Krokodil
Swamp (1970)
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Date:  1970
Length:  41:39
Genre:  Progressive
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      Get Your Personality Together    3:09
      2.  
      Light of Day    5:20
      3.  
      Sunlights Beatiful Daughter    5:43
      4.  
      Tell Me What You Want (Yell Tale)    2:59
      5.  
      Blue Fashing Circle    3:27
      6.  
      Snow White And Blue    4:09
      7.  
      Human Bondage    8:00
      8.  
      Gipsy Man (Bonus)    3:48
      9.  
      That's What I Do (Bonus)    2:57
      10.  
      Stehaufmädchen (Bonus)    2:07
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      A most tuneful and infectious album forever hampered by its unfortunate
      position within the discography of these Swiss krautrockers. This 1970
      release shows a band in flux between the scorching boogie-blues workouts of
      their eponymous debut and the massive stoned psych action of their third
      album masterpiece ("An Invisible World Revealed," see below). Many German
      groups attempted to sing in English to broaden their audience and virtually
      all failed miserably. "Swamp," on the other hand, reveals itself to be one
      of the more interesting examples of this phenomena, venturing into Van
      Morrison, Fairport Convention, and even Wailers territory. Meanwhile, the
      rest of the band was experimenting with sitars, flutes and avant
      percussion. With the fantastic packaging we've come to expect from Second
      Battle Records, plus three bonus selections from 1969, including trailer
      music for a film entitled "Stenhaufmadchen", recalling early Pink Floyd.

      Compared to the band's debut album, "Swamp" presents a less blues orientated sound. This time the Swiss KROKODILes put much more emphasis on virtuosity. Thus Hardy Hepp's violin and far-eastern sitar sounds gained more importance. The timeless melodic writing also brought a different kind of appeal. A great artistic development for the band without ever drifting into the mellow waters of pop clichés! All recordings are digitally re-mastered, and in addition there a two unreleased tracks and a rare soundtrack title as a bonus. Digipak!

      1. GET YOUR PERSONALITY TOGETHER
      2. LIGHT OF DAY
      3. SUNLIGHTS BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER
      4. TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT
      5. BLUE FLASHING CIRCLE
      6. SNOW WHITE AND BLUE
      7. HUMAN BONDAGE
      8. GIPSY MAN
      9. THAT`S WHAT I DO
      10. STEHAUFMÄDCHEN

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