DROSSELBART

Poor old Drosselbart! Only 2.54 scored from only 2 ratings! Well I'm going to stand up for this little great unknown gem of an album. It's one of the first Krautrock albums I ever heard and will always have a place in my heart. I was drawn to it by the cover with the worms crawling out of the Earth (whatever that means?).

The best thing about it is that it's sung in German - the way it should be. Considering it's from 1970, I think it's pretty darn good. I've listened to this on my bicycle doing a 15 mile trek to work thinking Crikey - what a great album. It made me peddle like a loon! Okay, okay, there is one real stinker on it called 'Du Bist Eine Weg' but bar that it's all pretty good stuff, no really it is!.

All regular instruments are present, but it's kind of 'stop start, stop start' followed by Deutschen Sprechen throughout. Definitely worth 3 stars and a lot better than a lot of the krautrock stuff that was to follow. Funky Kraut... Yeah!