Sacrilege - Remixes

Can | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 1997)
• Original Release Date: May 20, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mute U.S.
• ASIN: B000003Z6W
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,144 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Pnoom [Moon Up Mix]

2. Spoon [Sonic Youth Mix]

3. Blue Bag [Inside Paper] [Toroid Mix]

4. Tango Whiskeyman [A Guy Called Gerald Mix]

5. TV Spot [Bruce Gilbert Mix]

6. Vitamin C [U.N.K.L.E. Mix]

7. Halleluwah (Halleluwa Orbus 2)

8. Oh Yeah [Sunroof Mix]

Disc: 2

1. Unfinished [Hiller/Kaiser/Leda Mix]

2. Future Days [Blade Runner Mix]

3. ....and More [Westbam Mix]

4. Father Cannot Yell [Pete Shelley/Black Radio Mix]

5. Dizzy, Spoon [System 7 Mix]

6. Yoo Doo Right [3p Mix]

7. Flow Motion [Air Liquide Mix]

8. Oh Yeah [Secret Knowledge Mix]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Can - 'Sacrilege: The Remixes' (Mute), August 4, 2007

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sacrilege - Remixes (Audio CD)

So nice to finally catch this 2-CD title priced under the retail price of $18.95. Total of sixteen classic Can compositions that've been been given a complete make-over (in some cases) to give true casual Can fans and die-hards something else to listen to on a spare evening. Remix jobs that I, personally got the most out of were "Spoon" redone by Sonic Youth, "Vitamin C" by U.N.K.L.E., a good version of "Oh Yeah" by Sunroof, "Future Days" given the works from Blade Runner and "Dizzy Spoon" by Steve Hillage and System 7. 'Sacriledge' is obviously more in a industrial direction. Some might say this 2-CD is strictly for completists. Maybe so, but it's still good.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, but could've been a lot better, February 24, 2002

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"tobemilo" (Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sacrilege - Remixes (Audio CD)

There seems to be two different opinons on this CD:

The prog rock fans say that the music is too much like "boring modern electronic dance music", and the people into modern electronic music find the remixes "dated" and I admit that most of the remixes aren't exactly cutting edge.

Personally I find some of the remixes interesting, but a lot of it is rather boring and nothing on this double CD can be called essential. My favourites are "Yoo doo right" (because it must be one of the hardest tracks in the Can discography to remix, but they really succeed and do a version that is as far away from the original that's possible), "Oh yeah (the Sunroof mix) and "Tango Whiskeyman". The last track mentioned has absolutely nothing to do with the Can song, by the way, although it has some bits and pieces from the track "Gomorrha" (found on "Unlimited Edition") in it.

The fact that a lot of reviewers claim the Brian Eno remix of "Pnoom" as one of their favourites says quite a lot of the contents of this album. Actually, it's not a remix at all but just pieces of the track cut up and re-assembled in a different order. But I could listen to those funky drums in "Pnoom" all day long so I don't really mind...

I enjoy hearing the classic basslines of Holger Czukay and the metronomic drums of Jaki Leibezeit in any context, so this album provides quite a lot of pleasant listening although it never reaches the heights of the original albums, such as "Tago Mago" or "Future Days".

5.0 out of 5 stars of course this isn't CAN . . ., November 20, 2002

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"richlatta" ("The War Zone" ABQ, NM) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sacrilege - Remixes (Audio CD)

. . . this is merely an extention of Can. If you take this album in the spirit of exploration that the band embodied so well, you will reap wonderful rewards. Most of this album is techno-oriented. Sometimes they use their own beats then inject samples from Can songs and manipulate them, other times they use the Can beats as the foundation, or use both. Some songs are pulled off better than others, but all are intrigueing. If you're a techno wiz, you might not consider this music cutting edge, but it's definatly deeper than your average deep house. The raw material itself greatly elevates this album. Much of it is pretty transcendental, especially if you're familiar with the original Can songs because your mind bends as they get manipulated. Particularly in the shroomed-out slow down of "Spoon" mixed by Sonic Youth and the Gareth Jones/Daniel Miller mix of "Oh Yeah" is pretty trippy too. The Bruce Gilbert mix of "TV Spot" isn't techno at all, but what sounds like a really bizarre call of the wild - you have to hear it to know what I mean.

As a bonus, the liner notes with quotes from the remixers every member of Can are pretty cool. And Can themselves like this album (except for Damo Suzuki - not his "tea") so that should certainly tell you something.