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More greatness

William R. Nicholas | Mahwah, NJ USA | 02/26/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Tago Mago, 1971, is widely and justly throught of as Can's masterwork: a sprawling double album of funk and expermentation.



Yet this disc is in some ways more intense: the songs are shorter, the funk has more bite, the nuances are darker, and the avant gaurde section of the album, "soup," --filled with Damo's demonic scatting and some amazing electronic doom--is far more dence and edgey than any work Can had previously done.



This is an album that truely tears apart your system and then puts it back together.



So never make the mistake of thinking if you own Tago you have all the Can you need. No, not by a long shot."

Classic and Timeless

Zachary Backofen | dallas, tx | 02/25/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Another classic album from the most important band that there ever was and will be. While Tago Mago is a band hitting their musical peak - alot of the time so complex intimidating new listeners, Ege Bamyasi is a band flourishing as a self proclaimed "pulsing organism". This is Can's most influential album and and probably more accessible for new listeners, although most definitely not any better than Tago-it's certainly not any worse. This album is timeless and by far one of the best albums ever created, period."

My First Can Album Won't Be the Last

C. Jenkins | 02/22/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Oh mah goodness! The grooves on this album are so tight, but they're not tight in that "bass player's right index finger and drummer's right foot do the same things all the time" kind of way. Things are far more interesting than that. Lyrics: crazy, sounds: crazy, grooves: crazy awesome. Also people who are somehow offended by Kanye's sample of "Sing Swan Song" need to get over it...like they were listening to Can in the seventies anyways."