroa ...
, released in 1973. The album is included in the book ''
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die'', where it is referred to as a "krautrock classic".
This was the last album by the first incarnation of the band, they returned in 1994 with the release of ''
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