Can discography

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This is a discography of the krautrock band Can.

1 Studio albums
2 Compilation albums
3 Singles
4 Live performances and bootlegs
5 Film and video
6 Soundtracks

[edit] Studio albums

Monster Movie Liberty, 1969	Soundtracks Liberty, 1970	Tago Mago United Artists, 1971	Ege Bamyasi United Artists, 1972
Future Days United Artists, 1973	Soon Over Babaluma United Artists, 1974	Landed Virgin, UK/Harvest, Ger., 1975	Flow Motion Virgin, UK/Harvest, Ger., 1976
Saw Delight Virgin, UK/Harvest, Ger., 1977	Out of Reach Harvest, 1978	Can Harvest, 1979	Rite Time Mercury, 1989

All of these albums except Out of Reach, disowned by the band, are available as remastered SACDs through Spoon Records.

[edit] Compilation albums

	Unlimited Edition Virgin, UK/Harvest, Ger., 1976 - collection of 1968-1974 rarities

	Delay 1968 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
Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit, 1995) - collection of 1973-1976 recordings from BBC radio's John Peel Show
Radio Waves (Sonic Platten, 1997) - collection of 1969-1972 live and rare recordings
Can Live (Spoon, 1999) - collection of live recordings 1972-1977 (originally packaged with the Can Box CD/video/book set)
Sacrilege - remix album, contains a remix of the hit "Spoon" by Sonic Youth
Opener (Sunset, 1976) - compilation from 1972-1974 album material
Cannibalism (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 (Spoon, 1993) - compilation from 1968-1991 album and soundtrack material
Cannibalism 3 (Spoon, 1993) - compilation from 1979-1991 solo album material

Unlimited Edition and Delay 1968 are available as remastered SACDs through Spoon Records.

Can, primarily an album oriented band, occasionally released singles, including the poppy, non-album track, "Turtles Have Short Legs"(1971). This was backed with a completely re-edited and truncated version of "Halleluwah" from Tago Mago with the hopes of gaining the band a radio presence.

[edit] Singles

"Kama Sutra"/"Null" (Music Factory, 1968)
"She Brings The Rain"/"Deadlock" (Liberty, 1970)
"Turtles Have Short Legs"/"Halleluwah" (Liberty, 1971)
"Spoon"/"Shikaro Maru Ten" (United Artists, 1972)
"Moonshake"/"Splash" (United Artists, 1973)
"Dizzy Dizzy"/"Come Sta La Luna" (United Artists, 1974)
"I Want More"/"..and More" (Virgin, 1976)
"Silent Night"/"Cascade Waltz" (Virgin, 1976)
"Don't Say No"/"Return" (Virgin, 1977)
"Can-Can"/"Aspectacle" (Harvest, 1979)
"I Want More"/"..and More" (Spoon, 2006 reissue)

[edit] Live performances and bootlegs

Can jammed heavily during their live performances, sometimes to the extent that an entire concert might be improvised. This makes seeking out live recordings of the group a rewarding experience to the serious fan. Can were never a heavily taped band, but a good amount of their live performances may be found on bootleg trading sites such as etree or via the yahoo group "canopener". In addition, the band released the live album "Can Box: Live 1971-1977" in 1999, which included songs from several audience recordings not taped by the band. Also of note are the "Canobits" compilations, allegedly sourced from a friend of the band's, containing unreleased studio and live tracks.

[edit] 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)