Future Days

Es schafft ausgedehnte, verschwommene Klanglandschaften, die von Rhythmen und Tastenschichten getragen werden. Doch trotz der experimentellen Ansätze bleibt mir vieles zu diffus und ereignisarm. „Moonshake“ sticht positiv heraus, aber der Rest rauscht eher vorbei, ohne bleibenden Eindruck zu hinterlassen.

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Boring but I did like Bel Air. 3/5

Just because you Can doesn't mean you Should

But disappointed in this one, I like a lot of Can’s music but this was boring enough.

esta bien pero a mi me gusta el reggaeton

my least favourite of the Damo Suzuki trilogy of can albums but it's still a masterpiece

why am i in the jungle?

Es raro, rarisimo. No es cómodo y valoro la búsqueda sonora

Atmospheric experimental rock. It's got a really calm ambient vibe and is pretty good as background music, although maybe a bit too interesting to completely zone out. I enjoyed listening to it but I can't imagine that I'll be returning to it.

A really nice, atmospheric little album. The instrumental passages create a relaxed, almost hypnotic mood that makes it perfect for unwinding and letting your mind wander. Nothing too demanding, just great textures, rhythms and a lovely immersive atmosphere. I particularly enjoy how the music slowly unfolds without ever feeling rushed or forced. There's a subtle experimental edge to it, but everything flows together very naturally. It has a dreamy, almost meditative quality that makes it easy to get lost in. A short but very enjoyable listen that leaves you wanting to come back to it.

BO-RING!!!!

Reminds me of jazz fusion. It has a nice groove to it. My only complaint is I can barely understand what they are singing. Sometimes that doesn't matter & it doesn't here. Just sounded to me like he's singing in the back of a cave with a kick ass band. 3

Bleep bleep blorp fucken blorp. Absolute Stank Nuggets.

another one of THOSE albums with 20 minutes doing stuff songs

Interesting for what it was but I couldn’t see listening to it for fun

I gave this a couple of goes thinking I might get into it more the second time around but ultimately, while this had the odd moment where I thought it would become something more interesting, it never really got past middle of the road noodling territory.

I don't want to understate this band. They are new age and quite hypnotic and interesting. Yet here I go... They are among many in this genre range and while quite good, they don't stand out all that much, at least in this particular album, which is my introduction to the band. Maybe I will stand corrected at one point, which has happened before, but only judging this album, my mind says this band could be great, this album is pretty good... I would give it a three and a half for SURE, but I can't quite give it a four... so such is life...

experimental but overall good. The voice is a bit unpleasing.

Another weird and nonsensical album. Bad overall.

I liked it but too short

Grounded psychedelia. If there such a thing? There's probably a German word for it.

Cool funky jazz/rock.

Its just okay

Good stuff

I love Can. This was more subdued than the other material I have heard. I prefer the louder stuff where they are just flat out rocking.

Ambient experience rock, it feels cool and interesting in a way that I'd like to hear more albums like it, even if this specific one doesn't hit enough to quite fall in love with

Different in a good way

Very strange and atmospheric

Dette liker jeg ganske godt. 3 av 5

The Germans were big in hte early 70s with concept albums like this and if you like mellow this might work for you.

random ahh sounds

I like "weird" albums (as the reviews state), but there just wasn't a lot of substance to this. Bel Air stood out. It was 20 minutes which was half the album length. lol. 2/5

hell yeah krautrock. love when the list makes people listen to something that isn't a straight up rock or pop album. also love that people call the album weird. what's weird about it? it's just music y'all. can rules.

Am I drowning…? Moonshake worth a 5

krautet out rhythms, as always love the drums and remember seeing damo

Good background music.

I can’t believe I’ve lived in this planet 51 years it this is older than I am. Basically a Radiohead album before they existed.

It sounded like they just hit record while they were having a jam

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 are we doing here. Come on. Please. Like sure. I can't do this one I'm sorry. Not for me. I don't like this kinda music unfortunately. Haha spray can. I like this more now than I thought I would. Favourite: Bel Air Least favourite: Future Days

2.5 I feel the way I do about the other Can album on this list. There’s interesting stuff in every track, but there’s no track I like all the way through. Also brb, going to every person who rated this a five’s profile and seeing how many rap albums they gave one star to lol Interesting correlation I discovered last night!!!

Some ok stuff

I would suggest that a 20 minute song takes the piss.

it was calm, lil bit ear achy here and there but overall pretty enjoyable :)

Krautrock, being one of my favourite genres, is always going to get a high rating from me, and the influence this album (and their two previous releases) has on modern music can never be understated. I am taking a star off for Bel Air's MULTIPLE false endings getting to me...

Sooo artsy rock isn’t my thing

This one's more accessible than Tago Mago, and kinda ends up reminding me of Monster Movie? I slightly prefer Mooney to Suzuki, honestly, this version of Can feels a bit smoother as opposed to the rough edges of the early work, with more time for jamming that doesn't do much for me, whereas Mooney would keep up the singing pretty much constantly, which is more to my taste. All this to say, if you like Future Days, you should go back and check out Monster Movie!

this album only 4 songs but was 40 minutes? crazy. had a good time with this one

this is a little too weird for me

It always seems I get albums by an artist in a clump. I got Tago Mago as a record two weeks and this week I get Future Days. Tago Mago was just okay for me and I preferred the shorter songs to the longer songs. This album only has four songs and three of them exceed the 8 minute mark. There is really long song on Future Days (which takes up all of Side 2 and is 20 minutes long) and so that's always a bit of a test for me. I unfortunately did not enjoy Future Days more than I enjoyed Tago Mago. I am sure the band is technically correct and for the second straight day I don't understand music. What I do understand is that I do not dislike Krautrock but Can just doesn't hit with me. The songs did work for me better on the second listen. Perhaps if I repeatedly listened then I would start to enjoy the music. Perhaps it's just a case of musical Stockholm Syndrome. My favorite song: Future Days Moonshake

A classic!! More later than at the time. Hugely influential.

Didn’t need it, don’t want it.

really cool instrumental sounds

There really isn't much here, is there? Bless the hearts of anyone who understands the contribution of this album to some browser genre or trend, but I ain't that guy

It's like someone said "What if the Beach Boys were interesting?" and then created this album. And while the last song does tend to drag a bit as a single piece of music, in general this was a fun thing to listen to. 4.5 stars rounded down.

Finally an album that sounds unexpected.

hype

Very intending but I dint like wouldnt listen

not much to say

For an experimental album it was surprisingly tolerable

hypnotic

There's some interesting things going on here. But ultimately, the music isn't strong enough to carry the album when the lyrics are so deep in the mix that I'd have trouble hearing them if I could speak the language.

Listen again some time

Not sure how this makes it into the top albums. Feels like a lack of words, meaning, and anything substantial

peak

Gear: Dunu SA6 Artwork: 🔱♒🔷 Production (2005 Remaster): 👂🩺🧈 Music: 🧬🧫🔭 Rating: 📡📡📡/5

Interesting in places, some good tracks alongside some overlong stuff.

It’s trippy. Very trippy

Sound of the future indeed. Still very fresh today, lots of interesting sounds. It's not just an amazing experimental music, it's actually very enjoyable as well.

Oh another of those records where we need to throw in the word ambient at, as if that then explains everything. Two things can be right at the same time. You call it experimental savant and I call it a tedious slog. I am just not neurological wired to find enjoyment in avant garde/prog music, doesn’t matter how much exposure I have I have a tendency of finding it pointless and alienating. Yes I can squint and see it as deep expertise but in such a narrow field, maybe? So while I skimmed through this records somewhat gentle meanderings I ultimately just wanted it to get on and done, to reach its conclusion, so could move on with my life. I didn’t get “out there” with it, didn’t feel calmed, not challenged, didn’t feel any ambience, so it ended up a dry experience - well heard it now 1.5 Star

It’s alright.

I don't understand why artists have mumbling repeated lyrics for 20 minutes. The instrumental track was enjoyable, but it's ruined by the 'singing'.

A little experimental? Nice. A classic format. A few regular lengthed songs with a 20 minute song at the end

This was cool as hell actually. Long jams that are largely vibes based. This album would fit in well with a fishmans playlist. Very good psych rock.

Experimental sure. But I had more interesting projects on this, that were also experimental.

Long form Kraur rock

First song is annoying as hell, but my mom didn't raise a quitter so I stayed, and I am happy because the album only gets better and Bel Air is definitively my cup of tea.

Not what I was expecting but it was pleasant background music.

interesting. vocals were not noticeable at all for me

I went on a krautrock binge thanks to this. Can is officially on the list of artists I'm going to keep an eye out for at the record store.

Don’t get me wrong, this sucked. But there were at least hints of melody and real songwriting, and I want to leave room for downward movement when more Can suckitude comes down the line.

A German band with a Japanese vocalist. Now here is a random act! A band of the future no doubt, even now 53 years later it sounds like this album could be from our future still, the drumming is sensational and makes the entire album. I’ve given it a couple of listens and will no doubt listen again in the future! Worst track- ‘spray’ suitably for the fact it became ‘spray can’ 🙄 Best track- ‘moon shake’ for me, the energy it gave off and the fact I don’t have to give 20 minutes of my life to it like I would my second favourite ‘bel air’ 8.5/10

Can - Future Days A band I have read countless pages about.....but never actually listened. More fool me then! This does genuinely sound like no one else. A bunch a blokes jammy and weaving their craft. Rhythms stop and start, keys and guitars swoop in amd out of the mix, and bass moves from rock solid to elegantly funky. All within the same track, half the time. With only one 'real' song, Moonshake, it is the quality of those jams and edits that succeed or fail. And whilst the first two tracks set out a 'way of working' they just didn't hold my attention beyond a couple of listens. But it is on Bel Air that it feels like it all comes together. A first section like a slow tribal build, which reminded me of early Happy Mondays weirdly enough, melds into a more free form middle section with soaring guitars and bass going somewhere off the chart. Then it gets driven home to a cacophony of disassembly and fade. But just when it's done they come back for what is an absolute spine tingling final minute. The best minute of the album. Best Track - Bel Air Worst Track - Spray Hard to score because Bel Air is a ten....but the rest just isn't anywhere near that So I'm gonna say 8/10 but I do hope there is more on the list.

Eh.

An absolutely captivating album that builds to a thrilling climax. I just got some new over the ear headphones, and I'm tempted to give it a relisten with those, as I'm sure there's a ton of detail in there to enjoy.

The album yesterday and now todays album are not a lot of tracks, but long tracks. I have to say I miss some of the older formats and approaches like this. It makes me wonder if every era feels like it gets homogenized? This is really good. I really like “Moonshake”

Future grooves

Never heard of this band, and the album is only 21 minutes so even if it sucks it won't be painful Huh, that's weird, ytm says the album is 21 minutes but the last song alone goes for 19 minutes. This album is like a well trained high school band experimenting with different sounds. It's interesting in a way. Honestly this album is pretty good. Short n sweet. Moonshake is my pick 4/5

To be honest, not great, not crap.

rym 4.10 Krautrock/Psychedelic Rock 德国酸菜摇滚排名第一的含金量，今天就让我品一品。不知道是制作上出了问题，还是软件的问题，前几首的音量都非常低。整体还是很不错的，清澈的流动感，哀而不伤，悲而不痛，空旷却又迷迷蒙蒙。 pick: Bel Air, Moonshake

A sunny ambient album featuring four tracks and a total runtime of 40 minutes. The music of the opening track, with its simmering Latin rhythms, is certainly danceable. "Spray" is the most experimental and abstract piece on the record; its rhythm is intricate and syncopated, driven by Holger Czukay’s minimalist yet propulsive bassline. "Moonshake" is the most accessible and shortest track, translating experimental avant-garde elements into a catchy pop format. The 20-minute track "Bel Air" concludes the album, encapsulating its summery, meditative atmosphere; towards the finale, the dynamics intensify into a hypnotic storm of percussion. I have to admit it all sounds interesting, and Can is a pioneering band for several genres, but the music isn't really my cup of tea in the long run. Forty minutes of listening on a Sunday morning is enough for me.

Okay, I want to smash this album. The songs are too fucking long, it's just weird elevator/grocery store music, and I've already been forced so sit through about three painfully similar albums. But this was written and produced in 1973. Holy crap is it ahead of its time. I want to somehow lower the scores I gave those other albums. The list needs one album in this category (one mf'er - just one), and for my money, this is the one.

An acceptable jazz rock/world music album. I did not dislike it, but there was nothing that I felt compelled to add to my library. I was happy to receive this album rather than yet another hard to listen to singer/songwriter album from the early 70s. Frankly, FUTURE DAYS, in my opinion, would be the only album from Can on the list.

Unremarkable

4 songs that don’t apply to much, except for the buildup at the end of the 4th track. Luckily none of the songs are as horrible as the worst ones on their other album, but none of the songs offer much of interest either. Not impressed.

Seems like something I'm bound to forget by this afternoon, but nothing overtly painful in the four long semi-musical doodles that make up this album. Not sure we need TWO albums by these guys on a list of 1001 albums that has ZERO from Warren Zevon, though. Maybe there was a krautrock quota they were trying to meet?

"Moonshake" shakes ;) But for the rest of the album I maybe wasn't in the right mood?! 2,5

6/10… experimental rock / *1973

Whilst nothing is as immediate as some of their other work, and the longer songs are a little more inaccessible, it's still a very good piece of work, the influence of which can clearly be seen in rgeat bands such as Stereolab