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in their earliest incarnation, Can still sound very rough, proto-krautrock à la early Amon Düül more than their later selves. This is more a matter of sound than of essence though, because the basic ingredients are all here already: the lock grooves, the repetition, the occasional hypnotic quality. Musically, it's like an unfinished draft for the real thing, but it's nevertheless very accomplished.

Most Can fans maintain that it took Damo Suzuki to take the vocals to the right level, and I kind of agree, but it's really hard to argue with Malcolm Mooney's vocals either: his indistinct mumbling before he spouts out some understandable bits and pieces, and certainly his ability to be a lot more repetitive than his successor have a compelling quality. Listening to this, it makes sense that only a few months later, he would suffer a nervous breakdown on stage, being unable to stop singing "upstairs downstairs". He feels quite on the edge on this record too, and it's precisely this somewhat morbid aspect that adds an interesting dimension to this music.

4.0

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