Comments for Can, Monster Movie

Sorry, I screwed up. That info is for "Monster Movie". The album "Can" is from 1978 (their last before going on lengthy hiatus) and contains these tracks : All Gates Open Safe Sunday Jam Sodom Aspectacle (I forget the 6th track) Ping-Pong Can Can (Offenbach) It is not bad, a decent return from "Out Of Reach". Rosko Gee's bass is fluid and prominent. Much of Side 2 is disposable but Side 1 is worth hearing, especially "Safe" which manages a genuine ethnic sensibility rather than merely an academic approximation to it.

I have the UK version of this LP "Can" lazer2 (1979) SIDE I 1) All Gates Open 2) Safe 3) Sunday Jam SIDE II 1) Sodom 2) A Spectacle 3) E.F.S. Nr.99 ("Can Can") 4) Ping-Pong 5) Can Be No comment on the music. It is in the ear of the beholder...

One monster of an album. The sound is gothic, symphonic, organic, progressive, agressive, and tribal simultaneously. A real unheard masterpiece, along with K. Crimson & Soft Machine`s debuts. Can`s later material got less overtly rock oriented but the Velvets feedback orgy of track 1, the Pink Floyd-on speed-at a dance hall track 3, and the side-long African styled mastery of "Yoo Doo Right" take a backseat to nothing. The best 80% of the material is on the "Cannibalism 1" compilation actually - track 2 (not on there) is a bit abraisive and not as stunning.