Wolf City

Infobox Album |
Name = Wolf City


Type = Studio album
Artist = Amon Düül II
Released = 1972
Recorded = July 1972, Bavaria Studios
Genre = Krautrock
Length = 34:41
Label = United Artists
Producer = Olaf Kübler and Amon Düül II
Reviews =
* Allmusic: Rating|4|5
Last album = "Carnival in Babylon" (1972)
This album = "Wolf City" (1972)
Next album = "Live In London" (1973)__NOTOC__ "Wolf City" is the fifth studio album released by the German Krautrock band Amon Düül II.

Like its predecessor, "Carnival in Babylon", "Wolf City" is a more conventional recording than the band's earlier albums, with shorter track times and more straightforward song structures. [Mineur, Matthias (2002). Amon Düül II Wolf City. In "Wolf City" [CD liner notes] . Hamburg: Repertoire Records.] This was likely due to the band's increasing commercial popularity, both at home and in the UK. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pxktk6dx9krg Amon Düül II: Wolf City] at Allmusic. Retrieved February 6, 2006.] Despite this change, the album is far from anything that could be termed "mainstream". Amon Düül II's love for experimentation still shines through, especially on such tracks as "Jail-House Frog" and "Deutsch Nepal". [cite book | author = Cope, Julian | year = 1995 | title = Krautrocksampler | publisher = Head Heritage | location = London | id = ISBN 0-9526719-1-3]

A re-released version of the album, published in 2003 on the Gamma label, features three bonus tracks: "What You Gonna Do", "Las Vegas", and "Mueller's Frau-Jam". [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0pc1z87a4yvj Amon Düül II: Wolf City [German Bonus Tracks] ] at Allmusic. Retrieved February 6, 2006.]

Track listing

#"Surrounded by the Stars" – 7:44
#"Green Bubble Raincoated Man" – 5:03
#"Jail-House-Frog" – 4:50
#"Wolf City" – 3:18
#"Wie der Wind am Ende einer Strasse" – 5:42
#"Deutsch Nepal" – 2:56
#"Sleepwalker's Timeless Bridge" – 4:54

Personnel

Amon Düül II

*John Weinzierl – electric guitar
*Lothar Meid – bass, synthesizer, vocals
*Chris Karrer – guitar, soprano saxophone, violin
*D. Secundus Fichelscher – drums, guitar, vocals
*Falk-Ulrich Rogner – organ, clavioline, synthesizer
*Renate Knaup-Krötenschwanz – vocals

Guest personnel

*Jimmy Jackson – choir organ, piano
*Olaf Kübler – soprano saxophone, vocals
*Peter Leopold – synthesizer, timpani, vocals
*Al Sri Al Gromer – sitar
*Pandit Shankar Lal – tablas
*Liz van Neienhoff – tambura
*Paul Heyda – violin
*Rolf Zacher – vocals

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