(I will say up front that I am not finding an official release date. I have seen everything from 68/69 to 81 to 2010. So, for this review, I am going with '81.)
I will have to admit, it took awhile for this album to grow on me. At first listen, I didn't really care for it that much, but after a couple more go-thru's, I dig it. Can is one of the best early prog-rock, kraut rock pioneers, out of Germany, and they should be a band that any major music enthusiast should be familiar with. Can has had many different vocalists and musicians, and this line up is one of the better ones. This album has some of their earlier sounding tracks and has a great example of their early progressive sound, as all the tracks have great breakdowns and some signature vocal styles mixed with early Kraut style guitar work. Track 2- Pnoom, is a short track with a great rhythm mixed found sounds and early style electric beeps and blarps, short- but still one of my favorites on the album. I was a little disappointed with the track "Thief", not because it's a bad track, but it slows down the pace of the actual songs and their place on the album. Lots of the tracks remind me of early garage rock/kraut rock/prog type sound, the guitar sound pretty dirty, which I like, but in my opinion, not a must have.
Anyone that is familiar with Can, should definitely try and check this out, this is not their best work, but not their worst, by far. The album contains 7 tracks, with a running time a little over 35 minutes, so it's a short listen. If you like early Prog/Kraut, then go find this, or save yourself the effort and find a way to download it.
Official Score: 3/5
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