CanBest Can Albums Ranked

Tago Mago (40th Anniversary Edition)

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10

“Can's 1971 album Tago Mago, freshly reissued in a "40th Anniversary Edition," is a colossus, the product of a band that was thinking huge, pushing itself to its limits, and devoted to breaking open its own understanding of what rock music could be.”

Anthology (Remastered)

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8.8

“Can's music is all around you, even if you've never actually heard it. The band has had such a deep impact on rock and experimental music that it's impossible not to have heard something that bears its fingerprints. Can were as unlikely as they were influential: Holger Czukay and Irmin Schmidt, both students of early electronic and serial composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, and the latter an associate”

Future Days (Remastered)

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8.8

“There are four small miracles in Can's "Chain Reaction"/"Quantum Physics", from 1974's *Soon Over Babaluma*. The first occurs at about 40 seconds into "Chain Reaction" when the 4/4 stomp of Jaki Liebezeit's drums line up with Holger Czukay's bass pulse, alongside tambourine and percolating drum machine; I realize that this song is closer to trance techno than the minimalist funk or psychedelic mot”

Monster Movie (Remastered)

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8.7

“Mute remasters and reissues the first four albums from Pitchfork faves Can, whose music anticipated both the musical trend toward decontextualization via electronics, post-production, and editing, and the cultural trend toward collective experience and shared information.”

The Singles

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8.5

“Excellent Can compilation showcases singles you've never heard on the radio”

LIVE IN STUTTGART 1975 - EP

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8.2

“This 1975 set captures the band reconnecting with the psych-rock fury of its primordial years, drawing from a cleaned-up recording of a super-fan’s tape.”