AMON DUUL / yeti

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Best album in my opinion, an incredible psychedelic trip, in comparison THE GREATFUL DEAD seem a classic blues / folk band. If you know nothing about kraut, a good album to begin with. But 8 days in april blog, who has uploaded the album, describes it better than me : "This is Krautrock in all it's immense, epic, primal, psychedelic glory. Originally released as two LP's, this features side-long suites and long improvisations marked by a dense, thick sound with inventive instrumental interplay, massive guitar riffs, herculean bass lines and smoldering vocals, male and female. At first listen some of the long improvisations at the end may seem a little too long, but they grow on you."
In my opinion, 10/10!


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AMON DUUL ll / tanz der Lemming

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After the heavy psychedelic and distorted guitars of "Yeti", AMON DUUL II try transpose this formula with many and varied instruments, such as 12-strings guitars, sitar, horn, synths, organs etc... But of course in some tracks you'll find those heavy guitars and fabulous "circular" bass you've loved in "Yeti". Like me, you may find some tracks a little boring, like the "Chasmin soundtrack" and, the 1st time you hear it, the 1st track. But some are particularly exciting, most of all the fabulous (even if repetitive) last track.
Less improvised than their first efforts, this album appears as a transition towards their pop/folk/kraut albums to come. My personal rating : a 7/10.
And of course, if you like it don't hesitate to buy it, the digipack edition is beautiful and cheap!

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AMON DUUL ll / phallus dei 1969

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1. Kanaan
2. Dem Guten, Schonen Wahren
3. Luzifers Ghilom
4. Flower Of The Orient
5. Phallus Dei

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AMON DUUL ll / live in London 1973

LINK:liveinlondon


1. Archangels Thunderbird
2. Eye Shaking King
3. Soap Shop Rock
4. Improvisation
5. Syntelman's March Of The Roaring Seventies
- a. Pull Down Your Mask
- b. Prayer To The Silence
- c. Telephonecomplex
6. Restless Skylight-Transistor Child
- a. Landing In A Ditch
- b. Dehypnotized Toothpaste
- c. A Short Stop At The Transylvanian Brain Surgery
7. Race From Here To Your Ears
- a. Little Tornados
- b. Riding On A Cloud
- c. Paralized Paradise

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