Reviews (page 7 of 8)
I can see the appeal and why it was influential. But after the first two songs I couldn't really listen to it anymore.
Let's go in a studio and just bang on stuff. No thanks.
I'm sure this is an important cultural item, but there's nothing here for me.
Too weird for me
So this is krautrock. I hear synthesized music and to be honest a psychedelic style that I’m not accustomed to.
I am sure these cats led the way on making weird sounds with rock instruments.
Better than expected, except “Aumgn” and “Peking O” which sucked
At what point does a song become a jam session....somewhere prior to the 18th minute mark of Halleluhwah. When is a song considered an experiment of sound...rather than a song....because that's how I'd classify Aumgn. I did enjoy hearing the "Aumgn" lyric though.
Like this one krautrock is something I don't know much about. Has a Doors ish vibe to it. Some very long tracks which makes it a commitment to listen to in one shot. Stand out tracks: - Mushroom - Helleluhwah - 18 Min epic - Aumgn - 17 mins - Bring me coffee or tea
Wish I hadn't read their soaring self appraisal of how amazing this was, it was just uncomfortable ambient
Nja. 18-minuters låt som är rätt kass. Ett lunk och jobbiga "ljud". Samma trummor som kör på (å då gillar jag trummor), blir tjatigt. Sen en 17-min "låt". Som är ännu sämre. Låter som nåt som spelas på en konstutställning. Föreställer mig ett tomt rum med en an spotlight riktad mot en piedestal. På piedestalen ligger ett hundkoppel, vara ände ringlar ner och bort mot ett mörkt hörn och där finner man en människa, naken i fosterställning, som är kopplad. Det, tillsammans med "musiken" i Aumgn skulle verkligen få en att tänka till! Skrikandet i Peking O var upplyftande. Skivan vaggar in en i falsk trygghet med de tre första låtarna. Sen ba, "FUCK YOU FOR TRUSTING US!" Ändå lite kul att bli så fullständigt kränkt.
Låt 1-4 är experimentella på ett bra sätt. Låt 5-6 är rätt horribla, särskilt så med tanke på längden. Sista låten är helt okej. Tyvärr drar de usla låtarna ned betyget till en tvåa. Utan dem hade det kunnat bli en stark trea (efter endast en genomlyssning).
Ya I just don't really care for this sound.
Man I’m sorry but I just don’t have the patience to listen to an 18 minute long song. I mean it’s have to be the greatest sound my ears have ever heard. This was not that sound.
Obviously influential at the time
Some good stuff on here, but the more extreme advant-garde experimental stuff got a little to far out for me and brought the over all rating down.
Confusing mixture of Sounds apparently attempting to create Psychedelic Rock.
2.0 Started off strong, but it definitely lost me in the middle. I find it interesting when an artist or whoever, records an album like this, and is like "this is what I want to share with the world, I think people will really like it".
I own this one, but not one I play often and not for years
Gave my thoughts in Discord, but basically it was too long, too experimental, and just not good.
donnie thornberry on peking O what a treat
2 I spoiled my dad’s score on this one for myself before I listened and then found myself thinking, “Damn, only a 1? It’s not amazing, but it’s decent psychedelic jam stuff.” Hell, I even found myself in a bit of a groove during Halleluhwah despite its 18-minute runtime. But holy cow, does this album change on a dime into some of the most unlistenable, experimental garbage I’ve heard yet. What, were they afraid of listeners enjoying themselves too much? Who the hell wants to hear piercing strings and screams for 17+ minutes? I don’t know if this is supposed to be some kind of artistic statement or expression or something, but man, does it just about ruin the entire experience. It’s not quite Frankie Teardrop level, but it’s damn close - if your album requires me to scramble for my phone volume so my neighbors don’t think a murder is happening, it’s not a good album. Anyway, I see why my dad gave this a 1. Personally, I still find the first half of this thing listenable enough to keep my final rating out of the 1 territory, but talk about souring a listen. Maybe I just need to have the worst psychedelic trip of my life to understand this, but… I’d rather not.
Just madness and not much thought
Sometimes enjoyable weirdness, but I don’t want to listen to it again.
Hmmm… interesting moments here and there, but in general to weird for my taste.
Usually love more experimental stuff but I don't think I was in the right mood for this. Will need another listen.
The second half of the album is the definition of a challenging listen. The first half, would give a 3. Nothing spectacular but I did enjoy parts of Oh Yeah, and I wouldn't say it was dull. The second half was anti-music, a wall of crashing, indeterminate noise, and not one I'd like to hear again ever. Strange stuff this.
Eh...
Listened to this more times than I would’ve liked to, because I always end up tuning it out. Not bad for work, but doesn’t sound great. Low 2.
3/10 would be lower but Peking O is a masterpiece
Some great jams and rifts. Got dragged out at the end
Best Song: Paperhouse. In particular, the solo at the end was great. Worst Song: Peking O. This is the prime answer to the question: "Can you go too prog?" Overall: What is it about these 60s and 70s musicians who clearly show aptitude with their instruments and then produce these bloated, meandering albums in which they seem to do everything in their power to NOT play said instruments? Like sadly too much prog, this is more often annoying than it is interesting.
Unusual album reminding me of at the Drive in if they were from the 70s
Super weird experimental rock. I probably would have loved it if I was a music-appreciating age in 1971. Today it's just okay.
First half of the album is pretty good: funky psychedelic rock. Back half of the album falls off hard into deeply experimental noise. Peking O is particularly annoying. Not for me.
Experimental, noisy art-rock. Halleluhwah's relentless rhythm is engaging as it is soothing, but the other tracks range from forgettable to annoying. 2/5
Did not care for at all. Hollow and simple.
I was unfamiliar with the term Krautrock, which is the genre for this album. I'm aware of Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk (among others), but don't really know their music. After this album, I don't think I'll seek out more. Parts of it reminded me of early Pink Floyd, but not enough to make it really interesting for me.
Songwriting tends to be the most interesting thing to me in music so extended jams/soundscapes/jazz sessions tend to be a little tricky for me. It's not that I don't think I could learn to love or appreciate most of this album with more listens but two wasnt quite enough. I preferred the first 2 sides to the last and it is my first exposure to KRAUTROCK!
Very experimental and psychedelic. Nothing to just listen to normally (and sober)
Ok the first song totally fucks, psychedelic and awesome. crazy things are happening towards the end of this album -- im understanding the 17 mins of weird sounds complaints -- very experimental! AHHH its getting spooky scary, this sounds like the music we'd play in the car when we picked up freshman for hazing lol. ok the end of the album is ouchie and crazy but the beginning was really cool!!! yo this guy is going fucking crazy im actually laughing
Couldn't get into it
GEschichtlich interessant. Lange kann ich das nicht hören.
Don’t you feel like the Germans are working out their national trauma in their music sometimes? Second German experimental album where we get screaming assaults in German over 250bpm machine-gunfire-speed drums (on the B-side in “Peking O”). Mercifully, it’s one track, and relegated to the mostly unlistenable second half. Man, the early 70’s really were a fertile time for music, huh? So many “firsts.” I’m hearing strong shades of ideas that later Radiohead would perfect around Kid A. Did I say that for the last krautrock album we had? Mixed with this super bluesy, driven but meandering series of jams. Some of these grooves would be at home on a Chemical Brothers record! I almost got out my hacker keyboard. And this is 70s! I think it’s great, but… that was a pretty miserable second half. Almost unbearable. If you forget about tracks 5 and 6, it’s stellar, but I’m sadly just a tad turned off enough by that back half that it’s hard to recommend. A tortured 2/5 – was close to a 3, really close! But Peking O pulled me off the edge.
Krautrock. Rallante. Un 2.
Muy raro. Pensaba que me iba a gustar, pero no ... Experimental, sonidos raros.
Muy raro. Pensaba que me iba a gustar, pero no ... Experimental, sonidos raros.
It's a difficult album - experimental prog and I'm aware of Holger Czukay's work from David Sylvian albums. I guess avant-garde is a thing for some and it has influenced some great musicians. Unfortunately in some instances (Radiohead). But ultimately it isn't an album I'd listen to with any enthusiasm.
Rating: 5/10 The first album that is truly love/hate. The first half of this album was great, it had a lot of experimental and creative ideas while still being musical, even though it felt a bit meandering. The second half is where the experimentation became at times totally unlistenable, it seemed like they were trying to be weird just to be weird. Despite this, this album is very unique and one of the strangest albums I have ever heard, so I respect it for that reason alone even though I at times hated it musically. Favorite songs: Paperhouse, Halleluhwah. Worst songs: Aumgn, Peking O.
weird, hypno, psychedelica noodling that overstays its welcome.
I've never heard of this band or album before, and its certainly interesting. The first few tracks are pretty good, but nothing will prepare you for the last half of the album, which is basically what happens if you go full retard with experimental music. I like experimental, but this is just too much. 2/5
Very odd album, like the soundtrack for a psychological horror movie
- Can war bislang nur ein seeehr sehr loser Begriff, den ich mit Krautrock assoziiert habe - ohne jemals was gehört zu haben. - Als ich das Album gehört habe, wäre ich nicht auf die Idee gekommen, dass es sich dabei um eine deutsche Band handelt - für mich ist 60s/70s Psychadelic-Rock immer etwas sehr amerikanisches - Anfangs sehr psychedelisch und hinten raus extrem experimentell - Mit Paperhouse fängt das Album eigentlich ziemlich stark an, baut danach aber doch recht schnell ab, wobei immer wieder großartige Momente anklingen - Man hat das Gefühl, dass da einfach zu viel gewollt wurde. Das typische Phänomen: Alles hochtalentierte und studierte Musiker, die sich selbst im Weg stehen. Hätten sie die gerade angesprochenen Momente genommen und stringent weiterverfolgt und eigene Songs daraus gemacht, anstatt dann wieder in den nächsten Tempo- oder Tonartwechsel zu gehen und den 4. Song innerhalb des Songs aufzumachen, wär vielleicht auch mehr hängen geblieben. Aber wahrscheinlich wollten sie das genau so. - Let's be honest: Wirklich NIEMAND braucht 18 minütige Songs! Sogar in der Oper kommst du damit nicht durch. - "Aumgn" und "Peking" sind kaum auzuhalten, sag ich wie's ist... die haben das gesamte Album hinten raus richtig krass runtergezogen!! - Die Drums haben immer wieder positiv für mich rausgestochen - kleinen BONUS gibts für das unerwartete Wiedertreffen mit unserer Legende Holger (der hier um einiges geiler abliefert als auf seiner Soloplatte - wobei ich fürchten muss, dass er bei Track 5, 6 und 7 starken Einfluss hatte...) RATING: 1,5-2/5
- Als jemand, der eigentlich durchaus was mit Drone und Ambient anfangen kann, muss ich sagen, dass ich das Album insgesamt gar nicht sooo schlecht fand. - Die avantgardistischen Sachen waren für mich leider wieder etwas undurchschaubar - Dennoch waren hier und da ein paar coole Melodien, dynamische Parts und witzige Ideen. Anstatt diese weiterzudenken, widmete man sich aber häufig wieder der unwillkürlichen Willkür - Ich konnte das Album eigentlich gut weg hören und war zu keinen Zeitpunkt richtig genervt, auch wenn ich jetzt keinen Track habe, der mich großartig in Erinnerung geblieben ist. - 2,5/5
Fuck this album. I was feeling it until Aumgn and Peking O came on and ruined everything. 29 minutes of pure fucking garbage. Why did they have to destroy a beautiful thing.
Hallelujah is a jam
Went from cool to full on avant garde garbage
It had something to it but wasn't incredible
Holy shit! I made this same record in 1994 when I was 13 on my Yamaha MT4X 4-track recorder! I think I still have the cassette in my moms basement! Yes I realize that technology has changed and all but this is a waste of everyone's time. Sometimes influential isn't good. This is one of those times.
I really don't understand why this is on this list. Mostly unlistenable.
Interesting funk tone to it. I'm still not sure if they were singing in English or not. It was interesting background music, but hard to get into.
Never heard of Can. Not a fan.
Definitely something new. Not the greatest
This album had me on board until a bit over the half hour mark when I hit Aumgn and Peking O. Aumgn was pretty much just a collection of sounds and lacked any structure long enough to hold my interest. Peking O was way too experimental and avant-garde, pretty much unlistenable. These two songs alone take up more than 29 minutes of the album! My song ratings on this one range from 1 to 5 stars so the average should be a 3 but the two songs noted above seriously drag this album down so I can't give it more than a 2. Normally I wouldn't ever listen to a 2-star album again but I wouldn't mind revisiting the first half of the album.
C Paperhouse 3 Mushroom 4 Oh Yeah 3 Halleluhwah 3 Aumgn 1 Peking O 1 Bring Me Coffee or Tea 3 After taking a peak in r/vinyl this week, I learned that anyone who doesn't have Can in their collection is either a moron or uncultured. Coincidentally, I got Tago Mago on the generator a few days later and was able to put them to the test. Final conclusion: vinyl snobs are some of the internet's worst personalities. That has nothing to do with Can though.
Hef heyrt margt flott með CAN, og næsta plata á eftir þessari er mjög góð en þetta er nú helst til tilraunakennt fyrir mig (ég er að horfa á ykkur Aumgn og Peking O), og Suzuki söngvari hefur átt betri daga. Mushroom er helst vænlegt, hitt er meh...
This was too much for me at times.
I just couldn't even get myself to focus on this music. Sometimes I noticed an interesting sound, most of the time my brain just tuned out.
Meh
I just Can't get into this band. The yelly singing drives me nuts.
Aumgn is like a bad trip and so is Peking O, but at least that one has a part that is listenable. The rest of the album is alright.
This album started out funky and fresh, but ended in the gnashing of teeth. I will seek out more CAN.
17 minute songs are cool and all but not when they suck
Am I wrong to have thought that there's an electronic band also named Can? Or is that this same band and they just hadn't got to that point yet when this record came out? Either way, I was expecting keyboards and banging on kitchen appliances and instead I got what struck my ears as a psychedelic jam band. (Redundant?) I'd have to listen to this one again to give it a fair shake, but I didn't hate it on the surface.
Pretty unremarkable. I wouldn't be mad about it being on or anything but I wouldn't really notice either. 2.5
This was an experience... so side one (as the kids say) was very very good, a tad pretentious but I dug it. The side 2 started and after 15 mins of the 17 min track I honestly thought the umbongo theme was about to start playing, then an 11 min track happens where a man wails down the mic for the majority of it and because of how terrible side 2 was it loses 2 stars
If I was only rating the first album, I'd go with a 3...maybe even a 4. It's dated, but has some good grooves. I liked Paperhouse and Halleluhwah a lot. Mushroom sounded like they were on shrooms, but wasn't terrible. Oh Yeah sounded like the shrooms were kicking in, but had a decent groove. But then the second album...absolute pure complete crap. Here are my notes: Aumgn: More shrooms...definitely out there and too long. Somewhat disturbing. Peking O - Pure crap...about halfway in is horrendous. And so on. What a shame. I'd like to give it a 3 as an average, but the second album is so bad I can't go that high. 2 it is.
Première moitié "classique" : oui ok sans plus. Deuxième moitié expérimentale : j'ai complètement lâché l'affaire, et même failli ne pas finir. Je comprends pas trop le délire.
First songs were sort of a vibe but the last half was sounding more and more like an occult ritual or something.
Some bangers, but also a lot of psychedelic noise jamming.
At times it felt like the songs would never end, and not in a pleasant way. Some good ideas are buried in the mire though.
I enjoyed the first few tracks but it eventually descended into a cacophony which I wasn’t enjoying. I wouldn’t seek it out again so I’m going to be harsh, 2*
I must admit that I was quite busy so didn't get a huge amount of time to listen. It was OK -- a bit repetitive but inoffensive background noise.
The first three tracks were not really my jam, but they were tolerable. Then came the rest of the album…Nope and nope.
2/5. I definitely understand how unquiet this album is with it's extended experimental music, and trust me I love progressive rock, but this isn't it. It's not terrible but is hard to listen to sometimes. I would need to be in a specific mood and don't think I got that in me for a bit. It's a 2 because I don't hate it, just not going to sit and listen to it all the way through.
Some groove, some jams way too zonked out for anyone to enjoy straight
There's some fun stuff here but also some weird ass stuff. Aumgn could be a horror movie score.
Kind of a weird experience. This was not very good and ultimately pointless but there were a couple of songs that I didn't mind having on when I wasn't paying too much attention. Seemed like a few relatively talented musicians formed a jam band and then just wanted to see how strange they could get.
The first half of the album was pretty decent even with an 18 and a half minute song, but for that to then be followed by 17 and a half minutes of moaning was rough. Just a strange listen, every time Krautrock starts to pull me in it somehow immediately flips on itself and loses me again.
Krautrock. Rallante. Un 2.
Wowzer. I didn't like it. And then I really didn't like it. 1.5 rounding up for the boldness of the attempt. Fair enough having it on this list.
I Can appreciate bits of what's hear, you Can certainly hear it's influence. But I'd be happy if I Can live the rest of my life without this album darkening my door again.
The first few songs were pretty good, but it all got a bit abstract towards the end.
Was pretty average, some songs went on for too long
Noch ein weiteres Album von CAN? Das ist jetzt 3 (inklusiv des Albums vom Sänger) ohne echten Grund. Wer ist dieser Typ denn eigentlich? Warum kennt ihn keine außer Robert Dimery? Man könnte wohl seine ziemlich reguläre Anwesenheit als eh... unerklärlich beschreiben. Aber wenns um die Auswahl von Dimery geht, sollte man wahrscheinlich nichts anderes erwarten... Ok, es hat relativ akzeptabel angefangen, klang wie... Musik, eigentlich. Ja klar, alles ganz normal. Vllt nicht so meins aber deutlich als Rockmusik aus den 70en erkennbar. Aber... langsam wirkte es stranger und stranger, bis es total unangenehm war. Am Ende hatte ich einfach die Nase komplett voll davon. 2/5.
Couldn’t really get into it. I didn’t feel any sort of narrative was being told, no distinguishable parts. It was intriguing at times but it was no more than background music for me
None for me, thanks.
WTF am I listening to.
Terrible production, no high point, no songwriting, this was a tough listen.
Weird
Daar had ik geen zin!
Beetje moeilijk te doorgronden na slechts 1 luisterbeurt en helaas niet boeiend genoeg om er meer tijd aan te besteden.
Op zich niet vervelend, maar ik kon er ook niet echt Kaas van maken
De eerste paar nummers vond ik wel interessant eigenijk. Maar de tweede helft van deze plaat was echt volkome ruk. Hoezo zou ik 18 minuten naar wat rare geluiden willen luisteren? Volledig doorgedraaid in het experiment.
Het begon leuk, maar allemachtig: wat een ellende weer.
Ugh the weird noises on Aumgn were not for me. The album started out ok but went off the rails
i was quite enjoying this but by the end i was forced to concede that it's bollocks
For the most part it was a nice example of the genre with it's own quirks which keep it interesting with Aumg and a few other parts it carries it into a bad acid trip in the making, it does well with its inspiration of Aleister Crowley and the occult. I saved a few tracks into a playlist others I'll relive in my nightmares and discuss with my therapist in years to come.
This album started out good, but just got kind of strange. Seems like more of a thought experiment than a coherent album.
Man, what a weird album. It's funny how it's 70 some minutes long, but it's only got 7 songs on it. I got tired of it pretty quickly, and those very long songs really cemented this as a 2 star for me. I'm just glad it's over with. My favourite song was Mushroom.
Experimental, I get it. But theres a 17 minute “song” that sounds like yawning for most of it. 2.5 rating only for the experimental sound
Meh
Geen pretenties, gewoon wat langdurig jammen en maar zien waar je uitkomt. Het resultaat is wat problematisch: ja, het is een lollige trip, maar je vraagt je wel af: wanneer zou ik zoiets eigenlijk willen luisteren? Als je net een abstract schilderij zit te maken, een hoorspel over ruimtevaart opneemt of wanneer je nostalgische herinneringen aan het spookslot van de Efteling ophaalt. Niet zo vaak dus.
Some cool stuff I guess but most of the back half is painful. Props for them for doing something like this in 1971 but not for me
So jazzy. Great musicianship but I couldn’t sit through this one.
Wasn't listening
forgettable but ok
Cool, but not really for me. I love prog-rock, but this album feels like it doesn't go anywhere; it doesn't tell a story or even induces an emotional connection. Im sure it does for some, or maybe I need to try it again on a different day, but I wouldn't say I like it.
What the heck has Aumgn? And Peking O? I can't.
Got a bit lost in this one TBH, couldn't get a feel for where they were trying to takee
To be honest very hard to listen album.... The concept is nice and sonorities are mostly enjoyable (not all however...) You catch yourselfmov8ng your head from time to time and sometime surprised by weird noises that sound good.... But the length of the album and some bad moments of the album really take you out if you listen to the album as a whole.... Decent but not it. Small 2.5/5
Pas trop fan du rock choucroute
2.5?? What did that turn into
Basically the definition of the "is we play it weird, it will be good!" mentality. It's just not good. Thankfully, there are enough good moments to salvage a 2.
Sorta more art noise with a guitar minimal, percussion bent. I thought it had enough attitude to be Japanese, if that means anything.
Las 4 primeras canciones bien, pero a partir de ahí es demasiado para mi cuerpo. De media se queda en 2 estrellas **.
No tengo el nivel mental para oír Krautrock, lo reconozco. Necesito estructuras tradicionales, melodías, letras, etc… Es un disco difícil de digerir que puede ser un ejemplo perfecto para quienes buscan algo fuera de los esquemas que están ya muy utilizados. Ellos como instrumentistas son muy buenos, pero no es algo que llega a lucir mucho porque se diluye en la falta de forma.
p235. 1971. 2 stars. 70's German prog-rock/jazz wankage with Japanese vocals. Let's not forget that previous collaborations between Germany and Japan have not ended well. Alarm bells went off as soon as I looked at the track times... 7:28, 7:23, 18:32, 17:37, 11:37, 6:27. FFS. Early fears confirmed, lots of pointless noodling and dodgy vocals. Outstays its welcome after 5 mins. Shame as the bass and drums are really tight - all sorts of future influences for 90's club and dance. Never trust a double album made by German hippies.
First impression: "Interesting". Alas, the album is marred by a latter half that's best described as a bad acid trip.
Only one song saved
meh
Too experimental and a lot of unpleasant noise. 1.5/5
Uhh... I liked parts of it? Then it got fucking weird. I can enjoy weird but sometimes it goes in the direction of just fucking with you and I couldn't really stand that. It's certainly an experiment to say the least. I'm happy to have listened to it since I never would have but I don't think I'll be visiting this again.
Mostly too long, but has some good moments.
Songs are too long, vocals too quiet, but okay as background.
Hmm, eh. I want to like experimental music but this album just didn't catch my attention much at all. Vocals were much in the background, music felt very disorganized which I get was their aim, but I didn't find many interesting phrases throughout
This was trippy
Låter som när jag hittade garageband som en tolvåring
No no no - way too busy and chaotic for me!! So stressful puts me in a bad mood. I can see that other people with "normal" brains could love this. It is cool but it just stresses me out so much I can't even figure out which elements I like etc.
A little too weird for my taste.
Rock experimental. Demasiado largo y pesado.
Nope.
Im dalej tym gorzej się robi
Oh boy more 70s psychedelic woo hoo. This one didn’t do it for me and I can’t even be bothered to fully listen to it right now as I play elden ring
Not my thing.
Interesting blend of rock and out there ambient expiramentation. Cool as a museum piece. Aumgn is a deep trip down the rabbit hole. Peking-O is a bundle of trash falling on a crazy cat lady.
2/5
Not my kind of thing - maybe if I'm in the mood, it would be worth trying again but it's a bit too hard work.
Pas si nul mais très chiant quand même! Halleluhwah ok
The first quarter of this LP slays, full of crunchy krautrock riffs on top of smooth, infectious grooves. The rest is its Achilles heel, however, as things get way too experimental and out there to support interest in the rest of a 2 hour album.
I do not dig it
Some of this wasn't bad, but a lot of it was a lot of bad.
good lord, i was listening to the first half and thinking "damn this is some pretty good psychedelic rock, i wonder why the other guys rated it so poorly" and then i got to the back half and i realized. 3/10, I wish I could rate it higher because the first half is 4/5 star quality, but Aumgn and co. just make it unlistenable as an album
4/10. What if Pink Floyd was really boring? Some of these longer songs could almost be video game music if you dropped the occasional lyrical sections, and if they were they'd be pretty cool. Even still, the length of this makes listening to it as an album pretty rough.
From a historical perspective, I understand why this album is on the list and I appreciate its influences on experimental music. From a listening perspective it's awful. First half is alright while the second half goes completely off the rails, including an amazing impression of the Tasmanian devil, the ambient sound of an industrial freezer, and a couple of those infinitely rising tones. 3/10
Although I love me some funky riffs, this was all over the board and far too long
I hated almost every single second of this. Saved from the 1 star because I still prefer it to U2 or Erikah Badu
No thanks
Nope
Started well enough but overly long and ended up fucking me off.
Woof. I was really excited to listen to Can after hearing them referenced so heavily. Album starts out great, but holy shit I was not ready for the 17 minute ambient “experimental” clusterfuck, which the album never really recovers from.
still all sounded the same, hopefully itll start growing on me eventually
it's experimental music for sure. I'm good though.
long experimental psychedelic grooves - obviously an influence on the Happy Mondays and the groovier side of Primal Scream, very much a record of its time.
I get it that this is a classic and that krautrock is an evolutionary step forward in modern music, but I wasn't in the mood for meandering jams at the time of listening. I'm grateful for what it inspired downstream.
I wonder if the Happy Mondays were inspired by this? The album sounds like an early prototype for Shaun Ryder's lyrics and vocal delivery. There is even a song called 'Hallluhwah'. Anyway, not quite my bag.
Noisy sound effects. Mostly garbage.
I’m sure this was influential to many. But as an album not the best listen
I understand that Tago Mago has been extremely influential on many pieces of experimental and Krautrock, but it's just not very good music in my opinion. It's confusing, loud, and annoying. I am not in the mood to drop acid to enjoy this, but it is not the worst thing I have ever heard.
started strong, then got real weird
Joah… mir zu uneingängig
So kompliziert bin ich nicht
Rating: 4/10
First disc is decent, but the second is pure shite wasting my time.
I like the instrumentals the first part of the album. Very funk influenced, but as the album progressed, it become grating and too experimental, bordering on random sounds mashed together in a wild mess that resulted an unpleasing sound to listen to
In this case, historical significance didn't translate into an enjoyable, or even interesting experience.
Listening to this album is like babysitting someone through the stages of a shroom/LSD trip, which is not something I care to do.
I couldn't really get a handle on this, it's all a bit disjointed and difficult to connect with. There are moments that I enjoyed but this album struggled to hold my attention. It's strange, it's very nearly good but there's just something, some indescribable ingredient, that is noticeably missing.
Not a fan of very long songs
3.4 did not give a full listen oh well
Started off ok then by halfway through I was praying for it to be over. Very interesting album but songs too long and experimental for me
Aumgn and Peking O are truly terrible. In Aumgn, there was literally a ghoul moaning over ambient sounds for 10 minutes. In Peking O, someone was literally screaming at me in gibberish for 10 minutes. Hard pass. The first 3 tracks give me strong Radiohead vibes so I wasn't expecting the assault.
Started off well enough
Muy raro. Pensaba que me iba a gustar, pero no ... Experimental, sonidos raros.
Very bizarre, a little spooky. But interesting
Very very odd, strange, discordant. I "liked" one of the songs (Vitamin C) but doubt I'd ever listen to it or any of this album ever again. Interesting and creative
Bra groove , stört långa låtar dock
It really doesn't bode well when I have to take breaks during the listening session. I understand that this is an artistically important album and to be fair, Aumgn had some fascinating sound design reminiscent of film music of some artworks I love. And considering that many respectable artists cite this album as a source of inspiration, I will be the first to admit that I just don't get it the way others do. Maybe I lack the ear for music, maybe I am too narrow-minded or maybe I should haven taken recreational medication before turning it on. But this is my own rating and I am not attempting to make any general statements. I am rating this based on my own listening experience. With that out of the way: They all overstay their welcome. 18 minutes is about triple the length of a song I might enjoy and I had reached my limit about halfway through. If there is method to the madness here, I fail to see it. The pieces devolve into mindless noise after a few minutes, leaving me baffled as to how people can listen to this more than once. I you love this, good for you, I mean that. But it is simply not for me. 2/10, please, no more.
This is the psychadelic rock final boss for me. Repetitive, weird noises and distortion, stream-of-consciousness lyricism. Its truly grating on my senses.
Enjoyment: 3/10 Replayability: 1/10 Cohesion: 3/10 Flow/Pacing: 1/10 Artistic Merit: 2/10 Weighted Average: 2.15/10 Review: The cool space rock vibes established in Paperhouse slowly dwindle into white noise as this album continues. They're slightly reintroduced in Halleluwah before any goodwill that could've possibly been built was immediately and irrevocably lost by Augmn. I don't care how experimental, psychedelic, or avant-garde this album may be, I don't want to hear some dude cumming to a synthesizer... but the guest appearance by Courage the Cowardly Dog in Peking O was a pleasant surprise. Liked Song(s): Paperhouse, Halleluwah Disliked Song(s): Aumgn, Peking O Recommend? No Heard Before? No
Piss off.
Well, that was terrible.
Bullshit!
I'm falling asleep and dying, Scoob. Aumg was interesting until it triggered my tinnitus.
This started off so strong and then just got so boring. The songs went on for forever and didn't do anything. Even for the songs I DID like, it was more that I liked a part or two. Everything was just very repetitive. Actual Rating 1.5 Liked Songs: "Paperhouse" , "Halleluhwah" , "Bring Me Coffee Or Tea"
OLJUD
Jag gillade den förra krautrock-skivan men detta var fruktansvärt. Oljud!
meh
Major props to Can for not exceeding my sub-ground level expectations for this flaming pile of elephant droppings
I genuinely think they're capable of making good music, but it's so pretentious to think anyone wants to hear you just dick around for an hour
Why
Jesus fucking Christ
I think if you were high listening to this you would have a panic attack. I wasn’t high and I almost did
Best Track - "Mushroom"
Argh.. too bad
The first little bit of this album was solid, but then everything goes off the rails. Won’t be returning to this one.
What the hell happened to this album? It started out decent. The music was good but I wasn't crazy about the vocals. As we got deeper into the album it just devolved in to 20 minutes of nonsense. Not just 20 minutes of nonsense lyrics. It was just noise. What a weird spiral into a 1 star rating
I was in, until I really, really wasn't. Is this a Krautrock thing, where one half of an album is good and the other half is unlistenable noise? I swear, this keeps happening to me with Krautrock.
Can't
So long and so annoying. Closest thing to an Asian album is a Japanese singer in a German band.
Super raro. 2/10
1/5
Absolutely not.
Awfull
This album is like if a panic attack was boring
Krautrock is a funny name for a Genre. But I'll be damned if my ancestors stormed the beaches of Normandy just for me to listen to a knockoff version of psychedelic rock... 'Murica!
It was going to be two stars but any artist that records a track like ‘Aumgn’ and thinks “yeah this is a great piece to put out there” deserves a one star. ‘Aumgn’ and ‘Peking O’ are especially excruciating.
This had decent/mediocre stuff in the beginning but then quickly diverted to garbage.
The first two songs were so much better than yesterday’s album, despite the mumbling, I was thinking this might be a three; however, that rating dove sharply the further into the hour-plus album I went. Props to the percussion, but the rest is experimentally mental.
Really not for me. Seemed very loose and held together by random screeching
Good Lord, this was terrible
Wenz: Hmm, it is a no no for me 😅 couldn’t vibe with it. Shermz: haha it’s just noise 🥲
80% straight bullshit 20% acceptable 1.5/5
No me dieron ganas de escucharlo de lo tedioso que era pero hice el esfuerzo, no me gustó para nada
I made the mistake of listening to this in the bath, and it was not relaxing at all. Not good.
1/10 This is the first one I didn't manage to get through. Simply not for me.
an album not meant to be listened to i can respect it, but cannot give it a higher rating
diosss es inescuchable
Weird and long, nothing really interesting. Moving on. Best song: Paperhouse
У меня язык не повернётся назвать это музыкой
Not as bad as I was expecting, with a summary that says "experimental." But still unenjoyable. I think the lead singer would have been better suited to a punk band.
Do not waste your time
First listen
2/10
Mushroom head? Mushroom head! Yeah, this certainly was experimental and I did not enjoy being experimented on.
This was awful
Pfff... Too proggy for me
Woah ok. Kinda Beatles sounding actually. I have no idea what words are being said right now. Like yeah man what are we talking about. Krautrock. Interesting. The Germans are always up to some bullshit tbh. I really don't know how to feel about this. It's something. I don't know what but something. Are they singing backwards?? I don't like this. And of fucking course it's white 70s rock. Of course. And I've finally found one that's doing something different and it's somehow worse. Holy fuck. Just take some more acid and call yo uber big dog what are we doing. Hey so that's actually not a song it's just noises. This is definitely so hype for a certain demographic that I unfortunately do not contain within myself. Favourite: Bring Me Coffee or Tea Least favourite: Aumgn
What the heck was that. I have no interest in listening to that again. I am not sure why this is on the list
Wtf
Suena mejor de lo que esperaría considerando lo que anticipaba, pero me aburrí zarpado. Interminable. Temas larguísimos que se sienten como escuchar un soundtrack más que una canción per se. No mi estilo at all, y si supiera que es el estilo de alguien dudaría fuertemente de si no está siendo un snob nomás.
Pretty mid. Thought the first song was decent but got way too weird for me with the 18 minute long songs and their boring sequences.
Previously unknown. By turns obnoxious and boring.
This was just awful. I wanted to rate it negative stars.
whenever something like this ends up on the 1001 best albums ever, i have to conclude that either: 1. the authors procrastinated and then had to rush to fill out the list 2. they have awful taste 3. there aren't 1001 good albums of music out there somewhere in the middle of the 17 minute 'song' of groaning i started to believe it's number 3.
Nope is spelled Tago Mago
It’s weird bc I like the velvet underground
Good grief! Should I have partaken in drugs to have enjoyed this?! Utter noise!
was originally 3/5 then i started finishing the album. the fuck are we doing. stop making 20 minunte long songs of random fuck ass noise.
Certainly music, though I didn't really enjoy it or ever want to think of it again.
Abysmal. Absolutely not deserving of being in this list.
Un des pires album que j'ai écouté. J'ai détesté le coté "expérimental" qui faisait plus tentative de sortir de la norme plutôt que réelle expression artistique, si il y avait une note 0, ce serait pour lui. Il n'y a aucune valeur ajoutée à écouter cet album
An incredibly annoying album. It took a lot of patience to finish it
Nope.
Just noise that causes headache. Perfect tool for Quantanamo Bay. After listening to this album in complete length, you'll confess everything.
Seriously?
I thought this album was fine to listen to in the background until Aumgn came up. I'm sure a lot of critics who take themselves too seriously will claim this is high art or something but this feels like the musical equivalent of some ramblings of a drug addict. I could probably record this too with a gram of psychedelics and a synthesizer. I guess one positive thing to say about this is that it's very inspiring for new artists because if this can be top 1000, anyone can be top 1000
not for me
I propose a prerequisite for this list: an album should actually contain music to be allowed on.
Dull and incoherent. What are we doing here?
While the first half had some redeeming qualities, the second half made Trout Mask Replica sounds like the white album. Maybe if i was also dealing with the physiological pain of what my parents and grandparents just did in the war i also would make "Peking O"
I never heard of Can even though 1971 was right in my prime music listening era. Now, I know why. If I didn't know this album was from the early 70s, I would have guessed it was the mid-90s while listening.
Tough to get through. Long and upsetting.
Could not finish, oof.
non.
Honestly, I couldn't get into it. 1 star.
not my thing 1.5/5
The first few songs were really jamming. Aumgn went off the deep end with some psychedelic moaning
Not familiar with Can but prior krautrock entries have been a nice little surprise for something different that I wouldn't normally be exposed to. I wasn't minding Tago Mago for a little while. Nothing special but a couple of decent tunes to zone out to. Then about 30-minutes in it took a complete turn. It devolved to a bunch of way-too-long minimalist experimental bologna. I feel like I typically have a pretty wide range for this type of thing and even if it's not my cup of tea I can appreciate an artist going off the rails to do something weird. This was not the case for the back half of Tago Mago which was pretty much a bunch of nonsense. I'm not sure why this would deserve praise or critical acclaim. I don't think I'm missing anything so I'm not sure who would enjoy the 30-minute detour this album took. Save your time and opt to listen to something else. 1.08 stars
It was okay and then...HalleluBOAH... Absolutely hated this. What sick people write "music" like this?
Wtf was that?
It was Fine until it took a sharp turn into haunted house sound effects in track 5, and somehow only got worse from there
How many albums of free-form jazz fusion-inspired nonsense are needed on a list of 1001 great albums that has somehow managed to exclude every single album by Warren Zevon? I can't imagine that anyone other than the surviving members of Can and their immediate families would think any less of the list if this album had been left off.
Albsolute brainflood music. I'm sure it's very technically accomplished but it is a tad experimental for me.
I think that we should sort of stop equating longer with better. This album is pretty boring to say the least. If you wanna make a good album with a length runtime, make it as cohesive as possible. Also the songs were pretty annoying and almost pretentious. Like, what the hell is Aumgn? An 18-minute non-song of a guy messing around with a soundboard in a cave? In that case, than that's what it is. It is way to experimental that it doesn't even sound like music, it sounds like a unearthed demo soundtrack for A Clockwork Orange or a Kubrick film that was made before he became a famed filmmaker. Sorry for the long complaining but I just do not like albums like this. It gets to a point where experimental turns stupid and this crossed that barrier. Favorite Tracks: Paperhouse, Oh Yeah Rating: 1/5
I was kinda into it until the 16 minutes of haunted house noises. Didn’t get better from there.
Was a pretty cool pschadelic sounding album until the overpowering random screeching and annoying noises.
Experimental avant-garde music sucks. This sucks.
I understand why this is "influential" and there are moments that they are clearly looking into the future like on Peking O. However, that doesn't mean I have to like it this was about as tough a listen as we've had on this list.
Yuck. It started off like something at least listenable but in the 2nd half its just spacey noise. Pretty shit not gonna lie. The first long ass song was OK for the first 3 minutes then I was done for the next 15. Terrible. Im sure I just dont get it or care to get it but if u wanna make it for me and my selfish ass make this shit 3 min long max. Too long and it makes my brain go numb. I was gonna give it a 2 for the first few but even then those aren't great. Not for me dawg
What was the intent of this album in this list? This was a makeup after I already rated 100+ albums, and I have basically no reaction to this entry other than WHY? Listened before?N Saved any tracks? N Favorite tracks? None of them ⭐️ Did not hate. Did not understand it.
I promised myself I'd try to make it all the way through every album. I had to stop #17 (Bug) a few seconds into the last song, but otherwise I've been OK. I stopped this one halfway through. I guess avant-punk Krautrock is so far outside my comfort space as to be unlistenable.
hell no. i know myself to like rlly niche and avant-garde stuff, but this rlly is on a whole other level the album started rather prog-rock, with stuff you’d expect from king crimson. then it got a bit weirder, into kid-a and mogwai territory, and by time i got to the last 3 tracks, i literally had to skip them all. never ever has a song made me feel so uncomfortable and so strange!!! peking-o and bmcot were kinda strange in a boring way, but i literally could not bear to listen to amugn for more than 10 minutes. horrifying, really uhmmmmmmmm only song i remotely like is paperhouse, bc of its rock nature that now im coming to appreciate due to how fucking freaky everything else is
boring
Come on, man
Interesting for the time of release; not much else.
No thanks
Luister, ik ben progrock gaan waarderen. Echt waar! Steely dan met Aja is absoluut een fantastisch album. Maar dit? Nee sorry, dit is echt dus 3 keer niets. Het heeft ontzettend lange nummers(18 minuten voor 1 nummer? Doe ff normaal...) En ik ben best down voor progrock die ingewikkeld is, maar dat is hier niet perse het geval. Er zijn langgerekte stukken waarin eigenlijk niet echt iets gebeurd, buiten een soort didgeridoo stuk? Is dat vet? Ik ben er eigenlijk niet zo weg van. Misschien begrijp ik hierin niet het achterliggende thema, omtrent jungle of mystiek, maar het ontgaat me volledig waarom dit nu zo vet zou moeten zijn. Het is wel een oud album, 1971 om precies te zijn, dus misschien is het het eerste album dat dit soort geluiden in een wat meer mainstream rock jasje verpakt? Ze krijgen geen 1 ster, omdat wat het doel is van dit album, experimentele lange rocknummers, precies is wat het album is. Het klinkt als iets van een andere planeet en ik kan me voorstellen dat met genoeg LSD dit fucking vet is. Helaas heb ik 1001 albums uitstaan in het weekend en ben ik niet zeker dat mn werkgever het zou waarderen als ik een zegeltje neem bij de koffieautomaat. Jezus christus, Peking O is dan weer echt complete onzin. 11 minuten waarin eigenlijk gewoon niets gebeurd. Nee sorry, dan verdien je 1 ster. Je neemt je muziek niet serieus, ik voel me ook totaal niet serieus genomen en weiger nog een seconde langer te luisteren naar deze onzin. Stik er in. Dit is oprecht het eerste album dat ik niet heb afgeluisterd, het is de veralbumificatie van 'dit had een e-mail kunnen zijn' en ik irriteer me daar ontzettend aan. Misschien zit er een goed album in van 3 kwartier ofzo, maar op dit moment voelt het echt als verspilling van mn tijd. FAVO:
This was terrible. Track 5 was horrendous. And then the follow up was even worse. So many reviews on here saying this is the best album they’ve ever heard… your desire to be pretentious and obscure is deafening. Coming from somebody who tends to appreciate a lot of experimental art pieces.
Couldn't get through any song without fast forwarding.
Dudes took too much LSD recording this album
Mental.
This album consists basically of long-form tracks that only loosely qualify as songs and instead serve as jumping-off points for a lot of barely-structured jamming. The improvisation here never rises to the level of compelling listening. Gets increasingly ridiculous as it progresses, which is remarkable considering its haphazard start. Sound quality is equally cruddy, with brittle-sounding guitars and poorly-miked drums.
Ugh, I realty wanted to like this and there were some parts in the beginning that I was really grooving with. Then it descended into just unlistenable psychedelic experimentation noises and that was it.
This was not what I was expecting. When I saw how long the songs were, I expected this to be jazz, but it was definitely not jazz. I don’t even know what to call this except weird. It was very experimental and got weirder and weirder as it went on. I was going to give it 2 stars until I got to the second to last song where it went off the rails.
Had to skip Paperhouse and Mushroom. I can't stand the whispering. Fun with misophonia! This was...weird. There were a few spots where I bopped my head along with the music. There were more spots where I was just confused. Am I being pranked? Overall, it was deeply unsettling. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): I guess Oh Yeah wasn't horrible
the three 10+ minute songs in a row are how i know the drugs were shit and they didn't have enough movies or video games back then.
There were so many unpleasant noises in here, including but not limited to screechy violin. "Aumgn" was kind of spooky (positive). 1.5
This album sounds like the Ross Geller Experience meets Pink Floyd, and it sucks. This is the worst album that I've rec'd so far, and I've already had Throbbing Gristle. 1 lousy star and I'd give it way less if I could.
Had to skip Paperhouse and Mushroom. I can't stand the whispering. Fun with misophonia! This was...weird. There were a few spots where I bopped my head along with the music. There were more spots where I was just confused. Am I being pranked? Overall, it was deeply unsettling. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): I guess Oh Yeah wasn't horrible