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I know Can but I have never heard a solo album from Holger Czukay yet. This is the type of music I like to discover during my 1001 albums challenge so it was a nice surprise. It is something different, strange, interesting, experimental. It's not amongst the very best albums I've listened so far but it is definitely those albums that it deserves higher ratings. 7.0-7.5/10.

I’m a big fan of Krautrock and Can in particular but this just didn’t quite measure up for me. I enjoyed the idiosyncratic bits and the electronic art rock format, but there’s just something missing from this. It was a fun listen to though and I can see why this album is on this list.

This has its moments, but not enough of them.

Plus one for a wild playlist

Surprisingly nice and pleasant music! I’ll put it this way, it’s way better than the bulk of the crap “music” I’ve been served with here.

The first song was ok in a strange way but afterwards I forgot it was on. Just odd noises and melodies. I don't know how long the album had been over when I finally noticed it was playing "radio based on" songs, lol. Shit, but not gratingly shit. 2/5.

Top Three Songs: 1) Persian Love 2) Hollywood Symphony 3 ) Cool in the Pool Bottom Three Songs: 1) Oh Lord, Give Us More Money 2) Cool in the Pool 3) Hollywood Symphony

I don't get it.

In the (technically) solo debut of the leader of the krautrock giant CAN, he follows many of the artsy electronic principles that CAN was so renowned in its innovation, but incorporates that with more accessible genres, including Bowie-esque disco in "Cool in the Pool" or world music in "Persian Love." I like how distinct each of the 4 songs is in style, but I never felt bored or tired of any of them. The jammy space rock "Oh Lord Give Us Money" was both soothing and intriguing to see which direction they'll go. "Holly Symphony", the most intense of the songs, reminded me heavily of afrobeat and disco. The most remarkable aspect is the innovation in sampling, which was still very new in 1979, and yet he spams it all over this record in a way that seems to work from my perspective, likely influencing old school hip hop like Malcolm McLaren.

Ik heb geen idee waarom dit in deze lijst staat, maar ik heb 'm afgevinkt en we gaan door naar de volgende.

Wat is dit voor hopeloze muzak

Dat accent is rechtstreeks uit 'Allo 'Allo! "Would you like to come for a ride in my little tank, René?” Dat was grappig bedoeld, maar deze "muziek" is werkelijk niet om aan te horen.

Dat slechte accent! ‘Koelllll in ze poelllll’.

Talentless oaf sticks shit to the wall and hopes it sticks. 1/5 Also I don’t care that he’s in can I really don’t give a shit about that band.

Så konstigt…

Homien til David Sylvian, jo. Gøy å endelig få hørt litt. Masse bra synth på siste sangen

Oh, thank god! Finally something weird. This 1001 album experiment works best for me when there's something I've never heard, or even better, never heard *of*. The layers, the sampling, the clear influences of people like Zappa, this is fantastic stuff. Instant add to my library.

Just awful

10/10 super funky, super weird, based af

Surprisingly, it's much more enjoyable than I thought. The songs were interesting with various sections on the longer songs and although a little avant garde, it's one that was fun to listen to with nice guitars and other idiosyncratic sounds.

Tres eclate, mais la chanson de eprse est tres bonne. 3 trop d.impro special et chanson un peu longue. 2.75

Quirky and idiosyncratic, I really liked this.

Not terrible, but forgettable.

Krautrock tends to cross paths with progressive rock a lot, since they take inspiration from each other at different points in time. So I’m pretty familiar with this kind of music. And Holger Czukay’s previous group Can has ventured into prog territory before, so I went into this album keeping an ear open for it. But I didn’t find much that really “popped” from the album. A lot of meandering, like uninspired jazz, permeated about the record. And while it didn’t sound bad, it didn’t really do much to sound good either. A shame, I guess. Back to “Future Days” for my kraut-prog fix then.

Lidt skørt avant-garde poprock, ved sgu ikke helt hvad det er

Not a single movie on this album just music

4/10. The instrumental parts were pretty good sometimes, but much of the rest was actively irritating.

Didn’t like it, didn’t hate it, and I appreciate the presence of original ideas here even if they don’t all land. 5/10

Really weird. Too weird. Musically interesting(?). Do not understand the painful wailing on Give Us More Money or the whole idea of Persian Love. Probably like a 1.5. Best song: Cool in the Pool(???)

Es curioso como funciona esto de las influencias. Un disco puede ser la cosa mas extraña a los oídos modernos, pero basta con que haya sido escuchado por un artista en ciernes para que cualquier aspecto que le ha llamado la atención se contagie como se contagia una idea. Como un meme. Imagino que algo así ha pasado con este disco, pero el sitio proporciona poca información al respecto y no tengo el libro en mi poder. El disco está compuesto de 4 temas que varían en duración, siendo el tercero, Persian Love, el único que me ha gustado. El resto los califico como experimentos no exitosos, intentos de exploración que no terminan de cuajar.

Creative, but ridiculous

This was... Interesting. Not actually GOOD, mind. Avant garde noodly meandering funk almost? Although it covers quite a few genres, I suppose. And it definitely has really cool moments, I think. But 40 minutes of it? Nah.

Sounds like an overly complex ambient-electronica album. Like most experimental music, it's quite interesting and it has ups and downs. A notable up is of course the surprisingly charming oriental inspired "Persian Love".

I listened to one song and it was too weird.

I'm often a fan of experimental music but this was terrible. Experimental albums usually have their high points and their low points, this was just the latter. Just seems to be rambling, directionless, no emotion/soul behind it.

This album must have JUST been added because as I'm writing this there is only one other person who has left a review here. How lucky for me <3 I liked Future Days a ton, and most of Tago Mago. I can see some slight similarity between Can and this guy's solo work, but of course it's not on the same level, as is usual with solo albums from members of awesome bands. I liked the two long tracks well enough. I didn't care for the two shorter ones much. Probably won't return to this one. I'm gonna go listen to some more classic krautrock now