Soundtracks (Can album)

Soundtracks is a compilation 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. Stylistically, the record also documents the transition from the psychedelia-inspired jams of their earliest recordings (i.e. Monster Movie and Delay 1968) to the more meditative, electronic, and experimental mode of the studio albums that followed (such as Tago Mago and Ege Bamyasi).

Soundtracks
Compilation album by Can
Released	September 1970
Recorded	November 1969 – August 1970 at Schloss Nörvenich, Germany
Genre	Krautrock
Length	35:09
Label	Liberty, United Artists
Producer	Can
Can chronology
Monster Movie (1969) Soundtracks (1970) Tago Mago (1971)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork	7.6/10[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]
Stylus Magazine	B[4]

The back cover of the album states: ""CAN SOUNDTRACKS" is the second album of THE CAN but not album no. two...Album no. two [Tago Mago] will be released in the beginning of 1971."[5]

"She Brings the Rain", originally appearing in the 1969 film Ein großer graublauer Vogel by Thomas Schamoni (brother to directors Ulrich Schamoni and Peter Schamoni), was later featured in Wim Wenders' 1994 film Lisbon Story, the 2000 Oskar Roehler film Die Unberührbare and Tran Anh Hung's film Norwegian Wood, released in 2010.

"Don't Turn the Light On, Leave Me Alone" features Damo Suzuki's first recorded performance with Can.[6]

In March 2005, Q magazine placed "Mother Sky" at number 48 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.[7]

Track listing

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Deadlock" (from the film Deadlock, 1970, dir. Roland Klick)	Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Suzuki	3:27
2.	"Tango Whiskyman" (from the film Deadlock, 1970, dir. Roland Klick)	Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Suzuki	4:04
3.	"Deadlock (Titelmusik)" (from the film Deadlock, 1970, dir. Roland Klick)	Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Suzuki	1:40
4.	"Don't Turn the Light on, Leave Me Alone" (from the film Cream – Schwabing Report)	Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Suzuki	3:42
5.	"Soul Desert" (from the film Mädchen mit Gewalt, 1970, dir. Roger Fritz.)	Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Mooney	3:48

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mother Sky" (from the film Deep End, 1971, dir. Jerzy Skolimowski)	Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Suzuki	14:31
2.	"She Brings the Rain" (from the film Ein großer graublauer Vogel, 1969, dir. Thomas Schamoni)	Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Mooney	4:04
Total length:			35:16

Personnel

• Holger Czukay – bass, double bass
• Michael Karoli – guitar, violin
• Jaki Liebezeit – drums, percussion, flute
• Malcolm Mooney – vocals on "Soul Desert" and "She Brings the Rain"
• Irmin Schmidt – keyboards, synthesizers
• Damo Suzuki – vocals on "Deadlock", "Tango Whiskyman", "Don't Turn the Light On, Leave Me Alone" and "Mother Sky"; percussion

References

1. Ankeny, Jason. "Can: Soundtracks > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
2. Leone, Dominique (11 November 2004). "Can: Soundtracks". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
3. Nathan Brackett; Christian David Hoard (2004). The new Rolling Stone album guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
4. Southall, Nick (7 January 2005). "Can: Monster Movie / Soundtracks". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
5. Liberty (1970). Soundtracks (back cover). Can. Germany. LBS 83 437 I.
6. Czukay, Holger. "A Short History of the Can – Discography". Perfect Sound Forever. furious.com. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2011. 'Don't Turn the Light on, Leave Me Alone' was Damo's first recording with CAN ever.
7. "100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever!". Q. London: EMAP Metro (#224). March 2005. ISSN 0955-4955. Retrieved 2 November 2011.

• Can – Soundtracks at Discogs