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Monster Movie [Original recording remastered] [SACD]

~ Can
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  • Audio CD (11 Oct 2004)
  • Please Note: Requires SACD-compatible hardware
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered, SACD
  • Label: Grey Area
  • ASIN: B0002K0ZJO
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 102,492 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Father Cannot Yell
2. Mary, Mary So Contrary
3. Outside My Door
4. You Doo Right

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If not quite an event on the earth-shattering level of TAGOMAGO, MONSTER MOVIE is still a monster of a record. Can's debut finds the peerless rhythm section of bassist Holger Czukay and fearsomely intense drummer Jaki Liebezeit instantly locking onto the chugging mantra of "Father Cannot Yell," taking the Velvet Underground's strung-out garage-rock stance to its ultimate conclusion. Guitarist Michael Karoli veers off into messy, acid-fried splatter, while Irmin Schmidt's keyboards provide both whinnying psychedelic damage and the throbbing, minimal "motorik" pulse that defines Krautrock. MONSTER MOVIE is the only Can album to feature original vocalist Malcolm Mooney. He sounds great on the deliciously trippy "Mary, Mary So Contrary" and on the unhinged "Outside My Door" (without which there could have been no Fall, no Pavement, no Butthole Surfers, no Girls Against Boys, etc). The staggering, 20-minute "Yoo Doo Right" leaves him hoarse, but he weathers the jaw-dropping instrumental turns and twists of this simmering acid-blues behemoth like a true juggernaut. Mooney left soon after (returning for 1988's RITE TIME), but Can had hit the ground running, its remarkable chemistry primed for the wildcard spark that was the vocal freestyling andmanic, volcanic energy of Mooney's replacement, the inimitable Kenji "Damo" Suzuki

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5.0 out of 5 stars MONSTER, 5 Jan 2005
Can were formed at the end of the sixties by a bunch of muso types from Germany. Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay and Michael Karoli then signed up American sculptor Malcolm Mooney as their vocalist and recorded this album in a castle using superior equipment. Can remain an utterly fascinating band and although it is their later work with vocalist Damo Suzuki (who replaced Mooney after Mooney had a breakdown) Monster Movie is a fantastic record which finds the band stretching themselves. Much of this is similar in sound and technique to work by the Velvet Underground, Frank Zappa, Beefheart, Stooges etc. Can are experimenting with drone and repetition here, and Mooney's lyrics and vocal delivery make for some disturbing listening. The band chug along like it's 1969 and Mooney goes into meltdown. This is one of those unsung records that you should own. If you like alternative music and this is an era that interests you then Can are well worth trying out. Start here, then branch out into Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi and Soon Over Babaluma.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars I'm not in a drugged up haze often enough, 12 Feb 2007
By T. Owen "Discreet Lunatic Fringer" (Sheffield, UK) - See all my reviews
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I'm giving this album three stars in the context of Can's entire output (which by the way I recommend up until Unlimited Edition, and that includes Delay 1968), because it IS problematic. The opening track is awesome; exhilerating, dark, and timeless. Tracks 2 and 3 have conversely not aged so well sound-wise - they scream 'hippy' - nor do they have anything particularly interesting to rescue them in the music, and I find that I can enjoy them only providing I'm feeling particularly kinda beatnik. To be fair I'm far too young to have any nostalgia for that 60's sound, but then so is everyone else who is discovering Can for the first time through these excellent re-masterings. The fourth track has a nice groove but does not come close to justifying its 20 minute length unless your the most die-hard of drone rockers (as opposed to later 'long' can tracks which contain plenty of material to get your teeth in to and are structured better), so what we have here is a mediocre EP for the price of an LP.

If you're already in to Can, as well you might be, then I still recommend this, particularly for the astonishing Father Cannot Yell. If not, start with Ege Bamyasi and come back to this later.
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