Future Days

Cool background music for a coach ride between Latvia and Lithuania

Actually pretty good for an ambient album which I don't usually like much

Seems indulgent and experimental. But not bad to have on in the background.

Fun and varied. Doesn't sound like 73 at all

Bitches Brew if you decided to redose in the middle of an acid trip. Honestly one of the best albums of the list probably, Can is one of the best craziest bands to make music.

Nice

A floaty, groovy classic. Not the easiest listen, but it's worth the effort.

I can sort of see the interest behind it, but I didn't understand why I felt uneasy while working and it made sense when it stop mainly due to the last song. Not my jam.

I know if I'm supposed to be a 'music enjoyer' I have to talk about and recommend Can. A lot of what they make just kind doesn't really land for me unless it ventures into the weirder corners. I'm glad to be aware of it but listening to this album today didn't do much for me.

this was boring to say the least, the only song that was under 9 minutes was the only one I enjoyed. I had no idea music in the early 70s was so boring until this streak of albums.

4/10

This was a journey, a fantastic listening experience. Really enjoyed the ride.

This one took a few listens, but I really like it. Especially the drumming! Not quite as good as Tago Mago, but maybe it will keep growing on me.

3/5

The music was just kinda there. I don’t know how else to describe it

Well, there wasn’t a single thing that I enjoyed about this “album”.

This is the sort of weird, chilled content I'm after Happy days

Timeless.

Holy moly this is just about the best album I've ever listened to. Flickering with ideas, all of them compelling and none of them intrusive or abrupt.

I have always wanted to listen to CAN, but never have. Excited to finally do it. Wow, this is way more fun and funkier than I imagined. Crazy that this was 1973!

I went into this album thinking it was going to suck, but boy was I wrong! This is one of those lovely surprises and it’s exactly the kind of music I hoped to discover with this challenge. It still sounds fresh and unique, clearly way ahead of its time.

this was so good?! gotta listen again

Quirky rock album, not too bad, not a standout 3/5

É um álbum que aparece preocupado em mostrar que é virtuoso tecnicamente e muito inventivo. As música soam ok. QoA Cloudscape.

Easier to listen to than their other one, but in a less interesting way.

Sounds new. But from the 70s.

Moonshake 10/10

Would have loved to give one star per song but unfortunately it was only enough for half a star per song

This sucks

Always liked Moonshake, but never dived into this album. The rhythms are hypnotic and the atmosphere is majestic. Definitely an album worthy of attention before you kick the can!

Interesting mix, album seems to get a lot of praise. It felt a little like early electronic, very much experimental, a little too much for me. Some bright spots in the drumming and some unusual melodies, but also very repetitive and essentially not much vocals to speak of.

Buen disco

Best album of all time right here.

Where to situate Can's Future Days? Ahead of its time, of course. And while it may be notable as the final Damo Suzuki album, this band isn't nearly as interesting to me without Holger Czukay's creativity and Jaki Liebezeit's clockwork pitter-patter. Karoli and Schmidt also shine as well, they complement each other well on the dreamy Bel Air. This record is great quiet or loud, on headphones or through speakers — always a little different, always something for your ear to grab on to. For me that's the thing, they took their space jams and meticulously edited and layered things such that I'm never bored, even at their most atmospheric.

Dumb lucked into finding this band about 6 months ago. This album is more atmospheric and minimal compared to some of their other work. Fun listen.

Pretty sure it’s a 5

Really, one everyone needs to hear.

Banda EXCELENTE e albúm muito bom. Já estou seguindo a banda e conhecendo toda a discografia.

Actually, quite decent. Some interesting melodies and rhythm. Last track does go on too long.

honestly just really boring to me, not terrible

5 out of 5. The more I listen to Can the more I'm learning that I like them a lot.

Loved this.

Great background music. I enjoyed the mildly psychedelic vibes

Another 1970s German group! I only wish this could have been a fraction of the enjoyment of Kollaps or Kraftwerk. This really just sailed past me but I was very aware of how long the final track was

This is a little bit of a meh album, with some songs being pretty chill when left playing in the background and others just being a bit confusing to listen to. Overall, it's not too bad but it's not something that I would play, although also definitely not super annoying to play in the background.

Didn’t dislike this, just didn’t really like it either

This album sounds like the interludes and segues on The Mars Volta's albums but instead of it being snipers it's an entire album.

As far as experimental 70’s krautrock goes, this isn’t terrible. Probably won’t listen again.

The number of albums on this list that just sounds like musicians warming up and never playing anything memorable is way too high.

1.75 - I was nervous when I saw there were only four songs and Apple Music listed Faust as a similar artist. It was listenable at least.

Beach Club Backround Music. Likely better if high.

not sure about this one, but ok

Que acabo de escuchar lol lmao

1015 - "Here's your juice box and orange slice. Thanks for coming."

I liked the first half of Tago Mago even more than this, but the second disc just lost it a star. This one is pretty much flawless. More atmospheric and less bracing than the best of Tago Mago but it never just drifts and Liebezeit's drumming is terrific

As in the words of Will Mackenzie - 'Well that, was fucking dreadful'

This was pretty erratic but have to say I was pleasantly surprised

Very Abstract and Calm. Moonshake was the standout to me on this album. Overall Solid but maybe a bit abstract for me at times.

40 minutes of what is essentially background music is not essential listening before I die. The White noise I put on while I sleep is more entertaining than this album. The fact that Moonshake is a half decent track saves this from being my first 1* album. But the other 3 tracks somehow frustratingly long, while also being boring. For a 4 track album, how is one track 3 mins, while another is 20? What are we doing here? The fact that this started playing again from the beginning and I didn't even realise probably says everything there is to say about this album. 1.5* rounded up to 2*

Mid. Listened to it in the car and everything felt weird and surreal but I thought it would be decent to study to.

Not in my future

Great

unreal jam sesh

Like my mum trying to leave the house, lots of faffing around

This put me to sleep a bit. I didn't find it the that interesting, and the lack of vocals kinda just gave it a feel of unrelated sounds being combined. I hate to keep using the term, but it felt like a jazz version of a jam band.

What Cyclospora listens to when it needs to unwind.

This is the music you would hear attending a jazz concert held inside an aquarium.

A wispy, nebulous album, and it kind of worked for me. It had a nice chill groove feel to it, though it works better as background music (or something to code to) than an album for more involved listening. This album would pair nicely with Sigur Ros for an easy, low key afternoon.

This was *sick!* I'd never heard of it before but it's an instant favorite. Wow!

Wow, that was a lot more peaceful than I thought it would be. Given what I remember from Tago Mago, I thought this album would be just as crazy, but no. Future Days is a much calmer Can album by comparison. But you know what? It's just as good! Dare I say, this might be even better than Tago Mago! It's just a personal preference though. Future Days is a very interesting album. The last of the band's albums with vocalist Damo Suzuki, Future Days is seen by many as Can's last great album, and to some, their magnum opus. I get it. I don't think I enjoyed it quite as much as others, but I enjoyed it more than the people of this website, so that's saying something. Or is it? Future Days takes on a heavy ambient influence while still retaining the experimental core of albums like Tago Mago. The result is an album that keeps you engaged through its balance of quirky songwriting and ethereal production. It's really cool and I love a lot of this album. The album only has 4 songs on it, but most of them are on the longer side, as is to be expected. The exception to this is "Moonshake" which is probably the most accessible song on the album. It's still great though. It's nice and fun. The rest all surpass 8 minutes in length and are probably more interesting as a result. The title track opens the album with this nice conga groove that I really like. "Spray" is probably the album's weakest track, but it still has cool moments. The most exciting track for me though is easily the 20-minute closer, "Bel Air." I've said it before and I'll say it again: I love when albums close on their longest, most epic song. "Bel Air" is the song that really shows off everything that makes Future Days work. The nice progression, the spacey production, and the complex instrumentation all work together to finish the album on a high note. Future Days is a cool album. It's a nice listen that was very ahead of its time in many regards. For those reasons and more, I have no reason to not call this a must-listen album. I'm not as much of a Can fan as some other music nerds, but I still have a lot of good things to say about Future Days, probably because the album is great. High 4/5.

This bored me to tears Best Song: Moonshake Rating: 4/10 Stars: 3

Never heard of this, but seeing Krautrock, Art Rock, Space Rock, etc in the style, I had low expectations. And, yet, here we are after three listens while working.

This was a surprising album from a 1960s band I had never heard of. They were definitely way before their time, blending psychedelic rock with fusion jazz. This was like SydBarret-era Pink Floyd but Americanized and actually good. You can the influence on LCD Soundsystem and Radiohead. This was TripHop before TripHop! It’s hard to have a favorite because the entire album is a “vibe” but Moonshake had my vote just because it was the weirdest, and yet still made sense. I put this on my vinyl list, if I find it cheap and used, of course…

Random thoughts: * This had to be way too futuristic for the mortals of the 1970s. * WTF was going on in Germany in the 70s. Had to be a wild place to be. * Why did Germans make all the breakthroughs on electronic music too?! * Very atmospheric and zen. I really dug it and could listen to more. I've tried to get into CAN before hearing it as an influence on some of my favorite artists (Glass Animals). * I'll definitely need to remember to put this one on again. Glad to make me get more exposure to CAN. This seems like a good starting place.

It's basically band practice... but some of it happens to be listenable.

Interesting album. Mostly instrumental. 3.5 for me? One of the songs is 20 minutes, two are around 9 minutes. The other track is like 3:30mins. It’s kind of experimental but still poppy.

I have no idea what to make of this

Not bad just weird

4 songs 41 minutes……sorry Julia

Honestly better than I'd have reckoned. Real moments of brilliance, especially the Latin-tinged stuff. Surprisingly listenable.

My initial reaction was negative but this grew on me and I ended up enjoying it.

What made Can’s music special was that it seemed both carefully structured and thoroughly composed, yet improvised at the same time. "Future Days" is Can’s fourth studio album (and fifth overall because of the compilation "Soundtracks"), the third and final one to feature their legendary frontman Damo Suzuki, and the last of the band’s 'classic albums'. The title “Future Days” is almost prophetic, as the music on the album foreshadows the ambient sound of the future, breaking away from the rock style of previous albums. I’m surprised to see it featured in the '1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die', as it isn’t Can’s strongest or most accessible record. The album is dominated by a dialogue between Irmin Schmidt’s experimental keyboards and Jaki Liebezeit’s shimmering, pulsating drumming. Even Michael Karoli’s guitar is woven into a dense rhythmic tapestry. The result is self-contained and self-sufficient, even within the Can universe.

1.25

Oh good, another experimental ambient record. Seriously two or three of these would be enough. Brian Eno is a genius, sure, but there’s only so much of this stuff a guy can take. I know this isn’t Eno, but he’s the poster child for ambient electronic music. I would prefer more eclectic music to be included rather than several “important “ albums all of the same genre and style. Just checked and, yup, there’s yet another Can album that I will be tortured with in the months to come. 2 stars

Ok, but for me not more sorry!

Overly long songs that didn’t hold my interest

kept pulling me in unexpectedly while i was reading, and keeping me there.. in a hypnotic, psychedelic kind of way. the halfway point felt like a warm waiting room where everything was familiar again, but before i knew it i was thrown right back in. I'd probably need a shaman present to get the full experience out of this album

As an album, it’s fine. But multiple 10 minute songs in a row gets exhausting.

Surprising music, I can especially appreciate Moonshake

Really love moonshake obv, and this is one of those bands I "know" is cool (LCD Soundsystem) but this work needs just one more tight track to bring it together for me. Still epic though

A more accessible Can as they move away from experimental/psychedelic rock towards a more ambient sound. I read that this is largely Tropicalia in parts, something I never picked up on as it seems so unlikely, but hard to disagree on another listen. Moonshake probably Damo Suzuki's last classic vocal, and Bel Air - especially the start - is just, like, so Gorillaz.

Definitely the most accessible Can album I’ve encountered, although arguably the least interesting. Some lovely layered soundscapes and rhythm sections. Lacking a killer “choon” though.

eh

weird and interesting and experimental and kind of pre-jam-my? Or maybe it's full jammy? I'm not sure as a non-jam guy. But this was mostly funky and interesting, and while I would never willingly listen to it again, I enjoyed dipping my toe into these waters!

I feel like it would be cool to say I’m really into this band. But it’s just ok.

I liked this

Enjoyed this one, played it a few times in the garden as background music. Definitely gonna sit in a dark room and listen more intently to it. I’ll give it a three for now, I’m sure it’s worth more

The Good: We get to kick around a can again! The Bad: We kicked the can around so much, we overlooked the future… The Ugly: Nothing… I don’t know what to think about this. I really don’t. I was really impressed with the other album that presented itself on this list, but I did not get the same “wow” feeling listening to this one. Maybe the song length had something to do with it? Still, it was a good companion during my morning walk… Oh, that’s right… I remember now. This is like EDM, but it isn’t. To think that I don’t like EDM, but I kind of liked this… which made me feel bad... 3 1/2*, just uncertain if I should upgrade it...

Have they finished the sound check yet?

Sigh. There is a reason why this is not what most music is like.

Future Days; significantly more listenable than our previous listen of Tago Mago. But this one’s a compilation so that makes sense (and is a bit unfair to hit The 1001 Must Hear List again).Moonshake is by far the best track, I think I heard a ratchet wrench! (3.0*s) Better say no more…

Can you dig it? At least I can for side A. Side B runs on too long with the slow, ambiance. Not bad but loses its luster after 10 mins. Future Days is a progressive ambient album and these guys were doing some cool stuff in the 70s. I am definitely interested in more from them. 2.6 stars.

I was worried we were going to get another crazy experimental album from Can. While Future Days is certainly unique, its a lot more approachable even with only 4 songs in a 40 minute album. While some of the aspects were unorthodox there is still a sense of structure buried in this one, which differed from what I remember from Tago Mago. Despite the long cuts each of the tracks was pretty interesting and enjoyable as opposed to a mess of obnoxious experimental bull. Nothing amazing but I enjoyed Future Days enough where I might re-listen to these songs down the line on a long drive or something. 2.71 stars

The album opens with a variety of instruments.

Jag har blivit bortskämd nu under sommaren. När man inte ligger i fas med albumlyssningen är det så lätt att bara lyssna på det man tycker verkar bra och skippa resten. Det här albumet verkade bra. Det var det också. Ännu en 4-poängare från mig.

Kul!

Skevt. Skulle nog behövt minst en till lyssning.

2.5

Vilken underbar musik. Som balsam för öronen

I enjoyed this a lot more than when I first listened to it many years ago. It is on the more challenging side of Krautrock but it still had the drive and sonic experimentation that made it so influential. I will probably listen to this again as I think there are more layers to be unpeeled.

Holy shit, the drumming on ‘bel air’ is legitimately insane. Just that the relentless groove can be maintained for the entirety of the song whilst everything else is noodling around it. It’s so frenetic and unceasing, his arms must have been dead by the end of it. The rest of the album is good but that last song is way really sold it to me and takes on this otherworldly nature that is almost hypnotic by the end.

the vocals are kinda odd. even the beats sounds very odd.

Kind of a neat, mostly instrumental album. It's a background music kind of album.

Not my taste

Felt like I was overhearing someone watching a PlayStation game in another room. 2 stars, but if I was out my nut it could be either terrifying or beautiful or both.

Listened to this recently, really smart album with some decent tracks, bit of an unknown for me

Slightly interesting. Good rhythm.

songs way too long and nothing happening in them

🪐

O.o

It got better as it went, ended up listening twice.

😮‍💨

Wish I could give it less than one star.

entao, future days vai cair nessa mesma categoria de albums que eu curti a vibe, uma experiencia legal, mas não vou revisitar pq não é o tipo de musica q eu escuto. vou dar uma nota de 3,8 pq gostei um pouco mais do que autobahn, menos caotico e mais tranquilo e linear.

Feels a bit like jazz. I like it but nothing I really latch onto. Interesting to me that it is another German band that reminds me of Blue Man Group

Being able to make a song long and yet has little to no interesting characteristics is an impressive feat.

painfully blaugh album. super duper forgettable. doesn't help there's a 20 min track in the 40min song.

It's an album of two halves for me; they are fairly similar, but one excels, and the other fails. The first half fails to hit the mark in terms of the cohesiveness with the experimental, sophisticated sound they achieve later on in the album. It feels a bit messy and a little overdone. When the album comes to its senses, though, it delivers something interesting and allows you to appreciate the little details they have put into the sound. I guess this is what you will get out of an ambient experimental rock sound, but they haven't done a half-bad job of it.

Pleasant ambient Krautrock / early electronica. Nice drumming at times, but a lot of effort has gone into only a small amount of impression. I'm pleased that more reviewers are getting more out of it than I am, though.

Boring

Excellent.

I like this quite a bit, but I don't think I would ever find myself listening to it ever again.

I really am conflicted. I didn't hate any of it, but except for the first track (which I was really into) there just wasn't much "There" there. Also, it seems like if you want to make it onto this list, you have to record a 15+ minute song? I was listening to "Bel Air" while on a walk, got to the birds chirping and thought "Oh, this is about over...time to change to a new album". Then I saw I was only at the 10-minute mark. Still half the song to go. Whoops. I think I'm going to give it a 3 star rating. Didn't hate it, but with the exception of the 9+ minute title track, I didn't really love it either.

Much more laid back, psychadelic jams

I think i can defend my 1 star rating by saying that this whole album is basically a whole lot of nothing. Interesting layering on every track but literally nothing else, i don’t vibe with this at all and there is a 20 minute track which i tried to pay attention to but it literally felt like background noise. Highlights: None Lowlights: Every track

This is so lame. There are probably a thousand better prog rock, experimental releases. This is repetitive, but not repetitive enough to be droning. This features otherworldly terrible singing. This has a lousy album cover. This is on here because it's four mostly instrumental tracks. If i did that and filled the time with hippopotamus fight audio, can I grab a spot on here. Actually, that sounds like a great idea. Once I get some field recording equipment and access to particularly ornery hippos in their natural habitat, I'm about to make the great album ever recorded. Future Days are bad days. Thanks for the omen. Now CAN you get out of my sight? 1.5-2 HIGHLIGHTS: French dancing

psychedelic krautrock from germany. said to be more atmospheric than their earlier albums. only four meaty tracks in the span of 40 minutes. basically a 1970s idea of "music from the future". holy shit, this album was a wonderful little trip. definitely more of the progressive/lengthy side for three of the four tracks while one is more standard length. this music is very lush. it feels like a infinite foggy musical jungle and you're slowly walking through it, pulling vines and bushes apart and saturated green vegetation filling your vision every time you stop to take a rest. the beats are great, the guitars are great, the soft vocals really get to you too. i was very impressed by this one.

Super cool album. Aldrig hørt om dem før

Lyder så lækkert! Godt valg af Can plade!

Great music to zone out to.

ok

I’m not likely to listen to it again, but I’m impressed that it manages to sound of its time and yet oddly modern.

Surprenant

Can’s Future Days is one of those albums that I can appreciate more than I can enjoy. Right from the title track, it’s obvious that the band is made up of talented musicians with a unique vision. “Future Days” is layered, breezy, calming, and almost ambient in its approach. The instrumentation creates a relaxing atmosphere that feels effortless, though I initially struggled with the vocals. They’re so quiet and pitchy that they seem to disrupt the flow rather than add to it. As the song continued, I adjusted to them, but they never fully clicked with me. “Spray” continues in a similar vein with its psychedelic and layered sound. I can understand why people connect with this kind of music, but it simply isn’t something I gravitate toward. The textures are interesting and the musicianship is undeniable, yet I found myself admiring it from a distance rather than becoming immersed in it. “Moonshake” was the highlight of the album for me. It’s the closest thing here to a traditional song without sacrificing the band’s identity. The bass, percussion, and light guitar work create a groove that’s easy to latch onto, and the studio experimentation adds some intriguing details throughout. The whispered vocals still take some getting used to, but being the album’s shortest track works in its favour. The twenty-minute closer “Bel Air” is ambitious and certainly showcases the band’s ability to build layers and explore sound. However, despite its shifting moods and the increased energy toward the end, I never felt it did enough to justify its lengthy runtime. Like much of the album, I found it interesting without finding it engaging. I can see why this album has its audience, but I don’t think I’m part of it. The songs drift by pleasantly enough, yet there’s very little for me to grab onto emotionally, melodically, or lyrically. By the end of the album I wasn’t frustrated or challenged—I was simply indifferent. Future Days exists in a musical space that clearly resonates with some listeners, but after spending time with it and Can’s previous work, I’ve realized that space just isn’t for me. 1.4/10

That was weird. Not entirely unpleasant, but weird. I think I prefer Träd, Gräs & Stenar if we’re going to do late 60s or early 70s weird.

The Germans are bloody good at making music, aren't they? CAN and NEU! in the same week is a very welcome trajectory. My recent listening has fully pivoted towards psychedelic, experimental and electronic stuff, so both albums popping up has been all the more timely. This, for me, is another album where I'm lamenting being unable to award 6/5 stars. Future Days, even 53 years after the fact, sounds extraterrestrial and entirely unique, thanks in large part to its masterful production where the reverb makes the instruments sound as though they're being played underwater or in a rainforest. It bridges the gap between CAN's renowned rhythmic pulse and the pioneering ambient work that would follow in its wake, marking an evolution in the band's sound where Ege Bamyasi was known for its sharp bass work and metronomic drumming, whilst Future Days places more of an emphasis towards Irmin Schmidt's keyboards and Michael Karoli's guitar. The motorik grooves are still there, but they are at their most refined and least jagged. Damo Suzuki's lyrics are muttered and hummed, designed to float through the mix and act more as depth and as another ambient instrument. I absolutely adore every track on here, but my favourite would probably be the 20 minute closer "Bel Air". It's a sprawling number taking up the entirety of Side 2 on vinyl, constantly building and dissolving throughout its running time from driving Krautrock to pastoral, orchestral ambient swells which hint towards later developments in post rock. It's a visionary statement of a track. CAN are incapable of doing any wrong in my eyes. This might just be my favourite album of theirs, although it's a close call.

This was much better than the previous album I heard from them :)

This is a weird, kinda funky album. Kinda just beats without much vocals. Maybe something soft.

Scheiße I'm Close to The Edge 3.8/5

Idk something was missing

It’s like a German Fishmans

Nope.

not really sure what the genre is for this one, but I didn't like it. Really nothing on here that I enjoyed

No real opinion.

It's like the full soundtrack to a bond movie. Often wordless. An experience. Good.

muito foda

It banged. Sounds so modern!

Some guys just came to jam and someone recorded it

This is an absolutey excellent record the only failing of which is the band that made it. That's not to disrespect Can, but to raise up their other work - which trumps Future Days. That's quite a feat considering how rock solid this album is. 4 stellar Krautrock tracks that serve as a great intro to the genre, you can't get much better. But Can, can.

Very interesting percussion. An album that I think I like talking about more than listening to.

The Fall are a favourite, and Mark E Smith’s adoration of Can means I know this album well - and love its rhythm feel and vibe. Moon shake is my favourite track.

At first I was like, CANNOT but as I went on it pulled me in and wouldn't let go so it turns out not only that I CAN but also that I COULD and I WOULD

Good

It was kind of whatever. I appreciated it as background music, but it wasn't interesting or emotional impactful enough for me to return.

Great album if you like early Pink Floyd, King Gizzard. Love the band was never keen on the vocals also missing songs. Instrumentation is amazing though.

This is kind of what I want prog rock to be. Also some proto-chill hop vibes. Very cool album.

"I prefer Holger Czukay's solo stuff better than his work with Can," is now a thing I can say. Thank you generator...I suppose

This is my kind of jam. In my mind I was in a very hip hotel’s cocktail lounge - and I liked it.

I honestly had no idea what to expect going into this but I was not disappointed in the least. Genuinely cool music. Very atmospheric, full of ambitious creativity, and each song flows effortlessly in its progression. My only complaint, I suppose, is it’s pretty understated. It doesn’t have those standout moments that define tracks in progressive rock albums. Still solid though

I've been meaning to check this out for a while. Two of my favorite songwriters of all time have brought up CAN in ways that made me excited to hear what they had, even if it took me until this impetus to actually do it. I understood exactly what each of them meant (one more than the other, but definitely both) by their respective endorsements right when the chorus came in on track one. I'll need to listen to their more focused stuff to get a real appreciation for the band, I think, but this is a good listen nonetheless. Doesn't ever rise above good for me, though.

more of a vibe than a structured album, which i can appreciate. seems very ahead of its time, 70s ambient basically??, and a few parts grabbed my attention and were pretty interesting, but overall was kind of a boring listen for me personally 😔

Rock progressif un peu perché

Ça ne m’a pas marqué

Bof bof... Assez expérimental mais au final un peu long et lent

You can be ambient if you must but you have to have actual songs. There were nice moments in some of these soundscapes or whatever they were but they didn’t last long and I couldn’t hold onto any of them long enough while listening to the album to differentiate one kaleidoscopic musical phantasmagoria from the next. I did not enjoy this.

Talented people making somewhat boring music. Drums are very forward, and the guy can clearly play, but not enough happens to justify the teack lengths.

Les sonorités sont intéressantes mais l'album ne m'a pas transcendé.

It is transcendental, it is unworldly. Also nothing special for me, it doesnt speak for any emotion that i have. I love the experimental stuff what its pretty much indifferent to me

How can album with 4 songs be long 40 minutes

Experimental, ambitious, extravagant

It's been a while since I last listened to this one. While Tago Mago might be my sentimental favourite, CAN's final outing with resident shaman busker Damo Suzuki is a succinct encapsulation of everything that made this band a true innovator in all things psychedelic and experimental. There's a huge amount of variety for an album with only 4 songs. The title track and "Spray" are the requisite groovy jams (just listen to Jaki's metronomic drumming - in an era before click tracks no less!) a pop single in "Moonshake," which keeps up the accessible edge they honed on the preceding album, and an improv piece in "Bel Air." There's something distinctly aquatic and tropical about this whole thing, which I can only compare to lounging on a lazy river while 2 tabs of acid start taking effect, peaking somewhere around "Bel Air." All in all this is a landmark album in the krautrock scene and one that reasserts CAN's status as the undisputed kings of that genre, without saying anything about the innovations it brought to broader music (where, after all, did post-punk get it sound from?) Key Tracks: Future Days, Moonshake

Only one song could have been played on the radio… or maybe it was one of those records that were played when the DJs needed a smoke break (which is probably why I hadn’t heard of them). But I liked it…

Some records demand engagement. Some repel it. Future Days does neither — it simply exists, pleasantly and without urgency, somewhere in the middle distance between those two experiences. Can’s most ambient and atmospheric record is also their most patient, built from four long tracks that flow into each other with a warm, slightly hazy quality that rewards neither close attention nor casual dismissal. “Mop Shake” is the clearest highlight, the moment where the rhythm section locks in with enough purpose to briefly demand notice. The rest drifts by agreeably without quite justifying the time it asks for. This sits in similar territory to the Jarre listen earlier in this project — architectural patience that neither fully connects nor actively bothers. The production is warm, the musicianship is real, and the indifference it generates is honest rather than hostile. A straightforward three. Not everything needs to be more than that.

Not bad

Probably impressive for 1973 but just not my thing. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.

Very good. Not quite great.

I can see that it would have been quite interesting and different back when it came out but it doesn’t seem that amazing now.

That was very...experimental

Bhle

Ok background music.. but otherwise.. what?

I don't have any acid lying around

Only managed about half of this before it got too weird and boring

Just a few German guys getting silly - what's not to like :)

An album worth listening to. One of the founders of Krautrock. This album is chill, ambient, semi-structured, experimental music with jazz, blues and rock influences. Future Days is mellow and reminds me of Radiohead when there is singing. Spray is more experimental. Moonshake is more typical of a CAN songs songs. Parts of Bel Air are a bit out there for me. The drummer Jaki Liebezeit is great... continous in a good way. The creator of motorik.

Oof, four tracks for a 40 minute album. Let's give it a spin. Never heard of this artist so no idea what I'm in for, guessing its probably not pop-punk. So, ambient sound type music. And I also realize that I know this band from Vitamin C. Very drum forward, which is a plus from me. Feels like it is especially unique for something from the 70s and not cranked out in an afternoon on Ableton. It was an enjoyable listen, but I can't imagine spinning this up on the regular or plucking any one of the four tracks out to add to rotation.

Interesting ambient soundscapes. I like the flow of it - some of it reminds me of some of Medeski, Martin, & Wood's more experimental stuff - but it's not something I'd seek out to listen to. Fine to have on in the background, though.

I understand why it’s influential, but it’s irritating to me.

Well, it’s fine I guess, but if I heard it again it would be like the first time listening to it.

One of those albums where you have to keep reminding yourself it came out in the 70’s because it could have easily come out 30 years later.

I wanted to like this one, but it just did nothing for me.

At some points they sound way ahead of their time ... at other points it sounds like Gorillaz stole everything from them! Good stuff!

Absolute peak weirdo tropicali-kraut VIBEitude.

Another band I've heard of but knew nothing about. My assumption was that they were kinda industrial or something along those lines. But then I saw the year the album came out and truly had no clue. What it turned out to be was the perfect album for the day. I woke up in a foul mood and this was either going to keep me there or at least possibly lift it up a bit. When I'm in those moods I generally prefer something that fits where I'm at rather than something poppy or upbeat. This was moody and atmospheric and a bit all over the place. And from 1973!! How cool that something that sounds so 90's came from the early 70's! No bad songs on the record, but Moonshake was the weakest for me, as it sounded more from the time than the rest. I was glad it was the shortest track.

Often with this project I listen to something that I'm not really drawn into. After a lot of these experiences, I start to develop biases around music from regions that I haven't heard. These records are usually 3 Stars for me. That's what I thought this was going to be. So I happily surprised when this really drew me in this morning. It was super unique. The experimental jazz elements, mixed with blues and rock are really cool. Also, just the noise rock elements are intriguing and unsettling. They kind of tease and build anticpation before jumping into a world of noise and organized chaos. The vocals (when they seldomly happen) remind me a lot of Animal Collective or even MGMT. I was pleasantly surprised by this one, not sure I'll revisit soon, but I'm happy to have paid a visit.

I could only listen to 4 songs because I could only find a short playlist rather than the full album.

What. Was. That?

fine album 4.8 almost 5 bc i dont think ill listen to it after that much

Electronic music. Was so quiet, I felt like I could hardly hear half the album. I don't know if it was the version I was listening to or if the mixing was bad, but other than that it was okay.

Een boel lang uitgesponnen experimentele klanken uit de jaren zeventig. Men zweeft wat door het heelal, kweelt er wat doorheen, maar weinig beklijft. Dit is wel eens beter gedaan, al schiet me zo gauw niet te binnen door wie.

We hebben hier weer een unieke belevenis. Het lijkt wel filmmuziek. In die zin, dat het vooral klanken zijn die beelden lijken op te moeten roepen. Niet dat het niet muzikaal gemaakt is. Maar dat lijkt secundair. Ik houd normaal niet van gekkigheid. Dit kon ik toch makkelijk uitluisteren. Voor deze muzieksoort toch knap. Een tweede keer zal ik het niet opzetten.

Ik was na het vorige album van Can (je vraagt je ook hierbij af waarom er weer 2 albums in moeten staan. Was 1 niet genoeg geweest?) een beetje bang dat het weer te experimenteel zou worden. Vorige keer hadden ze lachwekkende walvisgeluiden erin bijv. Maar ze houden de experimentele geluiden redelijk binnen de perken, afgezien van een tingeltje hier en een tangeltje daar. De zanger(es) houdt de gillende keelklanken ditmaal vnl voor zichzelf en daar zijn we ze dankbaar voor. Het resulteert in een licht psychedelisch, maar wel sfeervol geheel, dat prima als chillend en loungend achtergrondmuziekje dient, terwijl ik aan het werk ben. Het is nu ook weer niet iets dat ik vaker op ga zetten, daar is het net wat te gedateerd en te wazig voor. Dus we houden het op een gemiddelde 3 voor deze Duitse spacerock.

There isn’t anything groundbreaking or influential in this album. It’s jammy sort of so assign it to the hippies

Saying something is 'ahead of its time' is usually a cop out way of uttering your appreciation for a work of art that seems to be paving truly unique & fresh angles, but this really is 'ahead of its time.' Essentially a more stoned & instrumental approach to Steely Dan's mastery of form, Can has created an album that ignites the pleasure receptors while also being an indulgently cognitive opus, in the best way imaginable. At a time when prog ruined a whole lot of what could otherwise be movingly intellectual, it's a quiet, or a not so quiet, miracle that a record like this could exist & exist so joyfully. At the end of the day, this works b/c it's happy, slappy, & rapturous. 'Spinning down alone, you spin alive.' That's what I'm talking about. Or is it floating?

Ei

Wildly psychedelic.

Nee, ist nichts!

Interesting and experimental but if I'm honest, pretty wanky and not that fun to listen to. I was tempted to switch off long before the final 20 minute track finished

achei bem experimental e ambiente, com o instrumental mudando depois de 20min

3 e meio

Not as bad as Tango Mago, but for 4 songs it was Miles too long.

Pretty shit but it could have been shitter

I just couldn’t get into this.

like seriously wtf. i guess its ok but i kinda feel like i got high listening to this 4/5

Can't

Coolt!

Inget större fan av extremt långa låtar i allmänhet men det här lät ändå rätt trevligt.

Hmm njae.

Can? Yes, they can

I don't enjoy the really ambient stuff, around which this album is built, and the other stuff is alright.

These long - super long- tracked conceptual albums don't do anything for me. I was bored and just waiting for it to end. Is its reason for being on 1001 that the tracks are just so damn long? 1/5

Was it bad? Absolutely not. Did I like it? Uh…

Pretty uninteresting

I was set to not like this album but as the album progressed it got better. Had a Radiohead vibe

It's gong on my list of 'come back and listen to me some more' albums. Some really long ones on here, but that' okay with me. Very good find - finally.

Not a good record, not a despicable one either, but I would have made these songs at most 5 minutes long. These are just way too long and nothing interesting really happens. I like the way these guys play their instruments but I don't like the songs at all.

Avant Garde experimental rock. Influenced some bands I've enjoyed in the past (Sonic Youth, Unkle). Not too bad

8.5/10 really enjoyed this. Sent me down a Krautrock rabbit hole that was pretty cool

Pleasant ambient

Raro, interesante para el año. Me gustó. Una cosa prog y psicodelia con sintes. Al primer tema dificil no sentir que Radiohead tomó algo de ellos. 6/10

Interesting psychedelic, instrumental, prog-rock. Basic vocals.

a little annoying

This didn't move me at all. It very much faded into the background. Decent music for having on while doing something that requires focus, but for me there's a limit to how highly I can rate that sort of thing. The best music elicits an emotional response, and ambient music basically never does that to me

Fun record. Enjoyed with a coffee and a large joint

Experimental rock with groove, four tracks, 40 minutes, epic!!

An enjoyable listen. Sounds amazingly fresh given its over 50 years old. A virtuoso drum performance. Not quite a 5 for me as none of the four songs really connected or made it onto any of my playlists but a very pleasant listen none the less.

Future Days If you like drumming and bass playing this album is a winner - balancing the esoteric, ambient, and spacey with a great sense of accessibility and engagingness, eschewing some of the german-funk tension of Ege Bamyasi and the avant garde over the topness of the 2nd side of Tago Mago. It definitely shares some common ground with Neu, who I think had released their first two albums between Ege Bamyasi and this, although more for some of the dreamlike ambience rather than the motorik beat. On here Jaki Liebezeits percussion and drumming is much more subtle and supple, combining brilliantly with Holger Czukay’s excellent bass. The title track has a lovely, dreamy quality and I love that bass part in Spray and the spooky organ with the clangy drums and Moonshake is fantastic, insistently catchy and nagging. And I love all 20 minutes of Bel Air, showing the brilliance of Liebezeit as it moves through different moods, and his drum part over the last few minutes is fantastic. This makes it five 5s in a row. It's an excellent album that works both as a hazy, dreamy listen to wash over you, but also has so many details and moments of complexity and interest. Superb. 🥫🥫🥫🥫🥫 Playlist submission: Bel Air

It feels a lot more ambient than 'Tago Mago' - drums more of a brushed feel, distorted guitar gone and now more subtle - and exploring the melodic, jazzier side of their music. The jams of 'Tago' have become more ordered but still hyper-atmospheric. It's a cracking combination. A 70s album but startlingly modern. I'd go so far as to say an album of sublime genius.

Хуй пойми о чем, 40 минут, 4 песни. Скучные. 3/10

9/10 I'd never heard of Can before it popped up today, and man, was I missing out. This album is such a vibe. At times it's abstract, ambient, and intense; it feels like you're floating through clouds, only sometimes interacting with the real world. Even though it's 55 years old, it doesn't sound dated in the slightest. As what ultimately amounts to instrumental rock music, it sounds like it'd fit perfectly into the post-rock genre today (Mogwai, Red Sparowes vibes). But really, someone in another review stated it perfectly: it still sounds like the future. Such an amazing album.

La pregunta es qué disco de Can debe estar en el listado. Ete es el 5 y último álbum con Damo Suzuki, suficiente para considerarlo una de sus cimas. Más atmosférico y ambiental, extraño, cercano al free-jazz que al funk y otras cosas, pero excelente en su propio mundo. 4 temas, largos, el último de cais 20 minutos, pero nada extraño para la época. Spray es hipnotizador... Bel Air es otro viaje. Merece la pena

I need to listen to these guys more.

9 / 10

It's nice

Genuinely fire. Felt so relaxed but entertained and stimulated while listening to this. Don't know if I can get behind calling the last track a 20 minute song when really it's like at least 3 pretty distinct songs put together but that's fineeee

this album cooks like an overnight stew

dude germans were Cooking in the 70s

"Experimental German" are words that bring joy to my heart; "ambient elements", however, tends to mean it'll be shite. This wasn't shite. It wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible or unpleasant or boring. It just happened, I listened, there were some pleasant enough moments and I will never listen to it again.

Catchy

This was cool and improved once I got in the car vs sitting in the office. Lots of fun layering and effects. Could have been condensed a little but I respect the indulgence.

Look, Future Days is often praised as a masterpiece of ambient krautrock, but in this alternate universe, we’re diving straight into the chaos. This album floats, drifts, and dissolves so gently that at times it feels like the band forgot they were making a record and just wandered off into the ocean. The title track is basically 9 minutes of “what if music… but underwater?” and the answer is: you get soggy percussion and vocals that sound like they’re trying to escape the mix.

Not my style but had some good moments

Future Days? More like, still future days! This was really good, parts sounded very modern, but other parts felt of its time in a good way. I continue to have my definition of krautrock expanded.

Kind of just noise to me. But it wasn't terrible noise.

Está bueno para tenerlo de fondo. No se escuchan las voces, pero la instrumentación es relajante y psicodélica

big 3

Can the singer maybe get a better mic or just leave the room? 5/10

What a journey this is. I got totally lost in the jamming that even the 20 minute track flew by. Not sure if I'd put this above Tago Mago or not, I'll need to listen to both again. Both so good

Sounded good in the background but I won’t be back.

This was pleasant.

Trippy and immersive, chilled out but intense, spacey and atmospheric but very present and lively. Warm and organic in timbre even as it slides into a robotic machinic trances of hypnotic rhythm. Choatic performances, songs that clatter and fall apart and reemerge in a new form.

70s drugs rock.

It's not my bag, baby.

Sounds like a film score. Evokes feelings of unease, serene calm, and excitement at various points throughout the album. Masterpiece.

I wasn't sure what i was listening to. It was okay.

Lekker expirimenteel

Did not expect to wake up this morning to listening to experimental shit like this. I’m even more confused as to why I kind of like it. Spray is a very weird track and if my partner heard me listening to it in private she’d think I was having a mental breakdown. However, Future Days & Bel Air are intriguing experimental tracks that hook you in with their quirky grooves and futuristic sounds, and Moonshake is a short & sweet funky tune. How this album was released 50 years ago yet still baffles & intrigues to this day I’ll never know. It’s a really tough one to score, but I’ll give it a 6/10 for being engaging & experimental, but just a bit too odd for me to consider it great.

No private session used for Spotify. I like CAN, especially the Suzuki era, but I don't think I had listened to this album. This album gets a little more ambient/atmospheric than I tend to put on heavy rotation, but it's still cool.

Long songs can be super cool, but only if structure is applied. The psychedelic jams seemed to stretch for ridiculous lengths and made me feel incredibly disengaged. Jaki Liebezeit is incredible throughout the album so to say, and his ability perfectly accompanies the vibe the record is going for. The longer songs just seemed to drone on and on and it felt like less of a cohesive album as the tracks kept going with genuinely no structure. Although, Moonshake is a great song and at times the longer songs could be interesting.

Tago Mago has probably been my favorite find from this project so far, and I've been eagerly waiting for this album to come up on the list. I don't feel this one quite lives up to the highs of Tago Mago, but it is still an amazing record in its own right. Low 5.

This is awesome and I hate myself for not knowing them until this moment. Thank you. Earnestly, thank you.

It grew on me. 3

Relisten Fantastic instrumentation over some equally fantastic soundscapes. Funky and hypnotic. One of my favorite albums of all time, nothing else sounds quite like it. Favorite Tracks: Future Days, Bel Air Least favorite: None 5/5

Good

Not heard much of Can previously. This was a lot more chill than I expected.

This was ok but to be honest this largely passed me by with it's long, drawn-out, meditative approach. I even tried a couple of listens, unfocussed admittedly and perhaps that's where the problem lies. I think this probably demands attention or drugs and I have neither today.

This album was not what I expected. I expected something more noisy or messy, but this is a pretty chill prog album that is very well done and put together. I really liked it, and it feels almost ahead of its time compared to so much prog at the time that was much more fantastical and outlandish or "showy" and loud.

This was interesting. I can't say I loved it but I can say it's quite pleasant. It kinda sounds psych-groovy-slightly-rockish. I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would, going in blind. I can somewhat recommend. But I probably won't listen to it again.

Decent background stuff going on

This is gonna be an album you will either love or hate. Love ambient grooves.

1001 has got my number this week! The loose throb of this record is muzack for living. I've woven through a very busy airport with this in my ears and it turns low-drama human chaos into a petri dish observable from the confines of a mental lab with recessed lighting and a fresh coffee.

This album is wonderful, a lush, textured and evocative adventure through space and time. At times it sounds like 70s fusion-era Miles Davis, Hawkwind or maybe even late-60s Jefferson Airplane. Love the combined psychedelic guitar and keyboard effects on the spacious “BelAir,” which feels like a musical travelogue, and the propulsive motorik percussion throughout that reinforces the sense you’re on a journey.

I love the Can records where they have the confidence to do structured 9 minute songs but the discipline not to go off on Tago Mago jams.

Enjoyable listen, I liked this one.

A pleasant discovery with a good mix of experimentation and flow. Didn’t really like the last track, which as it makes up a quarter of the album is a bit of a problem!

I really hope Tago Mago is on this list. That is where the true majesty of Can is found, and the genius of Jaki Liebezeit’s drumming fully laid to bare. It would be a travesty for this album to be their only representation on this list. They’re clearly having a chill here, it’s pleasant enough, but it just doesn’t really get going for me

Can........Cannot. As in I cannot listen to this trash.

This was just shit. Nothing there. Random noise. Just bad.

This sounded nice but it was very focused on the soundscapes so as a result it tended to fade into the background so I forgot I was listening to it at multiple points. I do like this but yeah, just didn’t always hold my attention.

no lo pude terminar de escuchar, no me gusto nada

Weird and cool, glad I listened to this once in my life! But not going to rank particularly high, as I value my desire to relisten more than the novelty.