FLAWLESS

Flawless i bought from a rare cd company about 5 years ago and i bought this as i knew it was rare and was gklad i got it,i wouldnt say its the best amon duul 11 album but some songs are worth having,the songs which i still enjoy now are reworkings of [i think there reworkings],surrounded by the stars from [wolf city] which is excellent i think as its got a guitar solo with part of the german national anthem in it which goes in the song very well which i still enjoy everytime i listen to it,castaneda da dream[in another world] is a good song to which is of nada moonshine which i enjoy everytime i listen to it,wie der wind am ende einer strasse is a good reworking of this from wolf city and is enjoyable to,and la poloma from made in germany another reworking which is good as the guitar sounds good,i wouldnt say this is a excellent cd but the songs ive said about are worth having as there good and enjoyable,surrounded by the stars on this cd i play twice as its a good version and sometimes like it better than the original version of the song same goes with the other songs ive mentioned,i give it 3 stars just for the songs ive mentioned as there really worth having,i bought this cd for £12.99 and still listen to it 5 years after buying it when i want to listen to amon duul 11 but thats only the songs ive mentioned,give it a go just for the versions of the songs i mentioned.

I was tempted to give this album five stars because, if you're like me and you grew up with Amon Duul 2, this album is essential. It is a collection of new (at the time), unreleased and re-recorded material that translates into an album that's a joyful and energetic romp through their back catalogue plus what can be considered bonus music that's very much in keeping with the proceedings. The disc kicks in at just over 70 minutes and doesn't let up once.

If you're an Amon Duul 2 fan, it's impossible not to love it all. Yes, it will send you back to the original versions of the many reworkings, but not in search of the only good version, this music will send you back with renewed excitement, digging into those wonderful albums one more time.

But Flawless feels like an album in its own right too. It hangs together, and the lines blur between reworkings and the newer material. You find you just enjoy it all. And, bliss, many of our old Amon Duul mates are here to greet us. Renate K, Lothar Mead, John Wenzierl, Peter Leopold, Chris Karrer etc.

My wife brought the album back from France (I live down under) in 2002 when she enquired after some old prog or krautrock classics and the music store foisted this on her. (She knew, as she'd got to go to France and I hadn't, I was expecting a few presents.) And I love her for for it. Goddammit, I am giving it five stars. Because there are many of us old krautrock fans out there who will consider this essential. So there you go.