Carnival in Babylon [Import]

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Import reissue of the German experimental rock act's 1974 album. Repertoire. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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    		Carnival in Babylon
    Amon Düül II
    Manufacturer: Revisited Records
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    2. Vive La Trance
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    ASIN: B000O78BEG
    Release Date: 2007-05-22

    Tracks:

    1. C.I.D. In Uruk
    2. All The Years Round
    3. Shimmering Sand
    4. Kronwinkl 12
    5. Tables Are Turned
    6. Hawknose Harlequin
    7. Skylight (bonus track)
    8. Tatzelwurmloch (bonus track)

    Album Description

    Amon Düül II recorded Carnival In Babylon, their fourth album, in the autumn of 1971. Their penchant for experimentation, which had marked their predecessor albums, mixing numerous European and Far-Eastern influences, made way on Carnival In Babylon for a tighter, more contemporary heavy guitar based approach. Vocalist Renate Knaup benefited most from this change of direction and proved on Carnival in Babylon to be more of a presence than ever before. While tracks such as Shimmering Sand or Hawknose Harlequin still allowed the group's earlier love of experimentation to shine through, Amon Düül II relied on shorter and clearly tighter arrangements on the tracks, C.I.D. In Uruk, Kronwinkl 12 and Tables Are Turned.

    Amon Düül II, the second formation of this now legendary band, are one of the earliest and best known of the German experimental (Krautrock) bands. For the complete re-issue series of the Amon Düül II catalogue, the CDs will be released as remastered deluxe editions, with enhanced booklets, featuring new liner notes and photos.
    Carnival in Babylon
    Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    • all the years round
    • On the Way to Something Better....
    		 Carnival in Babylon
    Amon Düül II
    Manufacturer: New Rose
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    ASIN: B000001Q4R
    Release Date: 1995-12-19

    Tracks:

    1. C.I.D. In Uruk
    2. All the Years 'Round
    3. Shimmering Sand
    4. Kronwinkl 12
    5. Tables Are Turned
    6. Hawknose Harlequin
    7. Light [*]
    8. Between the Eyes [*]
    9. All the Years Round [Single Version][*]

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars all the years round.......2002-04-24

    dumped this to reel to reel to 8 track much better listening 30 years out , it was good then too, i like all the years round, this is important in a) they did it, and b)it is so avante garde
    that you have to listen and appreciate it, no hype is professed or required, true musicians and talent in their own way, its extremely hard to find their stuff, i will help anyone who wants to get a copy ok?

    2 out of 5 stars On the Way to Something Better...........2001-06-12

    This is often descibed as Amon Duul II's "folk" album by people who've never heard it or have read Julian Cope's Krautrocksampler. This is no more a folk album than any of their others instead it betrays a move towards simultaneously proggier and poppier material and away from their more psychedelically inclined origins. As such, this album finds a band in a state of transition and, possibly because of that, it doesn't really work. "CID In Uruk" and "Ballad of the Shimmering Sand" are pointlessly convoluted songs with over-fussy arrangements (not unlike a Teutonic Family), the shorter songs work best but flirt with mundanity (give Cope his due for noting the similarity between "Tables Are Turned" and Traffic's "Vagabond Virgin", but then Traffic were always one of the more popular of late 60's/ early 70's British rock bands in Germany). The one link to the bands improvisatory past is "Hawknose Harlequin", apparently edited down from 40 minutes, one is glad they didn't decide to include any more of this because, as it stands, it is merely a tedious and listless jam. The CD adds three additional single tracks, the straightforward and rather dull "Light", the more interesting, if short, "Between the Eyes" and the single version of the over-rated "All the Years Round". The band went on to far better things on their next album, "Wolf City", which I would recommend buying over this.
    Carnival in Babylon
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Love them all !
    • Excellent
    • Solid Kraut - very 'full' album
    • German psych-masters visit Planet Earth for a bit
    • Phoenix rising out of the ash.......
    		 Carnival in Babylon
    Amon Düül II
    Manufacturer: Repertoire
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00000I7GI
    Release Date: 1999-03-10

    Tracks:

    1. C.I.D. In Urak
    2. All The Years 'Round
    3. Shimmering Sand
    4. Kronwinkl 12
    5. Tables Are Turned
    6. Hawknose Harlequin
    7. Light
    8. Between The Eyes
    9. All The Years Round, Single Version

    Album Description

    Import reissue of the German experimental rock act's 1974 album. Repertoire.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Love them all !.......2003-03-26

    'Vive la trance' was a slight dissapointment for me the first time I played it, because it was immediately after I got totaly hooked on 'Wolf City', for me the One and only. But it was back in '74, I was 17 and very rebelious and not into compromising. Few years later, in the age of Punk movement, I realised how 'Trance' was way ahead of its time and I got back to it With more enthusiasm. I'm talking about a row of firecrackers,
    5 crazy short songs at the end of the record. Today, after decades of being into music I still find 'Amon Duul II' incredibly fresh, inovative and
    magical. I love them all and have all their records, but for new enthusiasts I'd like to make list of the best 'Duul' records (my opinion of
    course):-Wolf City, Yeti, Tanz der Lemminge, Vive la trance, Hi-jack,
    Carnival in Babylon,Made in Germany, Nada moonshine, Only human.
    That's it. And they cover any niche in contemporary rock, from experimental to pop, and you don't need much more if you have this ultimate collection. And most important, 'Duul' is a group of people with
    a lot of sense of humour. Zappa, hope you have fun wherever you are!

    5 out of 5 stars Excellent.......2000-09-07

    This was my first Amon Duul album years ago. Excellent.

    3 out of 5 stars Solid Kraut - very 'full' album.......2000-07-21

    Good quality German Prog. Rises above most of the releases of its time. Amon Duul were around the best of the genre. Rockin, pshychadelic,lots of diversity between the tracks. This can be listened to for a long time. Demonstrates theior skill and versatiliy. Way ahead of its time. A little poppy for Amon Duul and in comparison with other krautrock, but dont let that scare you.

    Sounds german. Fun. The leadin tracks are perhaps the best.Actually, as I run through side A, it is very good.

    3.5 stars. But when comparing to german prog, perhaps its a 4.

    4 out of 5 stars German psych-masters visit Planet Earth for a bit.......1999-10-13

    Less lysergic but most lovely album, with Renate Knaup's vocals making their presence known, and the band working to make a slightly more "accessible" and "commercial" sound. Of course it was neither, but as a result the compositions are more organized and only hover a bit above the ground, as opposed to previous albums where they were bound for distant reaches of the universe. A good introduction to Amon Duul II, and a nice in-between stop for Duulians who have already taken the big mystical interstellar journeys, i.e. "Yeti," "Phallus Dei," and "Tanz Der Lemminge" with them.

    5 out of 5 stars Phoenix rising out of the ash..............1999-09-01

    After YETI and DANCE OF THE LEMMINGS, two out-of-body albums that contain some of the wildest music ever made, Amon Duul II took a slight breather with this album. More structured than it's two predecessors, it plays kind of like a slightly wilder Jefferson Airplane circa AFTER BATHING AT BAXTERS. Renate Knaup and Chris Karrer's heavily-accented English gives everything a odd cast, but songs like "Tables Are Turned" and "All The Years Round" are charming and pretty. "Hawknose Harliquin" is the only one that goes back deep into freak-out land, with a heavy nod to early Floyd and Dead. If you want to give these German psychedelic warlords a try, get this first, then try YETI or LEMMINGS----and wave that freak flag!
    Carnival in Babylon
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Good is Good
    • One of Duul's best
    • A more song-based Amon Duul II
    • At an elevation of 35,000 feet and descending slowly
    • More classic-song oriented but in the same way: Perfect!!!
    		 Carnival in Babylon
    Amon Düül II
    Manufacturer: Repertoire
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    ASIN: B00006BCHR
    Release Date: 2002-12-24

    Tracks:

    1. C.I.D. in Uruk
    2. All the Years 'Round
    3. Shimmering Sand
    4. Kronwinkl 12
    5. Tables Are Turned
    6. Hawknose Harlequin
    7. Light [*]
    8. Lemmingmania [*]
    9. Between the Eyes [*] - Amon D
    10. All the Years 'Round [Single Version][*]

    Album Description

    German reissue of 1972 album includes four bonus tracks, 'Light', 'Lemmingmania', 'Between The Eyes', 'All The Years Round'. Repertoire. 2002.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Good is Good.......2006-12-01

    I've heard that some Amon Duul 2 fans don't really like this release because it's not as experemental as their earlier ones. I love this album just as much as I love their earlier ones. Many bands get stuck in a rut because they want to do somthing different, but are afraid to because they may allienate(spelling?) fans. Of course one must also remember that Amon Duul 2, had many personneel changes durring their existance, and this alone will cause difference's in sound from album to album. However as I said in the header good is good

    5 out of 5 stars One of Duul's best.......2006-10-16

    Doesn't have the raw power of Yeti, but this album just seems to get better and more interesting the more I listen to it. Shimmering Sand has that amazing organ coming in at the end, and Tables Are Turned is just a fantastic song -- one of my favourites.

    4 out of 5 stars A more song-based Amon Duul II.......2006-05-05

    1972's Carnival in Babylon marked a point in Amon Duul II's career where the band cut back on those extended experiments and concentrated more on music. Not unlike what Brainticket had done on Psychonaut. While nothing Duul II had ever done was as disturbing as what Brainticket had done on their debut, Cottonwoodhill, their previous albums were marked with side-length experiments, at their most weirdest, they were not unlike what Tangerine Dream was doing at the same time ("The Marilyn Monroe Memorial Church" from Tanz der Lemminge reminded me of TD's Alpha Centauri, while most of what ADII did was usually more rock-oriented than TD). In 1972 Tangerine Dream was to release their most experimental album ever, Zeit (one that obviously polarizes fans, I am one that defends the album, but I can understand those that don't dig the album), but Amon Duul II went the other way.

    A few people ended up a tad disappointed with Carnival in Babylon, probably because of the shorter cuts and lacking the extended experiments of albums previous. This was their first single album since Phallus Dei (their debut). My theory as to why they cut back on the experiments was to reach a larger audience or they were starting to have bad drug experiences. Renate Knaup had returned (she sat out Tanz der Lemminge), Rolf U. Falkner was gone (temporarily, for this album), in place of Karl-Heinz Hausmann, who tended to the Hammond organ. Peter Leopold played drums, as well as Danny Fichelscher. John Weinzierl and Chris Karrer are still here, as well as bassist Lothar Meid (who replaced Dave Anderson after Yeti, because Anderson returned to England in order to join Hawkwind for one album, In Search of Space, and moved on to other things, including Amon Duul III aka UK in the '80s and '90s, and in charge of the Demi Monde label, a label that gave Ozric Tentacles their first label deal).

    Many other groups who did what Amon Duul II did on Carnival in Babylon got away with it, and many albums from such groups had the reputation as "lost gems of prog/psychedelic", and to be honest Carnival in Babylon is not bad at all. Many of the songs have a strong Pink Floyd-like feel, but with female vocals (that is the tracks that Renate sings on). The Jefferson Aiplane comparison often surfaces, probably because Renate Knaup sounded something like a Teutonic Grace Slick, and the Airplane influence can be heard on "Tables are Turned" (but has elements you'll obviously not find on Surrealistic Pillow or the much more experimental After Bathing at Baxter's). The psychedelic feel is still there, luckily. It's only with "Hawknose Harlequin", the album's longest track, does the band harken back to experiments of earlier albums, but not as extended (as it's only 9:45, as opposed to around 20 minutes). It's definately a worthwhile album, but the only reason why I gave this a four star rating, is because their following album (also released in 1972), Wolf City was a better album, improving on the new direction the band was going on this album.

    5 out of 5 stars At an elevation of 35,000 feet and descending slowly .......2006-04-05

    Amon Duul II always had a good grasp on melodic and harmonic development - even on albums that featured lengthy freak-outs like Tanz der Lemminge (1971) and Phallus Dei (1969). On this 1972 release the melodies are still present, although the songs are shorter and generally range from 3-5 minutes in length, with a single track at 7'19" and the closing track Hawknose Harlequin is the longest at 9'45" (and is simply incredible). Stylistically, this is very psychedelic stuff with subtle shades of prog here and there - a perfect combination in my book. The instrumentation consists mainly of acoustic and electric guitar (sometimes heavily distorted), energetic electric bass (it is way up in the mix), and drums, with some soft Hammond organ work a la Rick Wright (Pink Floyd), acoustic piano, Farfisa organ, and various electronic effects. I really like the unusual vocal style of Renate Knaup and the vocal harmonies with the other musicians are fantastic, although I can't imagine that every listener would agree (they all have an odd vocal style). Hands down, my favorite tracks on the album include Shimmering Sand, with its gloomy soundscapes and minor keys, and the closing track, which features the freak-out qualities of their earlier albums in the form of a KILLER spacey jam with some great electric guitar playing. With respect to the remastering effort by Repertoire, the sound quality is pretty good, there are photos of the band, and the liner notes are informative (and in English). In addition, four bonus tracks in the 2-4 minute range have been included that were released as singles between 1970 - 1972 and are all pretty good. All in all, this is a great album that was put together with a tremendous amount of imagination. Highly recommended along with Phallus Dei (1969), Yeti (1970), Tanz der Lemminge (1971), and Wolf City (1972) - which was released shortly after Carnival in Babylon and is very similar, although not as psychedelic.

    5 out of 5 stars More classic-song oriented but in the same way: Perfect!!!.......2005-10-09

    Buy the remastered Repertoire edition of 2002, the sound is really something and the music sparkles in bright psychedelic colours...The starting theme is splendid acid-tongue in Renate Knaup voice that makes my blood a little warmer, the male voices too well synchronized with her making a drone-like effect...Astonishing is second song, "All the Years 'Round", drowned in fiery psycho-guitars, gorgeous psychedelia!!!
    Seems they had a pause in their experimental progressive rock, after the Yeti masterpiece, using a more conventional song structure, but in the same fresh way...The lysergic ambient is intact, there is a almost-acoustic jewel, "Tables Are Turned", with that goblin-like intrepid bongos... The bonus tracks are a remarkable addition to this Carnival, they really fit...Splendid edition!!!!Please come back, Repertoire!!





    Carnival in Babylon
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      		Carnival in Babylon
      Amon Duul 2
      Manufacturer: Repertoire/Hepcat
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD
      ASIN: B0002B5UX4
      Release Date: 1999-03-09
      Carnival in Babylon
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        		Carnival in Babylon
        Amon Duul II
        Manufacturer: Gamma
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        Carnival In Babylon [Reissue]
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          Amon Duul II
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