Search - Amon Duul II :: Yeti

This is ONE of the psychedelic gems!!!!

PortugueseMusicFan | Porto, Portugal | 09/19/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Well, Amon Duul II is a serious case, at least the ultimate psychedelic group from Continental Europe, so idiosyncratic in their music and imagery... The Yeti album, with it's diverse paths, alternating acoustic and electric, is a kind of expedition through a dream-like land...Archangel's Thunderbird is psychedelia at most exciting, the voice of Renate Knaup emulating a Grace Slick mood, but with a more killer attitude, the stormy guitar "singing" side-by-side her voice...This album is a skin-shivering experience, it contains what must be the most terrifying song in rock universe, the mind-blowing "Eye-Shaking King" with that exorcist-like vocals and aggressive guitars...Finally, an important word to the aesthetic aspect of the group, so powerful as the music, people dancing in a ghostly-manner upon a mountain, anguish without-a-face masks, the esplendid image of death in the front cover, lysergic horses, altered states of conscience and panic colors!!!! A MUST!!!!!





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Great Psychedelic/Progressive Rock

Scott McFarland | Manassas, VA United States | 03/22/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"For their first three records - this was the second - Amon Duul II were a tight, imaginative unit that could hold their own with the great American and English bands of the period. Imagine Jimi Hendrix fronting a more gothic version of Jefferson Airplane with a dash of the Who, but with a unique and trippy lyrical slant. The first LP here (this was a 2-LP set) has lots of great riffs and tracks, and the second is eerie improvisation. All in all, a fine record."

Soap shop rock

J. Holmes | yokohama, japan | 08/14/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"amon duul II is most def. the better of the two amon duul bands and this landmark 1970 album cements that status. this is often looked at as their best album (this and Phallus Dei) and once the cd kicks off...it's not hard to understand why. the 4 songs that make up the miniature rock epic "soap shop rock" starts it up and at almost 16 minutes, it will keep you interested to hear more. the fuzzy bass...the rocking distorted guitar, the strange male and female vocals, the druggy noisy interludes....it's all here. i notice alot of Amon Duul II's influence on modern 'stoner rock' ands like Fu Manchu or Clutch; esp. on songs like "Archangels Thunderbird." isn't that a great title?"