Phallus Dei was the first album by German

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 band Amon Düül II

Amon Düül II

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. The Latin title translates into English as "God's Penis". The album was the result of the Amon Düül

Amon Düül

-External links:* - Extensive bio @ Perfect Sound Forever* mainly focussed on their collaboration with Robert Calvert of Hawkwind...

 commune in Munich

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 splitting. The album features layered guitars, abstract percussion, and chant-like vocals. It is often cited (alongside Can

Can (band)

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's Monster Movie) as the original Krautrock

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 album.

It was reissued in 2001, digitally remastered, and contained five extra tracks: "Freak Out Requiem (I-IV)" and "Cymbals in the End".

The 2006 remastered reissue on the German label, Revisited Records, contains two bonus tracks, TouchMaPhal (10:17) and I Want The Sun to Shine (10:32). It does not contain the bonus material from the 2001 reissue.

Side one

1. "Kanaan" – 4:02
2. "Dem Guten, Schönen, Wahren" – 6:12
3. "Luzifer's Ghilom" – 8:34
4. "Henriette Krötenschwanz" – 2:03

Personnel

• Shrat – bongos, vocals, violin
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• Peter Leopold – drum
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• Holger Trülzsch – Turkish drums
• Dieter Serfas – drums, electric cymbal
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• John Weinzierl – guitar
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  , 12-string bass
• Falk Rogner – organ
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• Christian Borchard – vibraphone
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• Chris Karrer – violin, guitar, twelve-string guitar, soprano saxophone
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  , vocals
• Renate Knaup – vocals, tambourine
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• Dave Anderson – bass
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  on "Luzifer's Ghilom"