Plastic People is a Rock album by Birth Control, originally released in 1975. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked.
About
It was with its 1975 album that the German band Birth Control really started drifting away from its Deep Purple–influenced organ grinding. While <i>Plastic People</i> is still rooted in the adventurous prog rock of the earlier Birth Control albums, Reinhold Sobotta’s growing love for the repetitive tones, drones, and oscillations of analog synths gave these recordings deep Krautrock textures. The opening nine-and-a-half-minute title track is a multilayered collage of these varying keyboard sounds. Singer Fritz Groeger soulfully wails alongside Sobotta, sounding a bit like The Guess Who’s Burton Cummings. “Rockin' Rollin' Roller” starts with dexterous leads by guitarists Klaus Orso and Reiner Borchert. Sobotta’s synthesizers take on some Eastern melodies that blend well with Orso and Borchert’s intertwined harmonic guitar leads. During the opening of “My Mind,” Birth Control takes a different approach as Groeger croons over washed-out synthesizer tones and avant-garde string arrangements that sound inspired by John Cale. Halfway through the rhythm section kicks in, but the song remains one of the album's headiest selections.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Plastic People ("You Meet Them Everywhere")10:54
- A2Tiny Flashlights ("Beloved Coffein")7:33
- A3My Mind ("The Sad Man With The Third Ear")6:49
Side B
- B1Rockin' Rollin' Roller ("Tell Me Whatever You Want")5:43
- B2Trial Trip ("The Ferry To The Isle")6:43
- B3This Song Is Just For You ("And For A Brown Eyed Sweet Danseuse")7:28
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Krautrock
- layered
- hypnotic
- cerebral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bernd NoskeDRUMS, PERCUSSION DRUMS, PERCUSSION, EFFECTS, VOCALS DRUMS, PERCUSSION, VOCALS
- Bruno FrenzelGUITAR , BACKING VOCALS GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS ARRANGED BY
- Peter FöllerBASS BASS GUITAR, VOCALS BASS, VOCALS
- Zeus B. HeldKEYBOARDS, BACKING VOCALS ARRANGED BY TENOR SAXOPHONE
- BrigitteBACKING VOCALS
- Christoph NoppeneySTRINGS VIOLA
- Friedemann LeinertFLUTE
- HanneBACKING VOCALS
- HarryTRUMPET
- Joachim von GrumbkowCELLO STRINGS
- OttoTROMBONE
- RobbySAXOPHONE
- UllaBACKING VOCALS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 7 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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