I am confident that even if you've never heard this record, you'll be familiar with its fabulous cover image of brutish roadie/bongo player Shrat as Death personified, swinging his scythe. But even that cover does not prepare you for the raging psych rock that prowls within. Yes, it tails off into a trio of meandering improvisations, but straight out the cage it's a beast. First track here is like the title track of Phallus Dei fading back in, only ten times as pissed off. And its little friend, well, from its crunchy riff to its emminenly sampleable drum break (aka "the Kraut break", crate diggers apparently call it) it's a cracker. The vocals, ah... I find they are like a pungent cheese - your tastebuds rebel the first few times, but you can't get the thought of them out of your head and eventually they start calling to you. This is definitely in the top five of the all-time favourite Kraut records.
1. Soap Shop Rock
3. Archangel's Thunderbird
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