The long and winding four-piece opener Soap Shop Rock is sure to turn some heads, but I prefer even more the wild guitar solos of Eye-Shaking King. This is a pretty great psychedelic jam record that shines on some of its longer passages. The second disc of improvisations, unfortunately, isn't available on Spotify, so my rating isn't taking into account those tracks.
German psychedelic masters Amon Duul II's earlier albums rank high among the best psychedelic-rock/jam records ever released. Yeti is one of the main accomplishments of the legendary act: a rock album with many detours, covering ground that ranges from the early european progressive scene with some of the more experimental jazz music of the 60s and the german krautrock of bands like Can. The result is a massive, incredibly well-textured effort with an incomparable production quality and some ... read more
On Archangels Thunderbird even the instruments are getting high off that song.
Track Review
Burning Sister 9.5/10
Halluzination Guillotine 9.5/10
Gulp a Sonata 8.5/10.
Flesh-Coloured Anti-Aircraft Alarm 9/10
She Came Through the Chimney 8/10
Archangels Thunderbird 10/10
Cerberus 7.5/10.
The Return of Ruebezahl 8/10
Eye Shaking King 9.5/10
Pale Gallery 8/10
Yeti 8/10
Yeti Talks to Yogi 8.5/10
Sandoz in the Rain 8.5/10
Average: 8.7/10
I couldn't have asked for a better album to introduce me to this genre. Soap Shop Rock has earned its reputation as a great opener and a massively important piece of music. Archangels Thunderbird and Eye Shaking King also stick out to me as incredible pieces of music and there are plenty of pieces in between that make the whole album come together really nicely.
1 | Soap Shop Rock 13:47
| 90 |
2 | She Came Through the Chimney 2:57 | 73 |
3 | Archangels Thunderbird 3:33 | 90 |
4 | Cereberus 4:21 | 90 |
5 | The Return of Rübezahl 1:41 | 84 |
6 | Eye-Shaking King 5:40 | 90 |
7 | Pale Gallery 2:16 | 69 |
1 | Yeti (Improvisation) 18:12 | 90 |
2 | Yeti Talks to Yogi (Improvisation) 6:18 | 87 |
3 | Sandoz in the Rain (Improvisation) 9:00 | 80 |