Search - Can :: Anthology: 25 Years

The Can ain't ALL that.

bcmediasales | 08/26/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Hardcore Can fans tend to cannonize (sic) their catalogue and tend to bash Can compilations as "incomplete" or "choppy". Well, most of Can's outings, to be honest, were a lot choppier and inconsistant than this collection--when listening to the original albums, I'm always hitting the skip button past half the trcks. But this collection focuses on the "good Can" material which is the cold and mechanical kraut-rock which influenced all those alt-rock bands like Sonic Youth as opposed to the "bad Can" material which was wanky psychedelic prog a little too close to Zappa for comfort. This collection really boils their output down to the gold material and is, for the average human, all the Can you'll ever need. (It's basically Cannibalism I and II packaged together)."

Can - 'Anthology 1968-1993' (Mute)

Mike Reed | USA | 12/07/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"For those of you who may still not know,Can was a German progressive five-piece formed in 1968.The former members are still quite active in the music business to this day.Bassist Holger Czukay is probably the best known.As for disc one,I really enjoyed "Mother Sky",the rather laid back "She Brings The Rain",the unreal "Mushroom","Outside My Door","Aumgn" and the twenty-minute epic "Yoo Doo Right".On disc two,I was most impressed with "Uphill",their signature tune "Future Days"(see my review of this disc),the rhythmatic "TV Spot",the spaced out "Animal Waves" and "Aspectacle".Can's music is reportedly SO progressive that no two of their songs are alike.A feat very few bands are able to pull off.A should-have."