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Can

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These guys are probably the most famous band to emerge from the whole krautrock scene of the seventies. Other contemporaries included Amon Düül II, Faust and Neu!, but it seems that the name which has popped up more regularly is Can.

They indeed were figureheads of the whole movement, they had all the qualities required: an often repetitive rhythm which would build up as the song progressed, a psychedelic vibe, experimental works, long improvised jams and more accessible tracks. It was all there. Perfect krautrock in a neat little package and this, even though the band went through many different singers.

This is the first german rock band I checked out when I started buying these kinds of records. I was absolutely mesmerized by the cover art of Tago Mago and that was pretty much the only reason why I gave the album a listen (along with Ash Ra Tempel's first album, even though I didn't care much about that cover art). I can't really say it was "love at first hearing", it had a somewhat progrock-ish side which I didn't care much for at the time. But I went ahead and got it anyway, that cover art was just too tantalizing and it would be nice to look at regardless if I would like it or not. Luckily, I gave the album a thorough listen and once the longer, more experimental tracks came on, I was hooked and the other albums soon followed.

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Album Cover Monster Movie
Label: Mute Records/Spoon Records
Release: 1969
Format: CD
Cat. no: 9271-2/724596927120

Song list:

  1. Father Cannot Yell (7:01)
  2. Mary, Mary So Contrary (6:16)
  3. Outside My Door (7:22)
  4. Yoo Doo Right (20:14)


Album Cover Soundtracks
Label: Mute Records/Spoon Records
Release: 1970
Format: CD
Cat. no: 9272-2/724596927229

Song list:

  1. Deadlock (3:25)
  2. Tango Whiskyman (4:02)
  3. Deadlock (Instrumental) (1:40)
  4. "Don't Turn The Light On, Leave Me Alone" (3:42)
  5. Soul Desert (3:46)
  6. Mother Sky (14:30)
  7. She Brings The Rain (4:04)


Album Cover Tago Mago
Label: Mute Records/Spoon Records
Release: 1971
Format: CD
Cat. no: 9273-2/724596927328

Song list:

  1. Paperhouse (7:29)
  2. Mushroom (4:08)
  3. Oh Yeah (7:22)
  4. Halleluhwah (18:32)
  5. Aumgn (17:22)
  6. Peking O (11:35)
  7. Bring Me Coffee Or Tea (6:47)


Album Cover Ege Bamyasi
Label: Mute Records/Spoon Records
Release: 1972
Format: CD
Cat. no: 9274-2/724596927427

Song list:

  1. Pinch (9:28)
  2. Sing Swan Song (4:18)
  3. One More Night (5:35)
  4. Vitamin C (3:34)
  5. Soup (10:25)
  6. I'm So Green (3:03)
  7. Spoon (3:03)


Album Cover Future Days
Label: Mute Records/Spoon Records
Release: 1973
Format: CD
Cat. no: 9288-2/724596928820

Song list:

  1. Future Days (9:34)
  2. Spray (8:29)
  3. Moonshake (3:04)
  4. Bel Air (19:53)


Album Cover Soon Over Babaluma
Label: Mute Records/Spoon Records
Release: 1974
Format: CD
Cat. no: 9289-2/724596928929

Song list:

  1. Dizzy Dizzy (5:43)
  2. Come Sta, La Luna (5:43)
  3. Splash (7:45)
  4. Chain Reaction (11:09)
  5. Quantum Physics (8:31)


Album Cover Landed
Label: Mute Records/Spoon Records
Release: 1975
Format: CD
Cat. no: 9291-2/724596929124

Song list:

  1. Full Moon On The Highway (3:33)
  2. Half Past One (4:40)
  3. Hunters And Collectors (4:20)
  4. Vernal Equinox (8:48)
  5. Red Hot Indians (5:38)
  6. Unfinished (13:21)


Album Cover Unlimited Edition
Label: Mute Records/Spoon Records
Release: 1976
Format: CD
Cat. no: 9290-2/724596929025

Song list:

  1. Gomorrha (5:47)
  2. Doko E (2:28)
  3. LH 7o2 (Nairobi/München) (2:13)
  4. I'm Too Leise (5:11)
  5. Musette (2:14)
  6. Blue Bag (Inside Paper) (1:18)
  7. E.F.S. No. 27 (1:49)
  8. TV Spot (3:02)
  9. E.F.S. No. 7 (1:06)
  10. The Empress And The Ukraine King (4:42)
  11. E.F.S. No. 10 (2:02)
  12. Mother Upduff (4:29)
  13. E.F.S. No. 36 (1:58)
  14. Cutaway (17:11)
  15. Connection (2:59)
  16. Fall Of Another Year (3;24)
  17. E.F.S. No. 8 (1:37)
  18. Transcendental Express (4:40)
  19. Ibis (9:20)