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Discography
Discography is the study and listing of the details concerning sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified musical genres...

 of the krautrock
Krautrock
Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...

 band Can
Can (band)
Can was an experimental rock band formed in Cologne, West Germany in 1968. Later labeled as one of the first "krautrock" groups, they transcended mainstream influences and incorporated strong minimalist and world music elements into their often psychedelic music.Can constructed their music largely...

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Studio albums

  • Monster Movie (1969)
  • Soundtracks
    Soundtracks (Can album)
    Soundtracks is a soundtrack album by the Krautrock group Can. It was first released in 1970 and consists of tracks written for various films. The album marks the departure of the band's original vocalist Malcolm Mooney, who sings on two tracks, to be replaced by new member Damo Suzuki...

    (1970)
  • Tago Mago
    Tago Mago
    Tago Mago is the third studio album by the German experimental rock band Can, and was originally released as a double LP in 1971 by United Artists...

    (1971)
  • Ege Bamyasi
    Ege Bamyasi
    Ege Bamyası is the fourth studio album by the German experimental rock band Can which was originally released as an LP in 1972 by United Artists. The album contains the single "Spoon", which charted in the Top 10 in Germany, largely because of its use as the theme of a German TV thriller series...

    (1972)
  • Future Days
    Future Days
    Future Days is the fifth studio album by the rock music group Can. This is the last album to feature Japanese vocalist Damo Suzuki. On Future Days, the band employs more of an ambient sound than on their previous efforts, especially on the title track and the twenty-minute "Bel Air".-Track...

    (1973)
  • Soon Over Babaluma
    Soon Over Babaluma
    Soon Over Babaluma is the sixth studio album by the rock music group Can. This is the band's first album without a lead vocalist who does not play an instrument, following the departure of Damo Suzuki in 1973 during which he married his German girlfriend. The vocals are taken care of by guitarist...

    (1974)
  • Landed
    Landed (album)
    Landed is the band Can's seventh studio album, released in 1975. It is said to be the beginning of their poppier, less experimental era.The album has been described as the band's attempt at glam rock, and the upbeat nature of most of the tracks do give the album this feel...

    (1975)
  • Flow Motion
    Flow Motion
    Flow Motion is the eighth Can studio album, and features the UK hit single "I Want More".It was mixed using "Artificial Head" binaural stereo.The cover features a photograph taken by band member Michael Karoli.-Track listing:-Personnel:...

    (1976)
  • Saw Delight
    Saw Delight
    Saw Delight is the ninth Can studio album, and features two new band members who were ex-members of the band Traffic, with Can's bassist Holger Czukay giving up the bass in favour of experimental effects....

    (1977)
  • Out of Reach (1978)
  • Can
    Can (album)
    Can, also known as Inner Space, is the eleventh studio album by Can, released in 1979. Former bassist Holger Czukay's involvement with this album is limited to tape editing...

    (1979)
  • Rite Time
    Rite Time
    Rite Time is Can's twelfth and last studio album, considered a reunion album because of the time elapsed since the band's previous album, Can, which had been released in 1979. The album consists of sessions recorded in the South of France in late 1986, edited extensively by the band over the course...

    (1989)


All of these albums except Out of Reach, disowned by the band, are available as remastered SACDs
Super Audio CD
Super Audio CD is a high-resolution, read-only optical disc for audio storage. Sony and Philips Electronics jointly developed the technology, and publicized it in 1999. It is designated as the Scarlet Book standard. Sony and Philips previously collaborated to define the Compact Disc standard...

 through Spoon Records
Spoon Records
Spoon Records is an independent record label managed by Hildegard Schmidt, wife of keyboard player Irmin Schmidt, since 1974, on which music by the krautrock band Can and its members has been released and re-released. It takes its name from the song Spoon on Can's Ege Bamyasi album....

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Compilations/Live Albums

  • Unlimited Edition
    Unlimited Edition (album)
    Unlimited Edition is a compilation album by the band Can. Released in 1976 as a double album, it was an expanded version of the 1974 LP Limited Edition on United Artists Records which, as the name suggests, was a limited release of 15,000 copies...

    Virgin, UK/Harvest, Ger., 1976 – collection of 1968–1974 rarities
  • Delay 1968
    Delay 1968
    -Personnel:*Holger Czukay – bass*Michael Karoli – guitar*Jaki Liebezeit – drums, percussion*Irmin Schmidt – keyboards*Malcolm Mooney – vocals...

    Spoon, 1981–1968–1969 rarities and outtakes collection
  • Limited Edition (United Artists, 1974) – collection of 1968–1974 rarities that was expanded to become Unlimited Edition
    Unlimited Edition (album)
    Unlimited Edition is a compilation album by the band Can. Released in 1976 as a double album, it was an expanded version of the 1974 LP Limited Edition on United Artists Records which, as the name suggests, was a limited release of 15,000 copies...

  • The Peel Sessions
    The Peel Sessions (Can album)
    The Peel Sessions is a compilation album by the German experimental rock band Can. Released in November 1995, it contains songs from four sessions recorded for John Peel's Radio 1 show...

    (Strange Fruit, 1995) – collection of 1973–1976 recordings from BBC radio's John Peel Show
  • Can Live
    Can Live
    Can Live Music is a double live album by the band Can, released in 1999 and recorded in the UK and West Germany between 1972 and 1977...

    (Spoon, 1999) – collection of live recordings 1972–1977 (originally packaged with the Can Box CD/video/book set)
  • Sacrilege
    Sacrilege (album)
    Sacrilege is a double remix album by the band Can, released in 1997. It features remixes of many of the band's most well-known songs from the 1960s and 70s, remixed by contemporary recording artists.-Track listing:# "PNOOM" – 0:56...

    – remix album, contains a remix of the hit "Spoon" by Sonic Youth
    Sonic Youth
    Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...

  • Opener (Sunset, 1976) – compilation from 1972–1974 album material
  • Cannibalism
    Cannibalism (album)
    Cannibalism is a compilation double album by Krautrock artists Can which was released in 1978.-Side A:# "Father Cannot Yell" – 7:05# "Soul Desert" – 3:30# "Soup" – 3:03# "Mother Sky" – 6:41-Side B:# "She Brings the Rain" – 4:07...

    (United Artists, 1978) – compilation from 1969–1974 album material (two tracks dropped for CD reissue)
  • Incandescence (Virgin, 1983) – compilation from 1969–1977 album material
  • Cannibalism 2 (Spoon, 1992) – compilation from 1974–1981 album material, also includes a few tracks from singles
  • Anthology
    Anthology (Can album)
    Anthology, also called Anthology 1968–1993, is a compilation double album by Krautrock artists Can which was released in 1994. Several of the songs are presented in edited form.-CD 1:# "Father Cannot Yell"  – 7:05# "Soup"  – 3:03...

    (Spoon, 1993) – compilation from 1968–1991 album and soundtrack material
  • Cannibalism 3 (Spoon, 1993) – compilation from 1979–1991 solo album material
  • Canobits Early Canobits 1968-75 (Rare Studio & Live Material)


Note: Unlimited Edition
Unlimited Edition (album)
Unlimited Edition is a compilation album by the band Can. Released in 1976 as a double album, it was an expanded version of the 1974 LP Limited Edition on United Artists Records which, as the name suggests, was a limited release of 15,000 copies...

and Delay 1968
Delay 1968
-Personnel:*Holger Czukay – bass*Michael Karoli – guitar*Jaki Liebezeit – drums, percussion*Irmin Schmidt – keyboards*Malcolm Mooney – vocals...

are available as remastered SACDs
Super Audio CD
Super Audio CD is a high-resolution, read-only optical disc for audio storage. Sony and Philips Electronics jointly developed the technology, and publicized it in 1999. It is designated as the Scarlet Book standard. Sony and Philips previously collaborated to define the Compact Disc standard...

 through Spoon Records
Spoon Records
Spoon Records is an independent record label managed by Hildegard Schmidt, wife of keyboard player Irmin Schmidt, since 1974, on which music by the krautrock band Can and its members has been released and re-released. It takes its name from the song Spoon on Can's Ege Bamyasi album....

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Bootlegs

  • Radio Waves (Sonic Platten, 1997) – collection of 1969–1972 live and rare recordings

Singles

  • "Agilok & Blubbo" {Can as The Inner Space} / "Kamera Song" {Rosemarie Heinikel} (Deutsche Vogue, DV 14785 – 1968)
  • "Kama Sutra" {Irmin Schmidt with The Inner Space} / "I'm Hiding my Nightingale" {Margarete Juvan} (Metronome, M 25128 – November 1968)
  • "She Brings The Rain"/"Deadlock" (Liberty, September 1970)
  • "Turtles Have Short Legs"/"Halleluwah" (Liberty, March 1971)
  • "Spoon"/"Shikaku Maru Ten" (United Artists, December 1971)
  • "Vitamin C"/"I'm so green" (United Artists, 1972)
  • "Moonshake"/"Splash" (United Artists, October 1973)
  • "Dizzy Dizzy"/"Come Sta La Luna" (United Artists, December 1974)
  • "Hunters and Collectors"/"Vernal Equinox" (Virgin, 1975)
  • "I Want More"/"..and More" (Virgin, July 1976) (reached No 26 in UK, October 1976, written by their live sound mixer Peter Gilmour)
  • "Silent Night"/"Cascade Waltz" (Virgin, November 1976)
  • "Don't Say No"/"Return" (Virgin, April 1977)
  • "Can-Can"/"Can Be" (Lightning, June 1978)
  • "Can-Can"/"Aspectacle" (Harvest, 1979)
  • "I Want More"/"..and More" (Spoon, 2006 reissue)

Film and video

  • (1970) "Mein schönes kurzes Leben" (TV-Movie by Klaus Lemke)
  • (1971) Beat Club TV (performance of Paperhouse)
  • (1972) Free Concert
  • (1973) Mixed Media In Soest
  • (1998) The Can Documentary
  • (1999) The Can Box (Box set including Can Documentary, Free Concert, Two Live CDs and a book)
  • (2004) The Can DVD (2 DVDs with CAN material and 1 Audio CD with the solo material)

Soundtracks

  • (1968) Kama Sutra
  • (1969) Ein Großer graublauer Vogel
  • (1970) Creem
  • (1970) Deadlock
  • (1970) Deep End
  • (1972) Tatort – Tote Taube in der Beethovenstraße
  • (1973) Alice in den Städten
  • (1991) Until the End of the World
  • (2002) Morvern Callar
  • (2010) Norwegian Wood
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