Future Days

theres a track on here so long it managed to soundtrack my run from the middle of town all the way to my flat to take a shit

Quick, name a group where the drummer is the most important member. First, let's deal with some obvious choices. Keith Moon of the Who would crash bang wallop into plenty of people's minds when posed that question (although, even subtracting the years when they had separated, the Who has existed for for over twice as many years without Keith Moon than with him). John Bonham, the drunken blacksmith of Led Zeppelin, at least had the band disband when he carked it. Some may suggest Neil Peart, but that carries the proviso that Rush were a right load of yellowing wank. And if Rush are yellowing wank, then the Eagles with Don Henley are fluorescently yellow wank, a yellow that can take out your eyeballs. My dear quackers, the connoisseur's choice for the best decisive drummer in a band is Can's Jaki Liebezeit, the funkiest German who ever drew breath. Against sensible writing practice, I shall not discuss the deific rhythm of Jaki Liebezeit here, as it makes more sense to me that such a hagiography belongs in my review of Tago Mago, their freaky-deaky masterpiece where one cannot distinguish between Jaki and his drumkit. So instead, a quick explanation of Can. Can began in the late sixties when keyboardist and student of Karlheinz Stockhausen Irmin Schmidt returned to Cologne from New York, fascinated by the Velvet Underground and Sly and the Family Stone. Schmidt joined up with bassist and fellow Stockhausen alumnus Holger Czukay and Czukay's guitarist pupil Michael Karoli to forge a new, European take on rock, not blues-based but informed by the avant-garde and musique concrete the men had been weaned on. Add to the mixture a disaffected free jazz virtuoso drummer who had been developing a whole new philosophy of beat, and thence were born both Can and krautrock. Krautrock is the not-especially-PC term contemporary British champions gave for experimental German rock of the 1970s. The astute reader might wonder why we employed the term krautrock at all, since Britain also had its share of experimental rock bands, which we unified with the nominer progressive rock. I like to think that the distinction is important because the 70s German experimental rock bands were a billion times better than the 70s British experimental rock bands. The krautrock bands had no time for flatulent solos, dimwitted concept albums or overwhelmingly banal themes pilfered from Tolkien and Heinlein (if you dare compare Can to Pink Floyd, I will break your hands). Instead, they followed their cutting-edge classical forerunners in making genuinely expansive music that stepped beyond the templates of rock song structure into the realm of the infinitely possible. Although the separate krautrock groups each pursued markedly different paths, two broad styles emerged: the dreamy cosmic ambience of Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel, and the 4/4 motorik beat-driven hypnotic bliss of Can, Neu! and Kraftwerk. As much as I love the former, it's the latter that's clearly what you want to spend your pocket money on. There are two figures to Can I haven't mentioned yet: the singers. The first singer was Malcolm Mooney, an African-American beatnik poet who sadly suffered from mental health issues and had to return to New York after cutting their first released album, the excellent Monster Movie. Finding themselves singerless for an upcoming gig one evening, earlier that day Can spotted a Japanese busker called Damo Suzuki giving a performance art piece in the middle of the street and recruited him straight away. Fortunately Damo's beautiful gibberish (a fusion of English, German, Japanese and whatever sounds Damo thought would work, Damo asserted it was "the language of the Stone Age") complimented Can's trippy, pulsing funkiness perfectly, bcoming an essential component in Can's greatest albums. You know how certain bands possess a groove unique to themselves? Like how when Ray Manzarek's organ and Robby Krieger's guitar interlock in the best tracks of the Doors? Can constructed their best albums from their singular groove. Karoli's guitar gently yet determined soars, Damo's nonsensical, mellifluous vocalisms lie gossamer over the music, and His Holiness Jaki Liebezeit shows that the beat don't stop and that's a fact, Jack. "Constructed" is the apt verb: Can would jam for extended periods (16-hour sessions were common), and Schmidt would subsequently edit the recordings of these, cutting pieces from the tangle that the organism Can weaved. The best example of the Can groove on Future Days is on Bel Air, the 20-minute album finisher. Like pretty much every 20-minuter Can released, it's a real treat, even though the length might render the casual listener apprehensive: casual listener, try growing some balls and a pair of ears. This is in no way to dismiss the rest of the album: Future Days is an unrestricted corker. Can have two albums on the list (they really deserve to have at least 4), and whilst Future Days might not be quite as good as their other included album Tago Mago (in fairness, Tago Mago is a bit ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS EVER MADE), Future Days still justifies, without qualification but with aplomb, its 5 stars. Just listen to the damn drums, man!

50 years later and it still sounds like the future.

I am very happy that this record is in this list. It allowed me to listen to it again and appreciate it at its fair value. An album full of small subtleties and intoxicating details. It's both pop and experimental, charming and relaxing, yet uplifting. A masterpiece.

This was pretty cool! Not much to say, just a few songs. But I think it's amazing that an album with this sound and structure was made in the early '70s. I don't mind long songs, and the longest one here was my favorite. Favorite tracks: Bel Air, Future Days. Album art: Very simple logo, but a cool design. Nice colors too. "Can" might be the simplest band name I've ever heard. 3.5/5

Yup. It’s a keeper. Definitely knew nothing of them until this program turned me on to it. Keep them coming.

Well this is already great. Previous knowledge of Can was basically all of Tago Mago and Vitamin C. But this is Can chilled out and spaced out. Real head music, as they say... So glad I've got another go-to record by them now.

Magical album. Loved the drumming on this.

I loved how calm it made me feel

Absolutely excellent, groundbreaking tunes and an addictive listen.

Now this is the weird shit I've been waiting for. Never heard of Can before but I love this type of music. It feels very ahead of it's time. I span this a couple of times today and will do so again as it was a trip. Keep this stuff coming.

Awesome explorations into the depths of the future. Moonshake and Spray are top tier stuff. Ideal soundtrack to eat Chef Boyardee's Raviolis to.

"50 years later and it still sounds like the future," as someone wise said in this group. It's no coincidence Can has been quoted, praised or embraced by the likes of Radiohead, Portishead or LCD Soundsystem. This German answer to seventies prog-rock understood how one could convey the same hypnotic canvas without resorting to shtick or unnecessary campy solos. A wide variety of styles, from punk to techno, can thank those kraut prophets for their groundbreaking work. This particular album, the last one fronted by singer/howler Damo Suzuki is remarkable for many things, but what's probably most striking is the mesmerizing intricacies of the rhythm section and the very chilled, laidback instrumentation. Think of avant-garde brainy music students being suddenly stranded on a tropical desert island. The end result is lean, devoid of fat, and it's both tense and dreamy all at the same time. This is the last album in the legendary trilogy *Tago Mago*, *Ege Bayasim* and *Future Days* (to which one could easily add precursor *Monster Movie*--Malcolm Mooney was a spectacular frontman, too). As such, it should be owned by every fan of inventive, evocative, groovy, moody, leftfield, forward-sounding music. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 890 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 58 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 29 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 24

Metronomic greatness. If you can class this as proggy, this is how it should be not that bloated Genesis album I just had to listen to.

Felt like i was meditating listening to this. Very out there, but really liked it.

So Krautrock. Damo Suzuki. All these things I know by name but not aurally. It's definitely not prog rock, I mean it can't be as I enjoyed it, nay, was really taken aback. A real wowsers album.

Beautiful songs - Can at their best.

Moonshake is the kind of song that, if you’re listening on headphones and aren’t careful, you will find yourself dancing without abandon to in public. It will be hard to find an album with more invigorating drumming on this list.

Arguably the best CAN album, drumming is wild absolute classic

This is next level awesome. Still sounds fresh and cool today.

Favorite album I've heard so far. Sort of a Bitches Brew lite. Works as background music but if you give it your attention there is a lot to discover on repeated listens. I will be listening to this one many more times. Incredible drumming also.

This a landmark album. The mix of ambient music, psychedelic rock, and more electronic sounds sounded like something I could expect to be released by an experimental indie band today. For this to have been released 49 years ago and still sound as relevant as it does is incredible. Can was clearly extremely ahead of their time.

The titular track ‘Future Days’ serves as an optimistic opener. The song sails to shore amid slurpy water and warbling wind for two minutes; an ocean-liner organ honks and all the sounds shift into a breezy beat upon reaching the beach. Busily building tension, the band doesn’t drop the volleyball; each instrument skillfully serves the sound and keeps aloft the ambience. Sandpaper percussion scrapes away endlessly; guitar goes again-n-again high and harmonic; onion-y organ peals colorful chords, layered; bass only occasionally underlines a downbeat. Birds chirp and a man mumbles atop this noisy bop. Few words can be discerned; but the one for-sure phrase, for the sake of future days, attached as it is to its hummable lilt, makes for an auspicious and very memorable message. The song jives in its stratified structure, so delicate in its development. Every man jams and no one leads; but everything flows together consistently like a moving amoeba for the entire ten-minutes of tune. The big finish final minute turns into a total trance, the listener likely under the influence of fantasy for the future days. ‘Spray’ starts off burbling and bursting with watery horrid chords. The song swims away as if stalked by prey, the pace quick and panicked. The mad mood persists throughout the piece, repetitive but relentless. Despite the drone, every sudden sound startles. Crash, bump, boo! As principle propeller of the piece, the cymbals are sharp and assertive here. Bongos bonk. Dark guitars reach out of their trench, threateningly. Organ tones blow bubbles and pop. As before, the band spreads out their idiosyncratic organic jam all over the song. Indeed, the Can just can’t contain the jam. Every instrument manages to maintain interesting textural intricacy in an utterly minimalistic manner. The track eventually calms down long enough to settle into a subdued groove for the final few minutes. Words are heard with no chance to be understood. Muttered and mixed low, the lyrics are as mysterious as the deepest sea. In its mere three minutes, fast-blast ‘Moonshake’ proves that Can could be both an always-open “Can of Jam” as well as an effervescing “Pop Can”. The track shudders under a taut beat. Right from the get-go, grossly low ghost tones quaver as if plucked on a rubber band while a groovy guitar cuts a couple chords and the keys keep to a quiet variety. Supplemental percussion reverberates with the brisk beat. The muddled melody bobs along using more choice words of obscurity. Cue keyboard “solo”: the song proceeds through a passage of electronic fiddle-diddle, a sequence of bizarre beeps and squeaks, sweeps and scratches. Although out of touch with the epic and impressionistic pieces found on the rest of the album, ‘Moonshake’ is a dandy danceable tune in its own right. Big ‘Bel Air’ begins with floaty tones, guitar predominating with some sunny chords as flutes and synths move melodically and squeaky bass plays all over the place. Busy drums begin to boogie. If ‘Future Days’ stays on the earthen beach and ‘Spray’ takes a plunge into deep waters, then ‘Bel Air’ ascends into the skies. Welcome to a new world: more mumbly words likely describe the cosmic majesty of this mysterious world from on high, but who can tell? On and up the music moves at will with no impediments to its progress. Chords descend again and again in mesmerizing patterns. The elevation changes. The song passes through clouds and comes into open airs, next sections, a touch of turbulence. The tune travels around different sides of the sky. Everything changes, but still, nothing changes. In this static way, the music is more like visual art; the song experience may be compared to the way a viewer’s eye gazes freely around the contents of a canvas to discern details. It’s all there at once, but the subtle shades of color make the masterpiece. A song is a song, and ‘Bel Air’ is a guided tour of course; but unlike other songs, this one has no definite direction—it chooses to cruise uncompromisingly through its own noble domain. In its middle, the song settles down back to the ground (hear the birds, hear the bugs) only to start the lift-off all over again with a few new mellower melodies included in the mix, all as bewitching as before. If “bel air” is to be translated from French and understood as “beautiful air”, then this track’s title couldn’t be more truthful. As a product of 1973, Future Days predates ambient music. But in keeping with its forward-looking title, the album managed to defy time with its own utterly unique brand of texture-jam. The attention is on the atmosphere alone. The climate is very cool. Don’t wait for a future day to hear this album.

Damo's glorious Swan Song with Can. His era was their best, and he left on a beautiful high note. There's nothing else quite like this album, except maybe some of Miles Davis' fusion material? I used to listen to this album to go to sleep to all the time. It has this completely intoxicating, hypnotic sound that just transports me to another place. The atmosphere is exquisite on headphones. I could also see it working well at a chill social gathering. It has such a tranquil and pleasant mood, yet it is far from fluff. In a word: sublime.

Classic Can album. Tago Mago - Ege Bamyasi - Future Days - Soon Over Babaluma: a sequence of 4 consecutive 5-star albums.

Only the second time I listen to It. WOW !

Very good, love the ambience of the first track, love the chaos of the second one, and the in-between chaos and calm of the last 2. Fantastic album.

5 out of 5. Love the vibes. Experimental, but I get what’s happening. Love it.

I love the krautrock, and krautrock doesn't get much better than this. I still prefer Tago Mago (which I find a little more focused), but this album is full of goodness.

Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.

This was on loop, underscoring my whole day, and I'm pleased to say I think I enjoyed every minute of it! This is a great example of "background" music that doesn't just disappear. I would find myself noticing different moments here and there, sometimes it was a chaotic moment, but often it was something like "damn those drums RUUULE" 🤩 YES WE CAN!

At times “Future Days” drops its slight concessions to continuity and song to dissolve into sunny daubs and doodles, with only Liebezeit’s blissful, maddeningly tight percussion driving us on. A friend once described this as his perfect summer album and now I agree with him.

10/10 Can has gotta be one of the coolest rock bands I’ve ever heard

10 Albums You Actually Need to Hear Before You Die Chapter 5 Save that Money for a Rainy Day: Can’s “Future Days” It’s an exceptionally rainy and chilly late-September day here in New Jersey, the kind of day where there’s no point in leaving the house, unless it’s an absolute necessity. Better to just stay indoors and take advantage of a rare lazy Saturday. Truth be told, in my twenty-odd years of Can fandom, I’ve really never considered Future Days to be a “rainy day” album. Odd as that might seem, given Future Days’ aqueous themes, it never occurred to me until today. This album always felt very summery, like an album to put on around 7pm on an August night at the beach: the perfect soundtrack to an ocean-viewed sunset. While it fits well for that type of scenario, there is a sense of foreboding running through Future Days, which I am more attuned to today, making it a fantastic record for a rainy day. Can’s intense, minimalist rhythmic drone pulsates, like the sound of droplets of rain pounding down onto your windowsill. Keyboards and sound effects mimic gusts of wind, pushing the sheets of rain back and forth through the air, all while you share a conversation with a close friend (in the form of Can frontman Damo Suzuki). You’re left with a feeling of timelessness: the sky outside looks the same at 4pm as it did at 9 am and there’s no point in keeping track as the hours slowly tick by. It’s a feeling that was true fifty years ago, it’s true today and it will still be true fifty years in the future. Can, seemingly, has found a way to transcend time and space with their music. How else do we account for an album that, 50 years from its release, sounds just as fresh and ahead of its time today? I suspect that in 2073, 100 years from its release, it will still sound ahead of its time, even if I’m not around to confirm that theory. You might think I’m crazy for that statement, but do yourself a favor and listen to Bel Air at the 4:30 mark. Right there, that is the moment that modern-day Radiohead was born. That’s a good 25 years before Johnny Greenwood and Thom Yorke would find success in bringing experimental music to a mainstream audience. Now imagine where this record might lead us, with future generations discovering Can and turning their influence into something new… For the sake of future days, indeed.

Very unexpected 5. I would not predict give full marks to avant-garde, kraut-rock but here we are. Jazzy, ambient, weird but accessible. Sounds like a lot of the Ninja Tune stuff or Beastie Boy tracks I was listening to 25 years later.

Not for everyone, but a really strange and beautiful album if you give it a chance. Bel Air is one of the most engaging 20 minute songs I can think of.

A good starting point for CAN and arguably their best album. I would occasionally put this on when I would go to sleep, not because it's boring but because you can get lost in it. I'm always struck by how subdued this feels, particularly the title track and the album closer, at least in comparison to the previous two albums. Even Damo Suzuki sounds like he's restraining himself, vocally at least, either intentionally or from the input of the other band members. Whatever the case is, the end result creates a very focused, fuller realized, set of songs open to more texture and atmospherics in line with their aspirations for writing music for film. In a way, this is CAN at their most mysterious, weird, and adventurous. A 5 rating from me for the albums weight but really more of a high 4 because it doesn't always stick in my head the way I would think.

Very ambient and chill but still super jammy. I can definitely see how much this influenced post-rock down the line. I need to listen to more Can.

This is the first album that felt really truly ahead of its time. This feels like post rock. This is soothing and amazing. Five stars.

Oh hell yeah! Love love LOVE CAN!! This record is one of my personal favorites! Love all the builds and the drumming is phenomenal! Fantastic guitar work as well on this album.

Love it! Prog, but on a more chill side.

Great Futuristic Folk Music

Classic!

Ooh, I really enjoyed this. Jazz and rock jams but made interesting with arty elements and grooving with beats. No noodles and navel-gazing here. I’ve heard of Can forever but never heard an album. So glad I did today.

This has aged very well. It has a great rhythm section. Czukay's bass on Bel Air is mind expanding. Liked Songs Added: Spray Bel Air

The CAN man can, and the CAN'T man can't, but what happens when the CANT man CAN'T cant?

huge surprise here. i'd never heard of them, and yet they were reborn in the late 90s in the form of Air. i've found myself saying this a lot, but i really enjoyed that final track - i guess that was a thing, to throw out some truly ridiculous stuff right at the close of the album. never really thought about it, but now that i am, of course it was a thing. anyway, it's a fun one, and i'm still having trouble believing this album came from 1973. we really did just recycle a lot of the stuff from our collective youth, i suppose, in the 90s...we brought back disco in the form of techno, the vw beetle in the form of the vw beetle...and the influence of the light, airy feel of this album persists across the feathered hair of the 80s, all the way into the 'retro' instagram filters of the moment. it's like they found a wormhole, and somehow lived on both sides of it at once.

Well I'm new to Can but I could see them becoming a new obsession. Brilliant rhythms make for an upbeat enjoyable listening experience and one that I think will hold up to repeated listens...already listened twice today. 4 🌟 bordering on 5

An ambient, relaxing, chill, rhythmic soundscape. It’s easy to listen to and enjoy. There is a review on here praising the drummer and stating that he is better than other luminary drummers of the era that are world famous. As a drummer myself it took me many years to understand what it was about all the drummers people love and how to play more like them. Once I discovered the secret to all of them, the illusion of mind blowing drummers (and drumming itself) was kinda ruined for me. Here’s the trick that they all do…..They all play syncopated 16th notes nonstop between their whole kit. Take your hands and play along and you will find they are just playing 16th notes the whole song without stopping, sometimes throwing in a quick fill of 32nd notes here and there. 16th notes nonstop doesn’t impress me anymore. I enjoy drummers who let the music breathe and play for the song. This drummer just plays 16th notes constantly and it’s the reason why I can’t give the album 5 stars.

Bel air does a lot of heavy lifting for this album. It's ambient and therefore a bit different to most albums in this list. I like a bit of ambient and instrumental and so I'm inclined to like this. All tracks other than Bel air we're a bit in one ear out the other. Bel air on the other hand takes you on a journey. Thankfully half the album is just Bel air otherwise it'd have been a measley one star.

As far as ambient experimental jazz-adjacent rock, this is really nice. I found it great for background while working or reading and very soothing without being boring. I don’t think there’s quite enough to really write home about or trouble the 4/5 ratings but I’d be happy to listen to it again and I can see why it’s something that a lot of people would love.

Oh, Can.. I do like the obvious ones but mostly it all drifts by amiably. So it was here. Air have probably heard the title track.

this album both does and doesn't seem like it would've come out in 1973! future days seems hard to pin into one genre, too. experimental, electronic, ambient. it was a weird but calming sound? the album sounded way more like it came out closer to 2024, but also i can hear how at home it is in the 1970s with that experimental, electronic sound. can is definitely a contemporary of kraftwerk! the vocals, for what it's worth, are muted and not even that intriguing. the instrumentals are, by far, more fascinating! the intro to the album is so distorted and uneasy. can had so much more of a command over their instruments rather than their vocals.

Well this was very interesting. Wasn't sure at first but this grew on me! I need to give a second listen though but I enjoyed the Pink Floyd vibes and I wonder if Radiohead were inspired by this

This might very well be the album with the fewest tracks I've seen! The album had some decent parts to it, but there was a bit too much noodling around for me. 'Moonshake' was a decent song, but that was also the part that was most different from the rest of the album. If you like slowly progressing and meandering rock, this is for you. Personally I found it a bit too impactless. Strong 2.

More noise than music. This sounds like a bunch of above-average New York subway buskers found themselves in a recording studio. I would love to meet a dedicated fan of this group and have them explain to me what they love about listening to this album.

Music for people who wear patchouli. Dreadful

I thought an interesting song came on but it turned out to be Spotify automatically skipping to a Wire song after the album was over.

Can more like Can’t listen to this anymore. This really wasn’t that terrible of an album it just was relatively boring. The long experimental prog rock songs had no obvious start or finish and when the album ended it was unnoticeable. Overall just a collection of sounds for 40 minutes. 4.0/10

Ugh, stop sending me these horrible experimental krautrock albums! I hated this as much as that Holger guy. 1/5

This returned a marginally better result than the last time the Germans and the Japanese hooked up. “Can” make an album. “Can” get it released. “Can” get it played. Can’t make me enjoy it. 1.5

Let's call a spade a spade, this is crap and maybe was good when you were high on mushrooms in the 70s but how this is a top 1001 album, I have no idea

Maybe I wasn't in the mood but didn't get much from this.... Definitely too experimental for me. Maybe would get more from it under different circumstances...

Bobbins. Just pretentious hippy beatnik noise.

Sometimes 'experimental' goes too far, and music just becomes a series of unrelated sounds thrown together as has happened here. This is not for me.

Awesome. Listened twice in a row

Mood music, I'm the best ways.

Krautrock is one of those genres that should make a comeback in some way. 4.5 bumped up to 5.

I’m at a 4.5 that I’ll bump up to a 5. Yeah, that’s a lot different from Tago Mago, and a bit of a middle ground between that album’s noisy chaos & the vague plunderphonic-y approach to Movies. This is way closer to an instrumental album, with the vocals/lyrics having a really minimal presence, mainly used to give some texture. I think it’s an approach that works; this is more traditional than anything Can-adjacent we’ve gotten so far, so the “unique” factors are stripped away in favor of more ambient sound design and ever-growing layers of instruments on each track. So, much like a Cocteau Twins album, I suppose my analyses really boil down to “it sounds really good, but sometimes it’s a little bland”. I don’t have the ear to critique the technical aspects of some of the more stunning drum or guitar solos here, but I can tell you that they’re always interesting, at the very, very least. I didn’t give the same space to the lyrics/vocals as I normally would, but they’re fine, I suppose. The sound design works really well for some of the more “real world” aspects of the album, mainly in the city/metro stuff, and I think they enhance the tracks well. Really, I have no major complaints about the content of each track, just a minor one that really bites throughout the whole thing: this album really spins its wheels on its solos. They all go just a little bit long, to the point where the allure starts to fade, though it never gets to a point where it totally loses its shine. The space in between those solos is filled really nicely, and the solos themselves hit like crack when they first pop in… but they do go just a little long. It’s really apparent on “Bel Air”, which is a 20 minute track that could’ve probably been cut down to like, 15 or 16 minutes if some of that wheel-spinning got trimmed. I love it as a finale, and I think it stays engaging throughout, but it’s not as engaging as it could be. That’s basically why I’m at a 4.5, and not a flat 5, though I do think I wouldn’t blame anyone for going down to a 4 or even a 3 because of that. It’s valid if you’re not that captivated by these soundscapes, as there is a bit of homogeneity to the instruments that also sort of bites throughout the album. It didn’t ever really get to a “first minute-y” critique for me, but it does become noticeable eventually. One’s ability to tolerate or ignore that is what’ll set the tone for a score here, and for my tastes, I think I tolerated it enough here that it never became a big issue. Overall, I liked this – not the breeziest 40 minutes, but a pretty darn good 40 minutes all the same, hence the bump up to a 5.

112/1089 - Great drummer. Vocals are very quiet and it adds to the "spaciness." Hits the right balance of experimental and familiar to me.

Very original.

Well this was absolutely delightful. From what I remember the other Can album we listened to was wayyy experimental and a bit of chore to listen to. This album still eschews typical song conventions, but in a less challenging manner. The four songs that make up this album are drawn out expositions that explore space in a jammy, jazz-fusion adjacent atmosphere. The whole thing feels a bit to me like Miles Davis (circa Bitches Brew) fused with Grateful Dead and early Pink Floyd. I love all of those things individually and appreciate the end results here. Future Days has a sunny and beachy vibe about it -- love the guitar tone and layered atmosphere upon which they have some distorted vocals interspersed. Spray is the one that brought Bitches Brew to mind. I think a lot of that has to do with the organ usage that is almost sonically identical. Some eerie underpinnings here that I absolutely love brought about by the eerie strings and burried vocals. Moonshake is a goofy one that sounds vaguely funky in the same way that Talking Heads do. Also is the only one here that complies with any sort of structure and has coherent vocals. Bel Air takes the entire second side in a wandering jam opus. I'm already predisposed to jam music and am happy to flow along with this one. The drum shuffling keeps things moving and the guitar throughout is very nice. As for rating, I've listened to this straight through 3 times now and have not grown the least bit tired. For me this is a new love. 5 / 5

I liked the chill, pretty take on this album compared to the funk groove of the previous one. Nice contrast. You could listen to this one on the beach.

Sehr experimentel, aber nicht weird. Der erste Track hatte es mir schon angetan, der Rest war auch super. Werde mir definitiv mehr anhören. Ich kann sehen wie Can mehrere Musiker beeinflusst hat.

A colossal achievement: four perfect, convention-defying songs that in 1973 saw decades into the future.

Hele goeie shit, zeker voor die tijd. Ambient / experimental rock-ish. Heel erg relaxed, zeker voor op de achtergrond. 9/10 positief verrast in een gulle bui door hoe verrassend en fresh, kort maar krachtig

This album is incredible and reinforces my belief that Can is one of the greatest bands of all time.

One of those albums that gets you high just by listening to it. Magic.

Strange. It is not as good as their second album but for fucks sake. It is still fucking good.

It's very avant garde and leans towards prog. So yes it might upset a few people. Not me. I loved it. Absolutely brilliant albeit strange and fascinating. It's a trip but this could be made today and sound modern. This is the type of album that belongs in the book. Not commercially popular but an adventurous ride for those willing to dare take it.

4 songs in 40 minutes. This is brilliant.

очень интересное звучание

I need this on vinyl.

Alright this took me on a whole ride Track 1 - music for drinking wine to Track 2 - Trippy music that feels like you're in a colourful trance Track 3 - it's giving "drinking out of a coconut with an umbrella in it" vibes Track 4 - Feels like you're running but not getting anywhere

I rate future days a 5 star because it sounds dark/jungle and the bongos are very good and all the instruments sound good ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. I rate moonshake a 5 star because it sounds and the drums are very good and all the instruments sound good ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. I rate bel air a 5 star because it sounds and the drums are very good and all the instruments sound good ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.

Interesting rhythm heavy jams.

I am bound to the past apparently. I really liked this album. I have never heard of this group.

great rock music. I love the whispering vocals. Songs are long. good rock album.

New to me and great long form music

kreisiviikko jatkuu, ylläpitö päätti nakkaa sellaista eeposta peräjälkeen että oksat pois... mitä vittua tapahtui 70-luvun alussa musiikille???? im only 8 years old but love the vibes. Väännyn tuolissani juuri nyt, huudan, voihkien ja huokoen kuin hullu. kukaan ei voi estää minua. olen tulossa hulluksi tuolilla juuri nyt. kukaan ei voi estää minua. Olen täysin hullulla tuulella ja huudan äänekkäästi, äänekkäästi yöhön juuri nyt. Luulen, että he kuulevat minut, he voivat kuulla kuinka hulluna olen tuolissa juuri nyt. väännyn ympäriinsä tuolilla juuri nyt, menossa hulluksi. future days

I wasn't so sure about this at the start. But I ended up loving this. It's incredible.

I liked this a lot

Hadn't heard of this band before, but rather liked this album and had to keep reminding myself that it originated from the early 70's. Very experimental with a rock and trippy ambient vibe. The last track Bel Air (which took up the whole of side 2 on the vinyl version I read) is almost 20 minutes long but sounds like 4 tracks all merged into one, even so, it just leaves you wanting more. I'll explore this band further- another gift from the "album a day generator!" This album for me is definitely a keeper.

Drums Drums Drums Drums Drums Drums Drums Drums Drums DRUMS DRUMS DRUMS DRUMS DRUMS DRUMS DRUMS WOW

I feel like this Can gets slept on, because it follows two unimpeachable classics. But it is pretty great as well. The grooves are a little smoother, not as much cacophony this time around.

Fucking Can! I, of course, was comparing this to Tago Mago. Tago Mago had the half that blew me away, and then the half that was very noisy and I did not like. This didn’t have the second half to it, so I just compared it to the first half of Tago Mago. The first half of that album was 5+ stars. This wasn’t as good, but I still enjoyed it as good. As I listened, I was between 4 and 5 stars…but Moonshake and Bel Air got it the 5. I listened to this two times in a row.

Future Days is a solid album by a unique and original band. I’m truly charmed by this group, which seemingly produces wonderfully casual music with effortless ease while remaining averse to convention. Their blend of Krautrock and avant-garde sounds can sometimes seem fragmentary, but Can also has a rhythmic quality that makes it swing. The music often elaborates on various motifs, and in between those, all sorts of soundscapes and bizarre noises emerge. What stands out, possibly due to the excellent remastering, is how timeless the album sounds. The opener and title track, as well as the incredible Bel Air, would not feel out of place in today’s musical landscape. It’s clear that much of this music came from jamming and spontaneity, yet everything sounds very organic and musically exemplary. I thoroughly enjoyed this on a late Wednesday afternoon.

Oh no, only four tracks total? Oh wait, this is pretty great. Moonshake in particular has a lot of shake and a whole lot of charm. This must be the least dated sounding 70's album on this list. So glad I heard it.

This was a cool album to hear. The last one I listened to had moments of experimental chaos, but this one leans more into ambient rock. It’s not exactly slow, just laid-back and chill. The music takes you on a dreamy, hypnotic journey. The beats are steady and consistent, with a tribal-like feel that really enhances the album’s trance-like vibe.

What a discovery! I had never heard of Can, how is that possible? I truly enjoyed this album. Fantastic soundscapes, never a dull moment, an eclectic mix of styles (there isn't a genre not mentioned on the Wikipedia page) but is fits together coherently. Some nice grooves too. Cleverly made but not in a show-off way. I will definitely listen to this again, buy it, explore the band. Thank you 1001 Albums, this is why I do it.