Damo Suzuki's final effort is Can's most atmospheric and beautiful record, a spartan collection of lengthy, jazz-like compositions recorded with minimal vocal contributions....
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Anticipating their detractors with an ironic indictment against purity, Can (yes, the band were consulted) stepped aside while a somewhat ponderous collection of remixers...
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In 1998, Thunderbolt released Inner Space/Out of Reach, which contained two complete albums -- Inner Space (which is actually Can's self-titled record from 1979 released on...
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For listeners daunted by Can's long and winding discography, Anthology 1968-1993 presents short-form highlights like "Spoon," "Future Days," "Moonshake," "She Brings the...
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With the band in full artistic flower and Suzuki's sometimes moody, sometimes frenetic speak/sing/shrieking in full effect, Can released not merely one of the best Krautrock...
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Given the cohesion of the group's studio albums, Can's songs work surprisingly well in compilation form, as evidenced by Cannibalism 1, a collection of tracks taken from the...
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A compilation drawn from the solo releases of various Can members (though it would seem that percussionist Jaki Leibezeit has made his way onto the majority of them) between...
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Although recorded in the late '60s, the material included on Delay...1968 did not appear commercially until 1981. A collection of cuts featuring early vocalist Malcolm...
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The follow-up to Tago Mago is only lesser in terms of being shorter; otherwise the Can collective delivers its expected musical recombination act with the usual power and...
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The second of Can's three Virgin albums, 1976's Flow Motion, is a divisive record in the group's canon. It was their most commercially successful album (the opening track,...
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A droning work heavily influenced by the Velvet Underground, the group's debut features the monumental Mooney freakouts "Father Cannot Yell" and "Yoo Doo Right."...
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Can's debut is the only full-length, proper release to feature original vocalist Malcolm Mooney, whose free-form ranting is matched by a raw, aggressive dynamic unlike...
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An unexpected reunion from Can (made even more unexpected by the presence of original singer Malcolm Mooney, who left the band in 1969), 1989's Rite Time is in large part a...
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One of the band's last gasps of great creativity, this album marks the beginning of a diffusion of Can's focus, and a diminishing role for Czukay....
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With Suzuki departed, vocal responsibilities were now split between Karoli and Schmidt. Wisely, neither try to clone Mooney or Suzuki, instead aiming for their own low-key...
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Expanding the original Limited Edition release to a full double-LP/single-CD set, Unlimited is very much a dog's breakfast -- albeit a highly entertaining one -- of...
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Malcolm Mooney passes the baton to Damo Suzuki for Soundtracks, a collection of film music featuring contributions from both vocalists. The dichotomy between the two singers...
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This multimedia doo-hickey, comprising a two-CD set, book, and videocassette, is very much a vanity project: Released by Can's own label Spoon (distributed in the U.S. by...
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Although legions of enthusiasts worldwide will undoubtedly guarantee the legacy of German rockers Can, it is archival releases such as this two-disc collection that will...
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