Reviews (page 7 of 8)
Experimental. Puede ser un poco rayante a veces, pero no está mal.
I like Can a lot. They are hard to catalog. This one rarely comes out as their best but is probably their prettiest and most ethereal. The vocals often seem too far back in the mix. Lovely at times.
I've been listening to this album for a few years now and the more I listen to Can the more I enjoy them. It's as weird as can be and in my top 25 albums from the book.
that unnecessarily long intro reminds me of the second coming by the stone roses, or should i say i now know where the roses got that intro from. the album in general did a whole lot of not very much.
Can't
Já. Veit ekki alveg. Þetta kveikir ekkert í mér, en er ekkert slæmt samt. Sá það ekki fyrir að þetta væri frá Þýskalandi.
I like psychedelic rock, but this is too psychedelic. Just kind of sounds like the band members playing different tunes, as if in sound check before a show while the drum attempts to keep a rhythm in all the chaos. Not for me.
Enjoyably avant garde and cool. Lots of jazz influence. A bit of Bitches Brew.
I don’t… get it ??? Spray sounds like a bunch of high schoolers sneaking into the band room trying all the instruments. Then somewhat groovy moments. Moonshake starts of stronger but also has some questionable moments. Bel air is 20 fucken minutes long? LOL Overall tolerable but wouldn’t listen to it on purpose.
Like most psychedelic albums this is on you've got to listen to all the way through, although the vocal parts in isolation were very good on their own too
Very weird. Not a fan
I really like this one. Was listening on a walk Sounds modern.
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.
The first album I have to listen to with a song that's 10+ minutes. I have a long road ahead of me.
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.
Amazingly dense - never heard of this particular record and happy to have had the chance to add another piece to this overwhelming CAN unviverse
nice
Too experimental for me
Classic.
this ambient krautrock has appeal
One of those bands I based on description, sort of ignored. And it's quite interesting! Musically very rhythmic, atypical sounds and progressions. I understand this is one of their more accessible records, I'm curious about others! 7 out of 10
Struggled with this one.
I mean it was interesting but unbelievably tedious
3.9 - Jaki Leibezeit’s drumming provides an incredible groove. Some solid head-boppers on this but there are moments when the band feels lost, especially on “Bel Air” where the guitar noodling sends the jam floating somewhere in space with no way back.
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.
O primeiro disco deles que apareceu aqui para mim causou uma ótima impressão e passei a escutar mais Krautrock. Só que este Future Days não me agradou, as experimentações me passaram a sensação de forçadas, e que rock ficou sobrando, ou melhor faltando na mistura em geral.
это было интересно но совершенно не хватило одного дня чтобы разобраться
Not memorable, but not bad.
15+ minute songs aren't rlly my thing
Such a great album!
If y'all don't mind... Man könnte argumentieren, dass Can vier oder fünf Alben auf der Liste verdienen. Future Days ist ein unglaubliches Album. Es ist, als würde man an einem warmen, windigen Tag durch den örtlichen Wald spazieren. Bel Air ist einer dieser seltenen Songs, der eine übermäßig lange Laufzeit damit rechtfertigt, wie leicht man sich darin verlieren kann. Auch der Rest des Albums ist nicht nachlässig. Was für ein magisches Erlebnis. Wissen Sie, die Deutschen können Psych-Rock besser machen als die Amerikaner. 4/5.
3.5/5
okay but not listening to 20 minute songs
Still future days.
I'm pretty sure these 4 songs are the longest I've every listened to. Great music regardless, definitely good to work to or even just chill out imo.
Textural, ambient, krautrocky, funky...truly unclassifiable except nothing sounds like it descended from rock and roll anytime soon. Great.
I enjoyed the ambiance that was provided by this album, I think Ian MacDonald of NME said it best by exclaiming Future Days is "sheer good music and is perfectly easy for anyone with a pair of ears attached to their heads to get into and thoroughly enjoy." Best: Spray Worst: Bel Air / Spare a Light
This is a great Can record, meandering and atmospheric. Really excellent listen.
This was a breath of fresh air after the Bjork album. Felt like i was going through a video game level, proper vibes album!
A subpar JRPG is looking for its soundtrack.
I am so so sorry if this offends anyone, but this album (for me) is the definitely of background music. Even with the vocals. Not bad or anything like that, but I can't see myself putting this on in normal circumstances.
This wasn't bad, it's just weird and dull.
I quite like this. It's quite psychedelic, trance-like on occasions - lots of weird instrumental interludes, long tracks, and interesting sounds. Would say it's probably not as interesting as Tago Mago which we had before, it's I think a bit easier to listen to though? 3/5.
I was vaguely aware of CAN's existence, but I didn't even know that they were a German band. I wasn't really sure what to expect, maybe some experimental, jangly noise that I might find slightly irritating, or hippy crap that never went anywhere. I certainly wasn't expecting the dreamy space rock sounds I was treated to. I think the closest band I can think of to this is probably Hawkwind, particularly the last track (Bel Air) which was my favourite and could have easily appeared on In Search of Space (which came out a couple of years earlier than this album) without anyone noticing. It's another really hard album to rate, which shows the 1-5 ratings just don't work in my opinion. This would probably be an 8, but I'm not giving it a 5 rating as I'm reserving that for albums that are practically perfect.
Only realised this was from 73 after listening. Fair play. Interesting.
How had I not heard of these guys before starting this generator journey. I'm not always in the mood to be taken on such a journey, but I mostly loved where this took me. There was perhaps a few moments where it meandered a bit too much for my personal taste, but on a 19 minute song it's probs expected to have moments of dullness or indulgence. This is gonna be one of those albums I only listen to every few years, but will enjoy it every time. It's maybe harsh, but a 3.5 for me (passages of Bel Air lost me) Fav Track: Spray
Not enough for me to grab hold of here, especially sober. I think even if I was high this might annoy me a hit. Rhythm section popping off. Fave track: Moonshake
Another banger - weird and spacey, dark and fluid. A pleasure to listen to, and a welcome addition to this list. Albums like this seem to be the whole purpose of starting this project. Four and a half. Fave track: Moonshake
Pretty inoffensive rock jazz fusion type music. Could see this playing in the background of a yuppy cafe. Nothing jumped out at me as great, however, nothing jumped out as bad either. Just kinda IS. Very tempted to make this a 2/5 on the principle that this has 8+, 9+, and fucking 19+ minute songs. A low 3/5
Not too special but pretty decent at times
Album 95 of 1001 CAN - Future Days Rating : 2 / 5 Favorite Track : Future Days At least it wasn't electronic. Decent background music. It doesn't offend the ear. I've heard a couple of their albums while going through the playlist and they do offer a bit of variety.
Jännää tässä on se, että tämä voisi olla tehty myös tänä vuonna eikä 70-luvulla. Mutta se lienee nykymusiikin piirre. Edelläkävijä silti. Aika kiva, tunnelmallinen.
Kilinkolin itsellesi.
This was surprisingly solid. I liked it and it had some really interesting tunes
3.5 decent work music
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.
One of the main positive aspects benefits to my musical knowledge from our 1001 journey was the exposure to the OGs of ambient and electronic. This falls squarely in that category.
I find this hard to describe, but I think AllMusic summed it up nicely, with “hazy, expansive soundscapes dominated by percolating rhythms and evocative layers of keys". Damo Suzuki doesn’t have much of voice, but his singing makes the songs more enjoyable. Moonshake sounds like a pop-song, next to the others. My co-judge says this sounds ahead of its time for ‘73, so I guess the title is apt.
To me Krautrock can basically be categorized into two genres, the spacey electronic sub-genre that was popularized by Kraftwerk, Ash Ra Tempel, Klaus Shultze, Tangerine Dream etc and the psychedelic, proggy, weirded out rock of Faust, Amon Duul and of course Can. I prefer the former, but this album had some good moments, in particular Future Days
interesting album, and finally something i can listen to in the background without feeling like i'm doing it a major disservice! the experimental soundscapes with more consistent music over the top were interesting, and i can appreciate music that pushes boundaries. nothing here that i personally plan to listen to repeatedly but still decent. favorites: future days, bel air
Pretty meh. Sounded like a lot of random noises set to music that I didn't really get into
There were moments that put it more at a 3, but this mostly felt dull.
Boring
It kinda faded into the background, so not much to say.
Too experimental for me
1.5
Необычно, я бы спала под это
No can do.
20 minutes for one track is fucking obscene and inexcusable.
Didn't do much for me to be honest
WTF was that. we've reached the modern abstract art category. decent background movie tracks i suppose. probably super innovative in some musical theory sort of way. a top 1001 album of all time? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Didn't really make an impression on me. 2/5
Nice chill, mostly instrumental album. When there was vocals it was way back in the mix. Mostly just coded right through it without it making much of an impression.
Atmospheric, nice, but no standouts yet. Lots of potential to grow on me. I'd heard about it before without knowing, actually, so it was nice to learn what it was. Kinda reminds me of Peewee's Playhouse.
I really liked this - atmospheric & weird.
Interesting sound scapes, not great
Weird, overly long experimental shit from the 70s. For real, the ending track is nearly 20 minutes long. Probably would have worked better if I were high. Not my thing.
Enjoyable, jammy background music - I liked this.
Pleasant lounge vibes on this one. This would be pretty great to hear while sipping on some cocktail that I can't pronounce or barely see.
Un estilo que me gusta pero que al mismo tiempo me cuesta entrarle, algo le faltó. Igualmente disfrutable.
This epic album is a long mumbling fumbling trip. It's weird, though, hearing a Japanese lead singer of a German band singing in English. Take a long walk, drive, or bike ride of exploration with this one, and do it at the changing of something--like a sunrise or a sunset. Or the first day of spring, or the last day of summer. Find out what your future days are going to be like. You won't be disappointed.
Groovy and weird.
eerie, avant-garde, chaotic. it honestly sounded like goblin, but i feel like goblin did it better. liked the third song ok and it sounded the most like a “normal” song… well, as “normal” as a band like this can sound. and it was the shortest song on the album, by far. go figure.
This is weird. I don't like these really long songs. There was nothing /wrong/ with the album, but it's not for me.
Pretty solid experimental rock. Had some definite Grateful Dead, Phish, jam band stuff happening that I dug.
Sounding like nothing but itself, Future Days remains quite fresh. The recording does feel more like a piece rendered than Can's full occupation. Evaluating on that is imperfect, but does seem appropriate for the band.
Goede muziek om aan te hebben staan terwijl je wat aan het doen bent. De drummer legt een heel erg prima partij op de mat. Niks mis mee, maar een 5 is voor mij te hoog.
It sometimes strayed just a bit too ambient for my taste, but at it's core was a really complex, relaxing, and cool album.
Really cool stuff, I think the German avant era really speaks to me a lot, but I would say this maybe gets a low 5.
40 minutes on 4 songs
8/10
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
Felt like I finally sort of got the Can thing on this one. Still not wholly off the fence; the mumbly, undermixed, occasionally comprehensible signing still not doing a lot for me. But the full compositions of these long pieces kept me engaged.
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.
It was weird.
Can Can can a more jam band album? Probably but this is for you folks that like 20 minute jam songs. It wasn't a bad album but not really my thing.
HL: title track, “Bel Air” Far out man
Never heard of this band before but really enjoyed their sound. Unbelievable that this was made in the 70s, it sound like it was made not that long ago. Good stuff.
pas inintéressant
Pelkällä nuuskalla buustattu kuulija ei pääse tiloihin, joten kokemus hyvin vaisu.
Ei jää jälkipolville kerrottavaa. Varmasti olut edelläkävijä, no doubt, mut ei lähteny
Why are these songs so long, the final track on the album is just under 20 minutes and the album only runs for 40. I really like it as far as experimental albums go but god that last track being almost 20 minutes is a killer.
"Future Days" is the fourth studio album by German experimental rock group Can. It was the last album with Japanese vocalist Dano Suzuki and found the band exploring a more atmospheric sound. Defintely relaxed. The genres listed are krautrock, ambient, electronic and progressive rock. They will also move around styles within the same song. The entire album is four songs. A spacey open begins "Future Days" with water noises which go to a slow beat. It's mellow. The vocals come in about 4:00. In all these songs, I have no idea what Suzuki's lyrics mean and his vocals are more of an instrument, sometimes very muddled. We have some interesting jazzy/rock guitar towards the end. "Spray" continues the laid back feel and you really start to notice the complex drumming and percussion. There's also some Eastern-style and more jamming guitar. "Moonshake" is actually more traditional rock with the beat. I knew these guys had it in them. Actually a pop groove. The song "Bel Air" takes up the entire second side. It's dreamy, ambient and has three to four distinctly different sections. The guitar and synth ambience goes to more jam style. Drums pick-up with a complex rock beat and this sounds really close to latter-day Radiohead. Later on there's vocals coming to the forefront and ends with with a high-pitched guitar and hypnotic beat. Even though this album doesn't seem to get as many accolades as their previous two albums, I've always like this one quite a bit. Never boring. It does sound like the future. Excellent, excellent musicianship especially the drumming. The influences are obvious with Radiohead and Stereolab. It's funny; the next song that came after the album ended was a Stereolab song and it sounded like it belonged on the album. An excellent album.
Un album qui s'évertue à nous proposer un nouveau format de la CAN qui se tiendrait en été et tous les quatre ans. C'est non.
Après avoir pourtant pourri l'ambiance lors de sa première apparition, Can se voit recevoir une deuxième invitation dans l'incompréhension générale. Le résultat n'est en rien différent du premier passage.
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.
Wild Album! First listen and really enjoyed it! Will listen again!
Not really feeling it. Enjoyed Pink Floyd’s Saucerful of Secrets more than this. Final track was okay.
Ich würde es gerne mehr mögen weil es echt sehr gut gemacht ist und Can vielleicht mit Kraftwerk die einzige deutsche Band hier sein wird aber so richtig klickt es bei mir nicht. 6/10
Interesting background music
Rythmiques et transitions de l'espace, une folie
Super onirique et envoûtant 5*
PREFS : TOUT MOINS PREF : RIEN
Krautrock, ambiental. Me ha gustado. Un 4.
I've played this twice now. Both times, I start playing it then I go about my business and then it ends and I sort of forgot it was on. It kind of goes in one ear and out the other without getting too attached to anything in between. So, it's alright I guess. Nothing offensive to my ears but nothing to make my ears super happy either. Also, why did I think Can was French? Turns out they're German. Whoever makes this list really seems to like the Germans. 3 stars.
Arguably the best CAN album, drumming is wild absolute classic
Amazing unique album that gets better with every listen - drumming is unbelievable.
Enjoyed the second half, track 3 was the best. Rest of it could take or leave. Maybe I’d enjoy it more after more listens.
Litt masete
Yes yes yes. This is insanity.
Well a surprise self indulgent album that i actually like - it doesn’t feel like the band takes itself seriously even though the musicianship is dead serious. Although the tracks are long the album isn’t - and there are pockets of gorgeous pop hidden away (apart from the obviously awesome Moon Shake) I guess I won’t return too often but I can truly say I really liked it.
We need more white men to get high and write 20 minute long songs
This is next level awesome. Still sounds fresh and cool today.
Listened on 3/2/23 2/5 Favorite song: Bel Air (even if it was 17 min) Very futuristic and I’m sure if I was more cultured I would like it but it just sounds like a collection of random noises
J'aurai pu croire à une blague tellement c'est risible. Seule Bel Air peut éventuellement ressembler à quelque chose, les trois autres titres ne sont que du bruit. Je n'ai jamais dû prendre la drogue qu'il faut pour apprécier ça. Et j'en suis plutôt content.
I enjoyed Future Days. Vocals kinda weak
Really enjoyed this feels so ahead of it’s time.
I think it’s interesting but just interesting for the sake of it rather than providing good to listen to music.3/5
Listened Before? N This was sort of interesting, but just background music really. It made me feel like I was living in a video game. Not great. I'll give it a bit of credit for being before it's time, and a bit for the music flowing but I have to detract for the lack of vocals. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Moonshake
Como música de fondo se deja escuchar. Hay cosas mejores de Can y aunque durante mucho tiempo fue sinónimo de peñazo he escuchado cosas en esta lista bastante peores. Esta para mí se queda en 2 estrellas.
Again, for an arthouse record its pretty much top of the pile, occassionally breaking out in excellance
Heja Jaki !
And so continues the EP/album debate. Four songs? An ep for me. Still, enjoyable experimental stuff where coherent melodies sometimes break out.
Horrible. Bad singing, nothing stood out, and just droning on and on. 3/10.
This was fine. The instrumentals are nice, but the songs are pretty long. I get that this is more experimental.
I had only listened to Moonshake before this, and I hadn't realized there were only four songs. I might not listen to this again the whole way through, (or I may, who knows, for the ambience), but for one listen it was magical. Amazing instrumentals. Fave track(s): Moonshake
3.75
Better than the other one. Still not something I'm going to put on on purpose. Best track: Future Days
Bel Air was very very Radiohead.
experimental rock. Ni fú ni fá
what the fuck even is that
Pleasant, but I don’t think I’ll come back to it
Very free from, chill, playful
3 Instrumental music with a good beat. It’s very unique
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.
Meh! A bit wishy washy, nothing bad as background music but I wouldn't listen to this unless I was in an elevator
Pretty cool but overall it's mostly background noise and atmosphere.
Groovy, but a song shouldn’t be 20 minutes long. 2.5
A little too erratic and jazzy. Weird understated vocals.
I feel like it took me into the second song to even figure out what genre this was. Which is saying a lot because most songs were over 10 minutes. Apparently this is in the vein of kraftwerk. A lot more grooves though and atmosphere.
Beetje achtergrond muziek, viel precies goed met mijn bui, maar dit is wel zoiets wat je verder nooit meer aanzet, vandaar toch een sterretje lager.
Heel vermoeiend
Er kwam daadwerkelijk geluid uit de speakers, maar wat het nou was?
Had ik kunnen missen.
This was just chaotic noise to me.
Very atmospheric. I was very engaged with the sound production that the titular track Future Days didn’t even feel like it was 9 minutes long, because it passed me by with such ease. Listening to this felt like I was going on an underwater submarine journey, with the mellow vocals and groovy tropical beats. It’s quite a novel album. I would have rated it at least a 4, but I can’t see proper replay value.
This was the kind of art album that you listen to once and really like but aren't much tempted to listen to ever again. I might though, just cuz it's so intricate.
bleh
ok
Future Days is the second album recommended to me from Can. Most of the album was hovering right in the middle between 3 and 4 stars, but by the last track I felt myself getting impatient with the music and enjoying it less. The music can be interesting. Can's music had hints of the Syd Barrett / psychodelia era of Pink Floyd, or perhaps the Nice. The album feels like it should be grouped with Progressive Rock, but a more jazz influenced version of progressive rock - similar to some of the work from King Crimson.
Intriguing and atmospheric, really quite innovative especially for its time.
Is the album generator sentient? I find it quite remarkable that I've been assigned some German experimental rock the very day I picked up and brought home my brand new Volkswagen Tiguan. There's something fishy afoot... Even though I hate this album, I'm marking my rating up for the serendipity of it all.
Not as great as Tago Mago. It was more ambient, less vocals. Still enjoyed it. Love that I discovered CAN.
Starts with rhythms not far from previous selection's bossanova (Bebel Gilberto). Overall too much ethereal ambience, but sounds modern and has genuine dancey rhythms (amongst the ambience).
Nope.
This is funky and weird. Just a few songs, but woah that last one is erm.. long! But that last one does indeed have the best sound as it diverges from what is otherwise kind of a strange offshoot of prog rock or something. The chugging guitar licks and the weird distant vocals all come together to make something pleasing. Still think this is the last time I will ever listen to this album, but kudos for that last anthem.
Great stoner rock stuff. Can just disappear in the repetition and get lost until you get to the other side, man. Ya dig?
Neu! at #668 just prompted me to go back and find the krautrock album I missed, and I can now say that Can's "Future Days" gets me no closer to understanding the genre, other than to know that it all sounds different. Of the options presented (Faust, Kraftwerk, Can, and Neu!) I prefer Can. It is the one that feels most listenable, and also somehow most experimental. It's also all over the place. So maybe it does fit with krautrock? I'm not a big ambient fan, but the ambient parts were ok. I'm not a huge jazz fan, but the jazz rock bits were ok. Overall, "Future Days" is ok, which it turns out is high praise for a krautrock album.
Wikipedia tells me that Future Days distinguishes itself as the group's "most weightless achievement, perpetuum mobile, solar-powered in an eternal peach sunset, skipping over the tips of green coastal sierras, gulping lungfuls of delicious air." The description is randomly assorted words to which we are supposed to attribute meaning, much like this album is a bunch of random sound bits strung together to make "songs".
This album is sneaky bad. I can listen to any 5 minute section and it’s OK…a three star experience. But then you string them all together and realize this album stands for nothing. At least screamo or improvisational jazz (I hate both) have a point of view. There is no point of view on this album. Maybe a nihilistic one? One positive for this album is that it taught me that antagonism is the opposite of synergism. The sum of the parts is most definitely worse than their individual contributions. If this is what our future days sound like, I’m out.
This album hits a lot of notes for a Prog Rock effort. Long, sweeping melodies with minimal lyrics that almost approach a Jam Band level of improvisation. Where this album deviates though is that it embraces some of the newer electronic elements that weren't quite as common at the time, making Psychedelia a major piece of this.
Went on for ages, was a bit strange, very much dragged with the last song
To sum up in one word: “Atmospheric”.
Cool album but most of the time it fades to background noise.
Can't
Evolució del kraut rock a una mena de proto ambient, amb un tema, 'Moonshake', que gairebé es podria considerar pop mainstream, teint en compte el so habitual de la banda. En general el disc és valent i molt pro, però sense gaires context d'escolta adients
Super fusion fun.
I could see myself having this on in the background.
I like CAN.
I didn't even realize this album had ended. Weird, groovy music that works well as mood music.
I like the simplicity of the band name Can. It’s so basic, it’s somewhat startling. Is it a declaration of optimism, or is it a container of beans? Who can say? Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Moonshake My thoughts on this tended to yo-yo as I listened. I quite liked Future Day, but then Spray felt like a drag. Then I enjoyed Moonshake, but Bel Air had me checking several times how much longer until it was done. And then that’s it. Another four song album, which takes up 41 minutes. I guess with the standard 15 song album of 3 minute songs, if there is something you don’t like then there may be plenty more that you do. With albums like this, if you don’t like two songs, then that’s half of the album gone. Overall, I’d lean slightly more towards liking the album than disliking it, but I don’t expect I’ll be revisiting it any time soon.
Too weird.
Interesting to finally hear Can, specially the Bel Air 20 min song was nice, with sounds I recognize from later Czukay/Sylvian albums, also Liebezeit worked with Sylvian later on e.g. on beautiful the Librarian. No heaven up there I think, but they both deserve it.
Enjoyable and quirky, but backgroundy however
Is it the shimmering in "Spray" that has the critics all abuzz at the genius behind this album? I get that it's why they got it but I'm not getting it. Get it? The best song on the album is also the shortest song on the album.
Maybe i haven't listened to enough bad ambient, experimental music to know what good ambient experimental music sounds like. Its not particularly engaging or interesting... doesn't do too much for me.
No lyrics so I don’t like it
Fucking awful.
A lot more musically subtle than Can's previous releases and a lost less reliant on vocals. Overall an excellent piece of music, filled with countless moments of beauty, as is the rest of their catalog, and though this maybe a controversial opinion, but I'd put Tago Mago and Ege Bamyasi above this album.
Very good. Mostly instrumental.
Awfully dull
Sounds quite atypical for this list, never even heard of Can although I live in Germany…
Fine…nothing exciting or overly interesting, but good background music
Might be better with some weed
Moonshake is the song ever
I feel pretentious by enjoying this record, but it's got a good, solid groove throughout. It's like progressive rock, with a heavy jazz influence thrown in. I can see why people might not enjoy it, but I enjoyed how mellow it was. The instruments build particularly well throughout the whole thing, though they may get a little lost in the weeds on "Bel Air". Favorite track: "Future Days"
i found this kinda boring
Atmospheric etc
Less "experimental" than I thought. Also less Kraftwerk-adjacent than I expected. Honestly it's almost a lo-fi album with some surfer music influences. The only thing that keys this into being an experimental German rock album is that one of the tracks is over 20 minutes long. But it ain't bad! I've heard worse.
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!
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.
Neat, chill, interesting. Def want to check out more by these guys.
Vocals were hard to make out even at higher volume. Boppin tunes though
The instrumentals and chanting on this made for spacey jams but felt like they had direction. Easy to pop on and listen to subconsciously. Favorite: Bel Air
7/10. Nice ambience, with moonshake randomly in the middle of it.
Pushing the boundaries of what you can consider music, and not exactly in a good way. 4/10
Neat. Didn't find any of this particularly compelling but it was pleasant background music. I thought the drums were especially good.
When I saw 4 tracks at 40 mins total time I knew it was going to be something unusual! Didn’t mind it though, they were def on some shit when they wrote this
Eh, bit mellow.
Great album, haven't heard it in years so definitely worth a re-listen
Nice listen. I can't say I'm blown away, but I definitely enjoyed it. Great ambient album. High 3 stars
I kinda just feels like jazz with extra random sounds. Neither one is my jam...I keep forgetting it's even playing because my brain keeps shoving it into background noise.
Jam band stuff. Makes for great background noise, but there are Jimmy Buffett albums I would replace this on the 1001 albums you must hear before you die list...
Super vibey. Same superb musicianship as the two Can albums I'm more familiar with, but a much calmer atmosphere throughout. Jaki Liebezeit was such a great drummer, so many super funky pockets all over this album that help keep things moving. A well-paced 40 minutes, will almost definitely listen again soon.
Decent, but probably wouldn't listen again.
Nope. I skipped through it. I’m sure it influenced someone. I’m glad they were better.
Can was unquestionably an innovative band and musically this album is sound. Could have been my mood but just had a hard time getting into it.
Nope.
Love prog rock but they took it a little too far.
rock experimental, bons instrumento mas demasiadamente inventivo
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.
Relaxing rock, very unusual time lengths for those 3 songs, but still very enjoyable.
revoir l’assaisonnement ça manque d’un truc
It was fine. Just a bunch of nice
Disappointing for a Can album. Had listened to other albums in the past and found them far superiors to this one. This one just sounded like background music. 1.5/5
interesting, for some reason i got a lot of Santana out of it, despite being German
I didn’t like it
Too much insanity. Even for Can.
Nice, earliest form of this type of music that I've listened to
Not bad. I'm not a hip-hop person, but there is a bit of everything here.
I never know what to say about albums like this. I didn't dislike it but I didn't like it either. When I compare it to other similar albums I've listened to for this project so far I don't know whether to say I like it more or less. I just don't get it I guess?
Four songs, almost 41 minutes long. Well, looking forward to this! Definitely banking this in the "wish I could see this live" category. It's always fun to discover something from half a century ago that you're listening to for the first time. I found myself asking, "Which way are you taking me?" They definitely rank up there with the Prog icons. Lyrics are simple but in a way enigmatic. Trippy.
I'm happy there are CAN albums in this list. But there are other albums of theirs I prefer that aren't on the list(?!). As others have commented this is TOO experimental- not enough key phrases or rhythms to get your teeth into. This is good for chilling to though. Put it on, do some chores, take a shower and come back like you've never been away.....
I like when they bring the funk. Very jammy (I know that's what they do, is jam), in a way that doesn't always hold my attention. Moments of brilliance here and there.
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.
Anything Damo Suzuki and Can is always good. I will say between the 3 albums with him I find this one to be the weakest, but still overall very fun and experimental art-rock. Fav track: Future Days
Great album. Perfectly executed psychedelic sounds that I can easily get lost in. Happy to have discovered this one and will be returning soon.
A beautifully relaxing album. The sound and atmosphere created here is consistent throughout, and it takes me on a journey. This is something I'd want to listen to sitting on a grassy hill watching the clouds roll by. Fav Tracks: Future Days, Bel Air
Mindless droning without a clear melody
Kinda cool, kinda weird. Overall not bad. Probably won't listen again but wasn't a waste of my time.
A very fun, quite different album. It made for a great family car trip
A bit too way out for me I'm afraid.
Instrumental y setentero. Con ritmo, pero no destacando especialmente
It was better than I expected and I have to admit, I enjoyed it. Sounded more like background music, but that's okay. Hard to believe this was released in 1973, even today it has a "futuristic" sound to it, at least what we think the future should sound like... I guess the future is a lot closer than we think, right?
Can est un bon album de prog/rock/ ? J'Aime le style et ca s'écoute bien. Très éclaté dans le bon sens. 3.80
"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
Great stuff. Felt like a ghostly funk in places.
Would have never guessed this came out in 1973. Seems like it was way ahead of its time. Not really my thing though.
Very easy listening.
I liked this more than I thought I would. This is ... progressive rock? New age? Experimental? All of the above? And more? I don't know. But it flows nicely. I actually might want to listen to this again. 3.5/5
Frankly, I was expecting yet another shitshow given this list's track record with albums I've never heard of before, but... Instead I got a very pleasant surprise of atmospheric, semi psychedelic, dose of music that can best be described as "right down my street". This is the type of music I like to have in the background when I concentrate, but also music I can concentrate on in its own rights. Thank you, dear album generator list, for the nice surprise!
2.5
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.
Hard to pick a fave out of 4 tracks, the whole album is great.
Mmmmm, krautrock with ambient leanings - my kinda jam. Fave track - "Future Days" for those latin rhythms!
Good album, not there best but still nice album to put on in the background. What I do like about German (krautrock) prog bands is they're musically less pretentious and self absorbed then the British contemporaries.
I did NOT expect to enjoy this album, but damn, I kind of did! It was off to a slow start and my initial reaction was… not positive. But the music was actually interesting and far more contemporary to my ear than expected for 1973.
Some interesting parts, some boring parts. It was fine.
Nothing here I hated. But absolutly nothing here I liked, either.
Classic Can album. Tago Mago - Ege Bamyasi - Future Days - Soon Over Babaluma: a sequence of 4 consecutive 5-star albums.
Magical album. Loved the drumming on this.
Not hard to listen to, but really a pointless inclusion on the list.
What a unorthodox album! Long invididual tracks that consist of hardly more than trippy & psychodelic ambiance music and about the same amount of vocals as the "Next Stop"-announcement on Public transport
Surprisingly delightful. Similar to spirogyra...
Post-rock decades before it populaized, it's no wonder they were a huge influence to the likes of Talk Talk. Out of all their albums, it's the most consistent in scope and objective, ambient but doesn't suffer from boring repetition that I felt in Eno's works. Here you could pay attention to each minute. They continue the influence of world music in the percussion style, but also jazz and horror movie soundtrack(?) in "Spray." There's your Public Image Ltd influence. Suzuki vocally interjects here and there, and I have no idea what he's saying, but it fits well with the instrumental. Never excessive. The exception is our standard pop song "Moonshake" where they dump several experimental ideas in something intended to be accessible to audiences... It's hilarious. "Bel Air" pays off for me in the middle, leading to wondrous tension and a decisive 3 minute conclusion.
If you like to walk, hike especially, you’ll certainly appreciate and enjoy the meandering of Can throughout 'Future Days.' The whole journey begins with an ambient wash of machine waves, if that makes sense. Not a lot does on 'Future Days,' seemingly, at least in the accepted wisdom of traditional pop/rock song composition- intro, first verse, chorus, second verse, chorus, bridge, third verse, chorus, conclusion. You can throw all that out the window for this trip. After a full minute ambient introduction, things give way to a slightly Caribbean beat, suggesting steel drums, to which a drone note (only one chord in this nine and a half minute opener) eventually attaches itself, followed by some wonderful synth creations. ‘Spray’ follows, with it’s predominate percussion and some excellent syncopation from drummer, Jaki Liebezeit. The third, and final song on the first side, ‘Moonshake,’ most closely resembles a traditional song structure, but only for three short minutes. It was about this time when I realized how difficult it was to place the vocalist’s nationality. A most unusual accent- a whisper of German, but something else undiscernible, at least to me. In truth, vocalist Damo Suzuki is from Japan, one of the founding members of the mostly German ensemble. His lyrics (in collaboration with the rest of Can) are even more elusive than his vocalization. Here’s a sampling, from the final number: ‘And when nobody can say that you hate. But then your story made the store right now. And when you started to say that you hate. You're coming down to the start up gown.’ And that is just a sampling. The lyrics on Future Days are about as surreal as you’re going to find. Trippy, brothers and sisters. Suzuki’s voice itself, however, it’s tone and timber, gradually grew on me. By the conclusion, I was a fan. It does come with conditions, though, number one being the necessity of written lyrics. Both Suzuki’s pronunciation of English and the heavy studio effects (including a shallow burial of vocals into the overall instrumental mix) make comprehension by ear difficult. But it was during the final and stunning song, ‘Bel Air,’ that I realized that Suzuki’s vocals were better heard as simply another instrument- weaving in and out as soloists do in jazz improvisation- rather than for the goal of achieving some reasonable interpretation. Is it possible that Can’s lyrics (or anyone’s, for that matter) don’t 'have to' mean anything, at least on a rational level? And that final song, ‘Bel Air.’ It’s worth the price of the whole recording. This is where Can really stretches their legs. It’s a long walk, but very satisfying. Part free jazz, part progressive rock, somewhat rehearsed, of course, yet allowing some periodic off-roading improvisation, too. Fans of King Crimson’s stuff will dig 'Future Days,' and ‘Bel Air,’ in particular. And just when you think the song’s complete, surprise! A lightly strummed soul guitar fades in, followed by the entire band, including vocals, settling into an extremely pleasant vibe, like a listening sedative. More free jazz transpires for a few minutes, then giving way to pure ambient noise, slowly crystalized down to one drone note… and yet again, just when you think things are finally winding down, the entire band zooms back in, rocking to the original tempo! I’m not sure what part of this almost twenty minute composition was the conclusion, nor do I care. All I know is that both the journey and the destination were quite enjoyable.
Can albums are challenging in that they're usually a joy to listen to, but lack the melodic staying power necessary to be memorable in any sense. Exact case here - this was an enjoyable 40 minutes of psych-rock, but I'm pressed to remember any exact phrases that stayed with me.
CAN
Hmmmm
Rating: 5/10
Really enjoyed the title track. Things got a bit shaky for me in Spray... This is not a kind of sound experiment I can easily cope with, I find it super stressful. Really enjoy the International influences and find it really exciting to listen out for certain snippets of interesting bits. Found Future Days really lovely pretty interesting and cool but also really relaxing. It's mad the contrast between how these different songs affected me. I also found Moonshake quite charming! I have mixed feelings.
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
Some pretty mad bits but altogether quite a cool album
Not amazing, can see they went on to greater things c
I loved how calm it made me feel
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.
I liked one song, I think. Otherwise it was just boring.
There's been sort of a notable absence of Kraut rock on this list so far, as I've been doing this for over a year and this is the first such album that I've gotten. I liked this album. Like most in the genre it's good to just put on and listen to in the background. I'm a bigger fan of Neu than Can, but this is still really cool for the era in which it was made. Really influential stuff that doesn't get its due for its historical importance 4/5
No big stand-out moments from this album for me. A 1.5.
50 years later and it still sounds like the future.
Awesome explorations into the depths of the future. Moonshake and Spray are top tier stuff. Ideal soundtrack to eat Chef Boyardee's Raviolis to.
Only the second time I listen to It. WOW !
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.
Figo mi è piaciuto, è un viaggio delirante.
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.
Ovo mi je najdraži Krautrock album, definitivno. ***Krautrock (također nazvan kosmische Musik, njemački za "kozmičku glazbu") je širok žanr eksperimentalnog rocka koji se razvio u Zapadnoj Njemačkoj kasnih 1960-ih i ranih 1970-ih među umjetnicima koji su spojili elemente psihodeličnog rocka, elektronske glazbe i avangardne kompozicije..*** Nekako ovaj album spajam sa proljećem, sredina pjesme Bel Air, cvrkutanje, taj mir što bude, znam točno gdje sam sjedio kad sam prvi put slušo tu stvar, općenito taj album, a da ne govorim s/t pjesmu, definitivno jaka ocjena, 4.5. čim dođe negdje vinyl u blizini, moram ga imati. e da, to je taj Damo Suzuki, u kojem pjevač The Fall-a pjeva na "This Nation's Saving Grace" albumu na pjesmi "I Am Damo Suzuki." možd nisam dugo piso ovo, ali jebem ti majku, fali pola zvjezdice!!!!!!!!
The CAN man can, and the CAN'T man can't, but what happens when the CANT man CAN'T cant?
This was a delight
Intéressant son expérimental, mais un manque un peu de drive. À réessayer.
Genre: Krautrock 4/5 This was an album I was looking forward to listening to once I RNG'd it, as Krautrock was a genre I had yet to step foot in. This album by Can, Future Days, is a real treat. This is a rock album we can truly dub as "progressive", as the remnants of early R&B are completely missing, and instead are replaced with more ambient, experimental soundscapes. There's still some guitar, there's still some jammin' (Moonshake), but it's truly a unique space that only a few bands were in at the time. This album in particular was one of the more interesting listens so far throughout this exercise. Completely out of left field for me, as I was expecting something a bit more "difficult". I was treated to some really mellow, really beautiful ambient backdrops, with some true free-time feel. Rather other-wordly, and something I'd never really heard before. Very forward thinking in its sound (re: Animal Collective), but also borrows from contemporate symphonic rock groups at the time like Yes. The 20-minute Krautrock epic, the dreamy and ethereal Bel Air, is a very well-done piece of experimental music that I'm sure will reward repeat listens. Brian Eno's Another Green World is a supposed ambient hallmark, a ripple in music that we still feel today thanks to his stunning ingenuity. It seems that groups like Can had already perfected this sound a few years before that, and did it way better than Eno.
Ce n'est pas une écoute facile. Faut être dans le mood d'écouter un album de longues pièces majoritairement instrumentales qui prennent le temps d'installer une ambiance. Une fois qu'on sait ça, c'est bien construit. On embarque dans l'aventure et on suit jusqu'au bout. Pièce préférée: Moonshake
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This is a very interesting album. Interesting can have a lot of meanings and when used in the context of this album, it means bold and didn't reward. Its very modern for the 70's but maybe too modern. A lot of noises and sounds make some alright tracks. Probably wont return...
While this album wasn't bad, it also wasn't awful. A bit mundane and repetitive, but not in an annoying sort of way. The song "Moonshake" is quite good, but unfortunately it is a 3 minute song on an album of 41 minutes with only 4 songs! This would get a 2, but with Moonshake, I'll give it a 3.
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.
Interesting. Not great. Can (and krautrock generally) is always on my "need to check out" category but then I do and I'm underwhelmed. I think I just need to accept that I like 3 minute pop songs and there's nothing wrong with that.