NADA MOONSHINE #

How come this recent addition to the AD stable hasn't been reviewed? Very different from everything that came before but, for all that, a welcome progression. This is AD being experimental, innovative and exciting, but never relinquishing their roots. Highly entertaining album worthy of playing over & over. Accesible to virtually everyone and this may be the stumbling block for all Duul devotees! But not me!

Nada moonshine starts with castaneda da dream which starts very nice very eastern sounding and a very nice bit from renate kind of ahhhing and then a singer comes in[not sure who though]and renate sings and shes still in form for this 1995 release new stuff this song is dreamy to me [not quite but kind of makes me think that way] this is a brilliant start to nada moonshine and this song is one which i will playing for a while or maybe for years to come renate sounds very good on this song and everything else sounds good to especially the acoustic guitar bit very eastern sounding and very addictive indeed and a welcome back from amon duul 11 a brilliant song,next song nada moonshine starts with wake up and this is kind of different for duul i think and renate is ok on this song also but i cant help thinking i,m not that keen on this song especially the first 3 minutes it just says to me turn it down and the rest of the song this dont interest me much but it does get going kind of and renate does sound not bad here at around the 5.28 mark it does get going better and does sound good but to long to wait for me in my opinion,next is speed inside my shoes starts with kind of a eastern sounding acoustic heavier guitar[kind of ]and renate comes in singing the lyrics and this isnt to bad but she has in my opinion sounded better and the music is kind of technoey sounding and the rest is the same for this song really not a bad song and worth listening to when your pissed or on something else lets say,next is sirens in germanistan starts with acoustic guit bi then a kind of techno bit on drums sounding beat comes in and renate sings and sounds great and the guitar sounds ok here to and a bit of sax which goes in with the song very well basic though for a sax player i think and at the 3.28 mark it really gets going and sounds great with children in the background sounds like singing a not bad song attall and kind of gets stuck in ya head kind of to,next is lilac lilies and sounds good here the vocals[not sure who] sounds great and the mellow keyboards sound just great basic but good though and then renate sings with the vocalist[i do recognise his voice but cant remember who]then it gets technoey beat with him sing over it with the keyboards and i think the technoey bit kind of makes it sound stupid it should of been recorded with out the technoey bit as techno is the worsed music ever in my opinion[and yes i do like drum and base etc] it would of been better if they put a good guitar solo with it instead of the stupid techno,next is kissme eee which is weird with renate sounding weird and the music kind of sounds backward not that keen on this attall this is weird for a song but this is amon duul 11 and even in the 90s this shows there not scared to experiment and thats good but this aint brilliant for sure but when the song gets to the 4.20 mark it does sound good not bad and i dont mind this bit and the rest of the song is ok,next is carpetride in velvet night and this is very eastern sounding like kind of the borat movie track[not a bad thing though]this does sound great and the vocals sound good here to[lothar meid and earlier it was lothar on vocals]and with chris karrer to on vocals and he sounds ok to this is a good song very different and a good to hear i really do like this its worth a listen definatly and i liked it first listen,next is black pearl of wisdom and sounds eastern sounding and sounds a little like the last song before this and has renate on vocals i do like the easten sound to this it does sound ok and theres a bit of violin which sounds great to a big welcome to it here in this song i do love this song its listenable everytime but is weird though,next is ca va and starts with a bass sound and is the same a for a while but does get going and when it does it sounds good,next is guadalquivir and is sung by chris karrer and is acoustic guitar and is kind of beaty in the background and theres a acoustic guitar bit which sounds good and then the beat comes more in renate sings her bit [this song is in german] this is an ok song kind of a song you could do an embarrassing drunk dance to when pissed[not taking the pee but thats wat i do] and the song ends and not to bad of an album it is better than almost alive and only human and pyragony,renate knaup just has to be with duul 11 i think there not them otherwise fullstop,i give this 3 stars but might be a 4 when i had a beer or two.

Amon Düül is kinda of everything. I've never experienced a band, that tried like six different genres. But i must say I like the album, definitely not their best album, in my oppinion. But this is a band who really tries every genre they can. Personally I like their first three albums the best, and I was surprised to hear Viva La Trance, the album wasn't Krautrock or anything like that. And since then I don't think they made the same albums as the three ones they started with. But you know what, it's okay to have a little variety in the genres. I like this album, because its experiemental, and when you see it in that perspective, you can almostt say, that every Amon Düül II album is a great album. Yes they started a to make albums, with pop elements, but just because it's not their original sound, it can still be good albums. That's why i give this album 3 stars. The albums got some great qualities, and is way better than the four previous, in my oppinion.