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The second of Can's three Virgin albums, 1976's Flow Motion, is a divisive record in the group's canon. It was their most commercially successful album (the opening track, "I Want More," was released as a single in the U.K. and actually charted, thanks to its smoothly percolating near-disco groove, which makes it resemble a late-period Roxy Music hit), but many fans dismiss it as the group's feint toward commercial success. That fluke hit aside, the charge doesn't really hold water. There's a newfound smoothness to the group's interplay, which Holger Czukay attributes to an interest in reggae music, yet the Caribbean influence is quite subtle; only on "Cascade Waltz" and, particularly, "Laugh Till You Cry Live Till You Die" is there a noticeable reggae lilt. The two highlight tracks are "Smoke," a wild, Moroccan-styled entry in their ever-growing Ethnological Forgery Series, and the limber title track, a ten-and-a-half minute instrumental groove that recalls the best moments of earlier albums like Soon Over Babaluma. By no means one of Can's very best albums, Flow Motion deserves better than its poor reputation in some circles.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Schmidt, Composer - Can, Artist, MainArtist - Czukay, Composer - BUCKS MUSIC GROUP LTD, MusicPublisher - Liebezeit, Composer - Gilmour, Karoli, Composer - Messer Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2006 2012 Spoon Records 1977 Spoon Records / Bucks Music Group
Jaki Liebezeit, Composer, Lyricist - Irmin Schmidt, Composer, Lyricist - Can, Artist, MainArtist - Holger Czukay, Composer, Lyricist - Michael Karoli, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Gilmour, Lyricist - Spoon Music/Gema, Messer Music/UK, MusicPublisher
2006 2012 Spoon Records 2013 2013 Spoon Records
Jaki Liebezeit, Composer, Lyricist - Irmin Schmidt, Composer, Lyricist - Can, Artist, MainArtist - Holger Czukay, Composer, Lyricist - Michael Karoli, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Gilmour, Lyricist - Spoon Music/Gema, Messer Music/UK, MusicPublisher
2006 2012 Spoon Records 2013 2013 Spoon Records
Jaki Liebezeit, Composer, Lyricist - Irmin Schmidt, Composer, Lyricist - Can, Artist, MainArtist - Holger Czukay, Composer, Lyricist - Michael Karoli, Composer, Lyricist - Spoon Music/Gema, Messer Music/UK, MusicPublisher
2006 2012 Spoon Records 2013 2013 Spoon Records
Jaki Liebezeit, Composer, Lyricist - Irmin Schmidt, Composer, Lyricist - Can, Artist, MainArtist - Holger Czukay, Composer, Lyricist - Michael Karoli, Composer, Lyricist - Peter Gilmour, Lyricist - Spoon Music/Gema, Messer Music/UK, MusicPublisher
2006 2012 Spoon Records 2013 2013 Spoon Records
Jaki Liebezeit, Composer, Lyricist - Irmin Schmidt, Composer, Lyricist - Can, Artist, MainArtist - Holger Czukay, Composer, Lyricist - Michael Karoli, Composer, Lyricist - Spoon Music/Gema, Messer Music/UK, MusicPublisher
2006 2012 Spoon Records 2013 2013 Spoon Records
Jaki Liebezeit, Composer, Lyricist - Irmin Schmidt, Composer, Lyricist - Can, Artist, MainArtist - Holger Czukay, Composer, Lyricist - Michael Karoli, Composer, Lyricist - Spoon Music/Gema, Messer Music/UK, MusicPublisher
2006 2012 Spoon Records 2013 2013 Spoon Records
Albumbeschreibung
The second of Can's three Virgin albums, 1976's Flow Motion, is a divisive record in the group's canon. It was their most commercially successful album (the opening track, "I Want More," was released as a single in the U.K. and actually charted, thanks to its smoothly percolating near-disco groove, which makes it resemble a late-period Roxy Music hit), but many fans dismiss it as the group's feint toward commercial success. That fluke hit aside, the charge doesn't really hold water. There's a newfound smoothness to the group's interplay, which Holger Czukay attributes to an interest in reggae music, yet the Caribbean influence is quite subtle; only on "Cascade Waltz" and, particularly, "Laugh Till You Cry Live Till You Die" is there a noticeable reggae lilt. The two highlight tracks are "Smoke," a wild, Moroccan-styled entry in their ever-growing Ethnological Forgery Series, and the limber title track, a ten-and-a-half minute instrumental groove that recalls the best moments of earlier albums like Soon Over Babaluma. By no means one of Can's very best albums, Flow Motion deserves better than its poor reputation in some circles.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:00
- Main artists: Can
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mute
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
2006 2012 Spoon Records 2006 2012 Spoon Records
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