Can Albums Ranked - A countdown of 20 Albums in 11 minutes personally selected by Eddy Bamyasi
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Can were perhaps the quintessential Krautrock band. Formed in 1968 they released some of the most exciting and original rock music ever heard over the next decade to 1979 when they disbanded, before a brief reunion for one last album in 1989. Here I select 20 Can albums including the 12 official studio albums plus some of the best collections of unreleased material, outtakes, live tapes, and solo works, and rank them. Compilations including the recent Singles Collection have been excluded. Each album has a very short audio clip which, touch wood, the copyright owners (Mute, Spoon etc) have so far gratefully allowed.
I've also prepared a Spotify playlist showcasing one (track) from each ("OFE") of these albums: open.spotify.c...
To read more about Can and this ranking please visit my blog article at: / can-albums-ranked-from...
Although there is often some consensus that develops over the years with these sorts of lists opinions are of course personal. Which albums are essential - say if you only bought 3? Which are the real turkeys to avoid, if any? Are any of the latter period albums worth reconsideration or did Can lose the plot after 1974? Have any been left out altogether? Please comment below with your own preferences.
Dude, "Flow Motion" is their most underrated album; there's only two "disco" tracks on it. Maybe it's because I play drums, but "Babylonian Pearl" and "Flow Motion" are two of the amazing grooves ever grooved.
I agree. Flow motion is an insanely smooth smong
@@Valleyplant Completely agree.
my personal ranking
1. tago mago (10/10)
2. ege bamyasi
3. saw delight
4. soundtracks
5. future days
6. peel sessions
7. lost tapes (9/10)
8. monster movie
9. soon over babaluma
10. sacrilege
11. delay 1968 (8/10)
12. landed
13. flow motion (7/10)
14. limited edition
15. can (6/10)
16. out of reach
17. prehistoric future
18. rite time (5/10)
19. onlyou (4/10)
Fascinating listing Largeslappy and essentially similar to mine. At least everyone agrees on the top 2. Even a few I've not heard of in there. Interesting Saw Delight is so high. Also some of the live ones.
1. Tago Mago
2. Future Days
3. Ege Bamyasi
4. Monster Movie
5. Soundtracks
6. Landed
7. Saw Delight
8. Soon Over Babaluma
9. Can
10. Out of Reach
11. Flow Motion
12. Delay 1968
13. Rite Time
Pretty fine list, but Delay is low!
1. Ege Bamyasi
2. Tago Mago
3. Future Days
4. Soundtracks
5. Unlimited Edition
6. Soon Over Babaluma
7. Delay 1968
8. Monster Movie
9. Lost Tapes
10. Peel Sessions
Nice list. There is a strong argument for Ege being No. 1 over Tago.
@@eddybamyasi I put it above Tago Mago mainly because Ege Bamyasi presents a sound-world that only Can ever inhabited, while Tago Mago sounds more similar to what other psychedelic bands were doing at the time. Ege Bamyasi manages to be even more avant-Garde and eerie than Tago Mago yet has incredible pop songs-I’m So Green, Vitamin C, Sing Swan Song, Spoon-a rare feat in the world of experimental rock. The perfect balance of weirdness and seductiveness.
True Ege Bamyasi is a perfect album with great songs, weirdness and a bit of avant garde too - and all in a compact 35 minutes. Tago does have some very experimental parts that are a bit random but gets my vote just because of Hallelujah@@CanAlternateLostTape
Future Days
Future Days at NINE!!!??? What the fuck?
Some edgy picks
Thanks Valleyplant. On reflection it's Future Days I've got too low, but personally it never got to me like Ege and Tago. Also some of the late period ones are much better generally than I first thought, but probably still not worthy of being in the top half?
Flow motion way too low
I think you are right Horny. I should give it another listen and revise my listing.
I'm sorry the moment I saw Future Days below Landed, Movies and fkin Babaluma I couldn't take this list seriously. opinions are opinions but i strongly, STRONGLY disagree with that placement. arguably one of Can's best, at least top 3.
but absolutely agreed with Out of Reach and Tago Mago placements. that i strongly agree with!
Very interesting rankings! The one thing missing from your list is ON THE WAY TO THE PEAK OF NORMAL, because "Ode To Perfume" is one of the greatest things ever recorded.
Well you did concede that tyour Future Days ranking was controversial. It ranks highly in all-time Prog rock album lists (as does Tago Mago). It is my personal favourite with Monster Movie ranking 2nd. Tago Mago would be 3rd, but I only put it there because it is such a challenging listen.
Agree that Landed doesn't get the credit it deserves - it almost pre-empts the New Wave, particularly with the more radio friendly early tracks. The live version of Vernal Equinox on BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test is a terrific performance.
Have u heard Michael Karoĺi's guitar playing on the album Landed ? Have you?
Why didyou put Landed in 7th place ? That should either be in 1st 2nd or 3rd. Thats a really great album
My order, discluding some:
1. Tago Mago
2. Future Days
3. Monster Movie
4. Ege Bamyasi
5. Landed
6. Soon Over Babaluma
7. Soundtracks
8. Saw Delight
9. Inner Space
10. Flow Motion
All their albums are great! I love them all!
It's also worth checking out their solo works. Schmidt's Toy Planet, Masters of Confusion, Cyclopean, Liebezeit's Club Off Chaos, Secret Rhythms, Givt, Oblique Sessions, Czukay's Full Circle, Der Osten ist Rot, On the Way to the Peak of Normal
I probably should have Future Days higher - all fans love that one, but pleased you have Landed high. I'll check out some of those solo albums. I recently heard Czukay's Moving Pictures which is very good too.
1. Future Days 11/10
2. Soon Over Babaluma 10/10
3. Tago Mago 10/10
4. Saw Delight 9/10
5. Inner Space 9/10
6. Ege Bamyasi 8/10
7. Delay 8/10
8. Monster Movie 8/10
9. Soundtracks 8/10
10. Lost Tapes 8/10
11. Sagrelige 8/10
12. Limited Edition 7/10
13. Out of Reach 6/10
14. Landed 6/10
15. Flow Motion 5/10
16. Rite Time 3/10
Very interesting list Z-twig with Saw Delight so high up and Landed so low. And Soon Over Babaluma 2nd too is unusual. Thanks for posting.
Eddy Bamyasi yes. I’ve always had a soft spot for late can. It’s what got me into them. Soon Over Babaluma was my first album by them, and Saw delight was my 2nd. So I have a lot of nostalgia for em. As with Landed..... I find it very boring and blah, like a worse version of future stuff.
@@z-twigrvsit618 Yes, good points. I think the later stuff does get a bit overlooked as the early albums were so revolutionary. I must give them all some more time. The first I heard actually was the Spanner album when I was about 18 which encouraged me to investigate more and then once I got Tago Mago I was hooked.
I recently listened to sacrilege... I think that it’s my 3 rd favorite can record!
@@z-twigrvsit618 Yes, I think Sacrilege is good. It's slightly drum and bass emphasized due to the period but some excellent interpretations.
1 - Tago Mago
2 - Future Days
3 - Ege Bamyasi
4 - Soundtracks
5 - Monster Movie
6 - Can Delay 68
7 - Soon Over Babaluma
1. Tago Mago
2. Ege Bamyasi
3. Future Days
4. Monster Movie
5. Soon Over Babaluma
6. Soundtracks
7. Landed
8. Delay
9. Saw Delight
10. Flow Motion
on bancamp you can get near all from can
Great video. I had a Tago Mago vinyl from my parents for years and only now decided to dive deeper into their works.
After I saw their discography I felt overwhelmed so your video was a good primer on what to check out first.
Hey thanks, glad you found it useful Videogames, You can go far on just the top 3 before diving deeper if you like what you hear.
This is God-sent!
This sounds like a top compliment. Many thanks.
My ranking:
1. Duh
2. Ege Bamyasi
3. Monster movie
4. Saw delight
5. Lost Tapes
6. Out of reach/ CAN
7. Peel Sessions
8. Future days
9. soon over babaluma
10. Landed (hate this album sorry)
11. Rite Time
Unpopular opinion but I love what Rosko gee and Rebop added to the band, somewhat reminiscent of broken beat.
EDIT: Still haven't listened to Flow Motion yet for some reason lol
Soundtracks?
Yes, they were certainly pushing the boundaries. And there are some great tracks on those albums, even if overall they aren't quite consistent enough.
Future days 9th. Hmm. Your opinion I guess!
Yes, I may be wrong there. Not much love for Landed either in the comms.
After watching this video I now love out of reach and don’t give me no roses
Yes, a nice funky track. I must give the whole album another listen.
Eddy Bamyasi the keys on Don’t give me no roses sound so good
Hmm, I guess no Can fan is ever likely to agree on a top 20.... other than Future Days so far down is pretty weird.... Personally, I love both Flow Motion (especially the superb title track) and Landed, but despise Saw Delight and the other awful album that followed it. I also think Rite Time is a lot better than it's given credit for and it was great to have Malcolm back. I've done an order of 12 (I think) but the order could just as easily change tomorrow....
1. Future Days
2. Monster Movie (why does your track run slow?)
3. Landed
4. Soundtracks (it has to be up there for the greatest track of all, Mother Sky)
5. Flow Motion
6. Ege Bamyasi
7. Tago Mago
8. Soon Over Babaluma
9. Delay 68
10. Rite Time
11. The Lost Tapes
12. Limited Edition (which deserves higher just for Mother Upduff and the sublime Gomorrha)
Thanks for your interesting list Andrew. Intriguing to see Flow Motion above Ege and Tago. With further listening my ranking could change as I'm a lot more familiar with the early period than the later. I get quite a bit of grief for Future Days so I do conclude I'm mistaken and I should probably revisit and hear what I missed. When I posted I had to rejig a few sample tracks which were continuously taken down for Copyright reasons - I don't recall but I must have slowed that one down deliberately to avoid the bots.
@@eddybamyasi It's all a matter of personal taste. Flow Motion is just one of those albums I've always loved. Personally, I think that half of Tago Mago is brilliant but the other half takes a lot more getting into. It really doesn't matter as long as we enjoy what we want to. It's a bit like The Faust Tapes. Personally I think it's probably the greatest album I've ever heard and few weeks pass without it getting an airing here. But others find the more accessible So Far and lV more to their taste....
@@andrewhounsome5969 The second 1/2 of Tago Mago is certainly challenging and a bit random. I used to have the double LP where there was a massive scratch across Side 3 (thankfully not Side 2!). I'm ashamed to say I don't even know Faust Tapes - I'll give it a spin. I have Faust IV only.
@@eddybamyasi Oh you really must. Some people deride it as a patchwork of 'bits' but for me, it's a masterpiece, especially side 1. Vastly superior to all of their other work. It too is challenging - quite a lot of the time, but it's an awe-inspiring piece of work. It's a shame there isn't a four hour version...... ;-)
the last song on Saw Delight is pretty beautiful in my opinion.. and Flow Motion is indeed awesome
Rite Time is musically good to me but it sounds very much like late 80s digital recording and production, it is sonically garbage
Thank you for listing these. They are now my everyday listening to music. Hopefully I can find everyone of these albums to save!
Really surprised at the future days placement. Although I've only heard the 4 albums damo is on, I would put future days at least top 2 with tago mago 1st, and maybe even have it above tago mago. What do you not like about it?
Thanks Aidan, I must be wrong as everyone agrees with you. It just has never struck me as so memorable as the other Damo albums - I don't find the drums so crisp nor the songs so focussed or powerful as on Ege or Tago. But maybe I should reassess in comparison with some of the other similarly ranked albums like Soon Over Babaluma. Granted having Landed above it is very controversial. I've also squeezed in a Holger solo and the Delay album above it which some wouldn't count.
@@eddybamyasi thanks for the response. I csnt really comment on it being better than any album without damo because those are the only ones I've heard, but yeah you should definitely revisit it I think its amazing. Maybe it's not for you though, nobody is right or wrong here since were talking about music which is subjective, I was just wondering what you didnt like about it. Thanks again, I'll check out landed and the other stuff you like more than future days
yes tago mago - the best album we ever had have and will have
Flow Motion is fucking amazing, wtf
It’s all worth listening to. If you’ve got a long drive, it’s brilliant to stick a whole album on start to finish, chill out and be amazed by their music. My current drive to work is 45 mins, I put an album on, and they take me to a whole new place. It’s an amazing exploration with them.
Great idea. I always like hearing a whole album in context.
Interesting list! Of course Tago Mago is no 1 ;D
Also loved to see some Czukay solo material in this list. Those albums are great!
Thanks blockfrog. Tago has always been my favourite over Ege and Future Days. I love Movies so slipped it in there. Maybe I should add some of Czukay's others like On The Way To The Peak Of Normal.
My order:
Limited Edition (vinyl) - because it has become such a collectors's item.
Lost Tapes (3 disc)
Monster Movie
Soundtracks
Ege Bamyasi
Future Days
Landed
Tago Mago
Soon Over Babaluma
Flow Motion
Inner Space
Rite Time
Saw Delight
Out of Reach
- CAN is GOD -
Excellent list dmk. I need to give Lost Tapes some more time. There was so much in it I haven't absorbed it all yet!
Hey Eddy - The standout tracks for me on the lost cd's are: Millionenspiel; Dead Pigeon Suite; Your Friendly Neighborhood Whore; Godzilla Fragment; and Alice.
Jah Wobble called Holger's ' Movies' a work of art.
An amazing, unique, album.
Rite time is very good album,better then 75-79.Also Phew with Czyckay project in 1980.