Kan Guru

Kan Guru Artist: Guru Guru
Label: Universal/Polygram
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 731451173721
EAN: 0731451173721
ASIN: B0000070NT


Release Date: 1995-11-29

Kan Guru


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Tracks:

  1. Oxymoron
  2. Immer Lustig
  3. Baby Cake Walk
  4. Ooga Booga

Album Description

1992 reissue of the psych-Krautrock guitar-trio's classic third album, originally released in 1972. Brain Records.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Guru Guru - 'Kanguru' .......2004-11-27

'Kanguru' was the band's third lp,originally released in 1972.I'd give it a 4 1/2 star rating as it's nearly as mind-blowing as 'UFO'(see my review) or 'Hinten'.The original line-up is here,Mani Neumeier-drums&keyboards,Ax Genrich-guitar and Uli Trepte-bass.In my opinion,'Kanguru' is more or less an essential krautrock title to own a copy of and play often.Four tracks total,each one serves it's purpose quite well to fully trip out the listener.Track listing:"Oxymoron"(10:33),"Immer Lusting"(15:40),"Baby Cake Walk"(10:59) and "Ooga Booga"(11:09).Some may argue that Guru Guru is not so much 'actual' krautrock.They're like part kraut,part heavy-psychedelia.Recommended.

3 out of 5 stars Welcome to electro-hippie world.......2001-12-04

Fine time-warp material--seemingly endless cosmic jams about sex & drugs (Oxymoron--"Smelled like dope/But there's no hope"). The best here is Immer Lustig (Always Happy), a 15-minute meditation on electronic wizardry, super sounding on CD. Mani & friends were genuinely talented musicians.

My German roommate gave this album to me in 1973, & I still play it, occasionally. German & Central Euro rockers were a world apart from U.S Top 40 & even AOR; maybe that's what happens when your country tried to kill off the rest of the world.

3 out of 5 stars Krauthogs.......2001-06-08

I hate how the term Krautrock is used in slapdash manner to describe any music produced in Germany in the late 60's and 70's. The truth is that Guru Guru are simply not fit to lace the boots of the best German bands of the period but they, and others far worse, have attained some degree of critcal cool simply by being descibed as "Krautrock". Again, Guru Guru are not the worst of these spurious "Krautrock" groups (for instance Kraan are far less interesting) and this might be their best album. The tracks consist of jams stuck together, haphazardly at times but quite entertainingly too, built around Mani Neumeier's octopus-armed drumming, occasional vocalising and layers and layers of Ax (what a name for a guitarist!) Genrich's hyperactive guitar. The overall effect is not unlike a more spaced out Groundhogs! Again, not even remotely essential, but quite groovy nonetheless.

4 out of 5 stars

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