Favorite Can Album ?

dazedcola · 07.15.2007, 08:54 PM

which do you guys consider to the best?

I recently got Ege Bamyasi from a friend and can happily say ive heard all of the original 4. Out of them I like Bamyasi the best. Tago Mago is really good but i dont like those long sound effects tracks at all. Bamyasi is tight and doesnt waste a second. It even has this great freakout kind of thing on "soup".

Also I feel like Monster Movie shoudl get some more of a mention, thats a really good record. It has the original singer Malcolm Mooney and has a bunch of velvet white light/heat era distorted jams on it mixed with a sense of krautrock.Its a classic album.

Dead-Air · 07.16.2007, 12:27 AM

"Tago Mago is really good but i dont like those long sound effects tracks at all."

Which is why it takes all kinds I suppose. I LOVE those tracks, and to me, that's what Can at their best is all about. Tago Mago is THE Can album for this fan.

Torn Curtain · 07.16.2007, 05:04 AM

Future Days for me.

SuperCreep · 07.16.2007, 06:01 AM

I love all of the above-mentioned, but I would have to say that Future Days is my favorite. I can listen to that album for hours on end and not get bored of it. A perfect, transcendant piece of music.

Soon Over Babaluma is great too. Shame it doesn't get enough mention.

_slavo_ · 07.16.2007, 06:06 AM

Ege Bamyasi hands down.

A Thousand Threads · 07.16.2007, 06:25 AM

Ege Bamyasi for me too.

cryptowonderdruginvogue · 07.16.2007, 06:32 AM

Future Days

Bertrand · 07.16.2007, 07:01 AM

I don't know them so well, hence won't vote.

Tago Mago really pleased me. I heard it a couple of years after Happy Mondays were on top - how they took their inspiration from Halleluwah.

I had a tape of a late album, with Beyond This Limit There Is None.
I understand it's not one of their best, still, even though the tape has disappeared, it's easy to remember, and I liked the way it sounded.

I've taken close looks at the Soundtracks album, for I'm a fan of one of the films they played for, Deep End, and it has that grrrreat song, Mother Sky.

I'll be checking this thread.

demonrail666 · 07.16.2007, 07:33 AM

I'd say Ege Bamyasi but I like them all from that period almost equally. Ege wins though, if only because it's such a total groove-out motherfucker of a record that can be played to soundtrack almost any ocassion.

Although it was released later, Delay 68 is a great collection of early stuff that also rarely gets a mention.

Agreed that Soon Over Babaluma is underrated; a great album.

atsonicpark · 07.16.2007, 08:26 AM

Future Days.

GravitySlips · 07.16.2007, 08:28 AM

Ege Bamyasi

there's 4 that could be my favourite, but that's the one I think I listen to most.

Kallisti23chaos · 07.16.2007, 08:35 AM

tago Mago- with Ege Bamyasi a close second.

gmku · 07.16.2007, 09:10 AM

Ege, cuz it's so groovy, and my clear green vinyl copy is cool. I might like Tago if I had it.

Cardinal Rob · 07.16.2007, 11:15 AM

Tago Mago. I haven't heard Eggy Biryani, and Future Days and Soundtracks earn a joint second. I'm yet to adore Monster Movie.

Iain · 07.16.2007, 11:24 AM

Tago Mago for me with Ege a close second. Those two are far and away the best two Can records. They did quite a lot of guff to be fair. I could never really get into Future Days or Monster Movie either for some reason.

Kyohan · 07.16.2007, 01:02 PM

Tago Mago, all the way. Monster Movie or Soundtracks would be next.

HairwayToSteven · 07.16.2007, 03:32 PM

Tago Mago. Following closely behind that would be Ege.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 07.16.2007, 05:02 PM

I'd say Tago Mago if it wasn't for "I'm So Green" off Ege Bamyasi. That pushes Ege Bamyasi slightly ahead of Tago Mago.

Bertrand · 07.17.2007, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diesel

Are you saying the happy mondays took inspiration from can to make hallelujah? (one of the best songs ever written). if so i need to listen now.

Well, they did.

LittlePuppetBoy · 07.17.2007, 10:00 AM

I just have Tago Mago. I love it

07.15.2007, 08:54 PM	#1
dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	which do you guys consider to the best? I recently got Ege Bamyasi from a friend and can happily say ive heard all of the original 4. Out of them I like Bamyasi the best. Tago Mago is really good but i dont like those long sound effects tracks at all. Bamyasi is tight and doesnt waste a second. It even has this great freakout kind of thing on "soup". Also I feel like Monster Movie shoudl get some more of a mention, thats a really good record. It has the original singer Malcolm Mooney and has a bunch of velvet white light/heat era distorted jams on it mixed with a sense of krautrock.Its a classic album. __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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07.16.2007, 12:27 AM	#2
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	"Tago Mago is really good but i dont like those long sound effects tracks at all." Which is why it takes all kinds I suppose. I LOVE those tracks, and to me, that's what Can at their best is all about. Tago Mago is THE Can album for this fan. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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07.16.2007, 05:04 AM	#3
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	Future Days for me.
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07.16.2007, 06:01 AM	#4
SuperCreep expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 2,281	I love all of the above-mentioned, but I would have to say that Future Days is my favorite. I can listen to that album for hours on end and not get bored of it. A perfect, transcendant piece of music. Soon Over Babaluma is great too. Shame it doesn't get enough mention.
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07.16.2007, 06:06 AM	#5
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,886	Ege Bamyasi hands down. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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View Poll Results: Favorite Can Album?
Monster Movie	2	3.51%
Soundtracks	1	1.75%
Tago Mago	28	49.12%
Ege Bamyasi	17	29.82%
Future Days	9	15.79%
Voters: 57. You may not vote on this poll

07.16.2007, 06:25 AM	#6
A Thousand Threads expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,000	Ege Bamyasi for me too.
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07.16.2007, 06:32 AM	#7
cryptowonderdruginvogue invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: the party Posts: 10,281	Future Days
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07.16.2007, 07:01 AM	#8
Bertrand expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rennes, France Posts: 1,255	I don't know them so well, hence won't vote. Tago Mago really pleased me. I heard it a couple of years after Happy Mondays were on top - how they took their inspiration from Halleluwah. I had a tape of a late album, with Beyond This Limit There Is None. I understand it's not one of their best, still, even though the tape has disappeared, it's easy to remember, and I liked the way it sounded. I've taken close looks at the Soundtracks album, for I'm a fan of one of the films they played for, Deep End, and it has that grrrreat song, Mother Sky. I'll be checking this thread.
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07.16.2007, 07:33 AM	#9
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,509	I'd say Ege Bamyasi but I like them all from that period almost equally. Ege wins though, if only because it's such a total groove-out motherfucker of a record that can be played to soundtrack almost any ocassion. Although it was released later, Delay 68 is a great collection of early stuff that also rarely gets a mention. Agreed that Soon Over Babaluma is underrated; a great album.
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07.16.2007, 08:26 AM	#10
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Future Days. __________________
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07.16.2007, 08:28 AM	#11
GravitySlips children of satan Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 373	Ege Bamyasi there's 4 that could be my favourite, but that's the one I think I listen to most.
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07.16.2007, 08:35 AM	#12
Kallisti23chaos children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Akron,Ohio Posts: 310	tago Mago- with Ege Bamyasi a close second. __________________ "Every Man And Every Woman Is A Star "
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07.16.2007, 09:10 AM	#13
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Ege, cuz it's so groovy, and my clear green vinyl copy is cool. I might like Tago if I had it. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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07.16.2007, 11:15 AM	#14
Cardinal Rob the destroyed room Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: In the O.. O.. Organ Loft, West Yorkshire, UK Posts: 553	Tago Mago. I haven't heard Eggy Biryani, and Future Days and Soundtracks earn a joint second. I'm yet to adore Monster Movie. __________________ lastFM \| RYM \| MySpace
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07.16.2007, 11:24 AM	#15
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	Tago Mago for me with Ege a close second. Those two are far and away the best two Can records. They did quite a lot of guff to be fair. I could never really get into Future Days or Monster Movie either for some reason.
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07.16.2007, 01:02 PM	#16
Kyohan bad moon rising Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 131	Tago Mago, all the way. Monster Movie or Soundtracks would be next.
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07.16.2007, 03:32 PM	#17
HairwayToSteven children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Iowa. Posts: 266	Tago Mago. Following closely behind that would be Ege.
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07.16.2007, 05:02 PM	#18
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I'd say Tago Mago if it wasn't for "I'm So Green" off Ege Bamyasi. That pushes Ege Bamyasi slightly ahead of Tago Mago.
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07.17.2007, 10:00 AM	#20
LittlePuppetBoy expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Aylmer(now Gatineau), Quebec Posts: 1,756	I just have Tago Mago. I love it __________________
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