Tago Mago
by Can

From spigelwii 04/01/2024 14:22 | #302790

One of the craziest and most influential records ever made. At its wildest, the music, particularly "Aumgn" and "Peking O", sounds like the soundtrack to a surreal nightmare or a David Lynch film that hasn't been made yet.

The madness enclosed within makes for a remarkably challenging listen for the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, or even an infinite number of times: For someone without critical listening experience, it's an impossible record to recommend. Even "Halleluwah", probably the most "traditional" music on the album, is so lengthy and intentionally repetitious that even the most hardened "I'll listen to anything once!" person might turn up their noses in disgust.

Simultaneously pretentious, wonderful, haunting, beautiful, awful, and any other superlative you can throw at it, Tago Mago encapsulates and engulfs all attempt at description. It simply must be heard; it is a masterful accomplishment and also everything else.

This is a strong record with great performances across the group but the length of some of the songs and the length of the album as a whole can make it a challenging listen. If you give the music some patience you will be rewarded with it taking 3 or 4 listens for me to really get into this album. Once it clicked it sounds like a brilliant psychedelic experience that is brimming with experimentation. This is one of the most experimental records ever made and that alone makes it an interesting and engaging listen. The experimentation can descend into chaos at times such as in the middle of Peking O but for me that only adds to the character and appeal of the sound. The performances across the board are fantastic and they showcase the musical genius of the band perfectly. Overall, this record will not be to everyone's taste but for me it is extremely enjoyable and is packed full of quality and experimentation that you can get properly stuck into.

Eh. Not my taste

Very nice grooves and rhytms but some totally unnecesary noise too.

Overall weird listen, some strange noises here and there, very experimental. Not my kind of music but I gotta aplreciate that Halleluhwah is pretty good.

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From VictorVale 01/05/2021 12:14 | #263855

A viagem que esse álbum proporciona é fantástica... Seus ecos reverberam em dezenas de álbuns posteriores.

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From teague 06/18/2020 22:20 | #253853

A sonic journey. Krautrock's peak. What a dumb name for a genre.

From salahshoori 12/10/2019 08:57 | #245497

This album is without a doubt a 5star album. One of the best albums I ever heard.
The best way to interpret it is to let go of yourself and let the music and story take you on the trip. If you can handle the fear in Aumgn and the insanity in Peking O, then you will gradually come back to normal life with Bring Me Coffe or Tea. But as it is stated in Paperhouse, "you just can't get back no more" to where you were before listening to this album.