This is also available on CD on Captain Trip (33).

Amon Dl: Renate Knaup-Kroetenschwanz (vocals); Chris Karrer (acoustic guitar); John Weinzierl (12-string guitar); Lothar Meid (bass instrument); Peter Leopold (drum); Danny Secundus Fichelscher (conga drum); Karl Heinz Hausmann (electronics).

Additional personnel: Olaf Kubler (soprano saxophone); F.U. Rogner (organ); Joy Alaska (background vocals).

Amon D II's follow-up to their landmark double-LP set Tanz der Lemminge features a musical approach less experimental than previous recordings, but nonetheless distinctive and broad-reaching in its sphere of influences. The almost epic tack of the earlier works has been pared down here, but full-forward, guitar-heavy tracks like "C.I.D. in Uruk," "Ballad of the Shimmering Sands," and "Kronwinkl 12" use disparate folk and hard rock elements cannily. The band moves the music with a majestic sweep punctuated by the snaky guitar work of Chris Karrer and John Weinzierl. ~ Nick Burton