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Yeti is the second studio album by German rock band Amon Düül II, first released in April 1970 on Liberty as a double LP. The album was produced by Olaf Kübler and Amon Düül II, and engineered by Willy Schmidt, "with a little help of Siegfried E. Loch". Including both short songs and longer, improvisational tracks, British avant-garde music magazine The Wire describes Yeti as "one of the cornerstones of both Amon Düül's career and the entire Krautrock movement". The cover was designed by the band's organist, Falk Rogner, and features a collage depicting the Grim Reaper (German: Der Sensenmann), made from a photograph of Wolfgang Krischke. Krischke, who had worked with the band as a sound man, had died of hypothermia while under the effects of LSD. Rogner said: "When he died I thought that the photo would be a perfect tribute to his memory. He never managed to find his way into Amon Düül properly when he was alive, so maybe his image as 'Der Sensenmann' will work as a strange cover image and he could be remembered as a magical person." Part of the cover has been used on the cover of Julian Cope's book Krautrocksampler which provides a personal account of the underground music scene in Germany from 1968 through the 1970s. In 2015 Yeti was chosen by Rolling Stone as the 41st greatest progressive rock album of all time. Dan Epstein described it as "one of the finest records of the entire original psychedelic era."
This was right up my alley. The krautrock filter overtop all the psychedelic, proggy, avant-garde sounds is exactly what I needed shoved into my ear holes this morning. LOVE IT.
Do you like when Germans jam? I do
Honestly, most of the record was just ok, even though I love Krautrock. However, the improvs are really where it shines.
The volume division is pretty clean: Tight vs. loose, album vs. jam. There are hints of the avant side of Krautrock, but really the thing reads more like interesting metal. Off the rails the skronks are free jazz anyway. Double LPs make hefty bookmarks.
Interesting Krautrock that does not sound outdated at all.
This is fucking neat. It's considered Krautrock? I don't hear a lot of the hallmarks I would associate Krautrock with. It's way more driving, a bit more psychedelic. I feel like it probably inspired a band like The Mars Volta, who I'm a huge fan of. Requires some further study. Favorite tracks: "Halluzination Guillotine", "Pale Gallery"
Psychedelic mysticism wrapped up in some good old hard rock. Does this music strike anyone else as being too warm? I mean, too warm for the Himalayas. After all, that’s the realm of the yeti.
I would not have scored this highly after one listen through. Luckily for them (as if they care!) I had plenty of time to listen again and again (and again) until it started to make some sort of sense (or i lost my mind a bit). Odd instrumental choices, bizarre lyrics (when they bother with them), time signatures chosen seemingly at random. This feels like the crossing point from psychedelic music to early prog rock and, after some time to get to know it, I loved it!
Heavy psych made by a commune. Like a mutant version of Hawkwind; a band with whom they shared a bassist. Not much outside of Black Sabbath was darker than this when it was released in 1970. Part of the primordial ooze from which metal emerged. This is their experimental magnum opus, up there with the likes of "Tago Mago" and "Faust IV" in the krautrock canon. Dark, sprawling, weird, and singularly unique.
I liked this a lot. Heavy, driving and psychedelic. It reminds me of something that I considered submitting as my user-submitted album - an album called Satori by Flower Travellin' Band from Japan released in 1971. It's got a very similar vibe, so if you like this album I recommend checking out Satori as well. 4 stars.
Improvisional and psychadelic, but melodic enough to push it over to 4 for me.
not so sure of the vocals but love it as it gets more prog and trippy
Great representation of some earlier German rock, would've thought this band had Eastern roots if not for the vocals. This LP felt somewhat ahead of its time – the closest analog that kept popping up for me was a more operatic 'Dopesmoker' by Sleep, in that it was a journey unto itself across the full length of the album. Probably won't be to everyone's tastes (and I could've used some more of that vibrant guitar), but still a good pick to add some variety to the list.
70s psychedelic rock hath been unleashed on my mortal ears.
Well this was certainly a psychedelic trip down the harder side… groovy!
Discovering this krautrock album a couple of years ago was like discovering a treasure trove from the distant past. Sure, it's not exactly a 5/5 album. There are some lengthy moments in the improvised jams on the second disc -- missing in the Spotify version, and that could easily be considered as bonus tracks today. There's also the somewhat awkward (yet also intense) performance by that male vocalist towards the end of the "Soap Shop Rock" song suite comprising the first four tracks as displayed on Spotify... But even with those few trinkets in the trove, the jewels covering them shine brightly. Especially if you love realizing that some of the current great acts sort of playing in that style (from Osees to Goat, King Gizzard and even Parquet Courts or Ty Segall at times) actually invented nothing. Even on that second disc's patchouli-scenting improvisations, you have many extraordinary moments in the "jam" genre. And they're not always so easy to pinpoint on the regular time frame usually associated to rock history as we know it. Some of them hearken back to the Velvet Underground at their most abrasive, others foretell Sonic Youth at their most melodic. Which is the reason why the improvisation thing sounds so fresh compared to other seventies jam rock fare such as The Grateful Dead or Quicksilver Messenger Service. And the same relative timelessness occurs with the more regular "songs" on the first disc. The first two cuts of "Soap Shop Rock" ("Burning Sister" and "Halluzination Guillotine") could have been recorded yesterday, for all we know. There's a wealth of enticing harmonies and epic chord sequences right after those two tracks, mixed with near-apocalyptic flourishes (like that distraught violin in "Flesh-Coloured Anti-Aircraft Alarm" making up for the unfocused vocal parts). Singer Renate Knaup displays her vocal chops in quite an unhinged manner as well on the first disc, and here, the performance nicely adds to the whole mayhem. "She Came Through The Chimney" is a nice little acoustic interlude, quieter and cinematic. And don't get me started on the extraordinary Can-meet-Black Sabbath "Archangels Guillotine", with its heavy guitars and bouncing drum patterns (that drummer was a full powerhouse whenever his services were needed). I literally got obsessed with that song from the first time I listened to it. A krautrock hit for the ages. *Yeti* is thus Amon Düül II's magnum opus, and given how the original list mentioned Can and Krautrock once or twice, it's kind of a surprise that this album didn't make it there. I also like their later LP *Wolf City* a lot, by the way. So if you enjoyed this one, check that other album out as well. And thanks to whoever thought of adding this album in the users list. 4.5/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums, rounded up to 5 9.5/10 for more general purposes (5 + 4.5). Number of albums from the original list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 465 Albums from the original list I *might* include in mine later on: 288 Albums from the original list I won't include in mine: 336 ---- Number of albums from the users list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 5 (including this one) Albums from the users list I *might* include in mine later on: 9 Albums from the users list I won't include in mine: 12
7/10. Very pleasant, definitely faded into the background while I was working though so didn't leave me with a lot of impressions.
My player wouldn't let me hear the 3 improvisation tracks. Probably for the best. It was fun and around the right length without them.
Took a very long time to get started.
Classic, a great pick. I’m more partial to Phallus Dei but this one seems to have a bigger impact. Definitely could see this being included in the original list
I feel like I'm always struggling with this Krautrock whether it is actually self-satire. I liked this OK and some of it very well but a little too much faffing around for me.
Important Krautrock, but unfortunately I never really got into it much. Feels a bit more symphonic metal and it all sounds a little cheesy, but it's saved by the german-ness of it all.
This flew past as the kooky trippy rock kids always do
Very psychedelic
amon düüll II... heard the name many times. listened this morning for the first time. not too bad, pretty spacey, cruisy etc. good VIBE. 3/5.
Disc 2 is not on spotify
Rating: 6/10
Interesting
Not too bad. Always good to see a band outside of the US or UK. The original list was definitely not lacking in psychedelic rock so I’m not sure what this album contributes. I will say that it was better than a fair amount of albums on the list though.
Krautrock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, avant-garde, raga rock. Ni fu ni fa.
I had a little dread going in, but this was pretty cool. Thanks for recommending it. Proggy, adventurous, occasionally silly. Starts out surprisingly cohesive, considering the wide musical ground covered. But then it kind wanders off into the weeds somewhere near the end of disc 1 and never comes back. Still a great listen. Fave Songs: Cerberus, Halluzination Guillotine, The Return of Rübezahl, Burning Sister, She Came Through the Chimney, Flesh-Coloured Anti-Aircraft Alarm
Good enough weirdo psych rock. Not my thing, but well executed.
Good psychedelic prog rock album, kinda lost interest half way through though. Good album but can’t see me coming back to it.
Some interesting compositions
Real nice
Cool mysterious prog album.
Pretty good rock album, a little like the rock of the day
The kind of music that could only be made by some crazy Germans in the 70s. It’s an interesting if not entirely enjoyable listen, with avant-garde jazz clashing with tight prog rock motifs with pretty spicy results. Every time I come across this album, I forget that it’s not Amon Düül II by Yeti - it’s Yeti by Amon Düül II. There was another affiliated band called Amon Düül who were just kind of forgotten about. That’s awesome
Never been a fan of krautrock, and no matter how many chances I've given, the result's always been the same: a sonic brick wall that feels more like a lysergic exercise than something creative
I think I should start with LSD, to fully comprehend what is going on here. This is from a reality that I am not part of.
Weird listening... not neccesarily bad, but just not much my style.
Thankfully shortish tracks and so-so guitar-based psychedelic krautrock. Becomes boring with the last three tracks.
One of those "I think that I get why you like it, but I'm gonna pass" albums.
Krautrock is a great name for a sub genre but unfortunately I did not love the kraut work. The crazy instrumentals was enjoyable here and there but overall I found myself storming out a lot of the album. Doesn’t help I don’t speak deutsch. 4.1/10
No no no no no no no no. I don't need 70's prog rock... and though this avoids some of the organ noodling we see elsewhere... the vocals that kick in around Gulping a Sonata are a double "no" to the no.
There's a bit of India in this German album. It doesn't really bring too much of the hard core metal that I may have been expecting, but also doesn't really stand out on it's own in many other ways.
The vocals on this album are so ass that it prevented me from enjoying any other part of this album.
Guitar masturbation...but in psychedelic German
Shorty and…something, but not sweet.
na doesent belong
To adapt the John Lennon quote: avant-garde is German for bullsh*t. Rating: 1 Playlist track: Archangels Thunderbird Date listened: 01/10/24