Flow Motion

Flow Motion
Studio album by Can
Released	October 1976
Recorded	June 1976
Genre	Krautrock, reggae, funk
Length	37:37
Label	Harvest, Virgin
Producer	Can
Can chronology
Unlimited Edition (1976) Flow Motion (1976) Saw Delight (1977)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Flow Motion is the eighth Can studio album, and features the UK hit single "I Want More".

It was mixed using "Artificial Head" binaural stereo.^[2]

The cover features a photograph taken by band member Michael Karoli.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"I Want More"	Peter Gilmour	Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt	3:29
2.	"Cascade Waltz"	Peter Gilmour	Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt	5:35
3.	"Laugh Till You Cry, Live Till You Die"	Peter Gilmour	Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt	6:43
4.	"...And More"	none	Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt	2:43

Side two
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
5.	"Babylonian Pearl"	Peter Gilmour	Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt	3:29
6.	"Smoke (E.F.S. No. 59)"	none	Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt	5:15
7.	"Flow Motion"	none	Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt	10:23

Personnel

• Holger Czukay – bass, djin on "Smoke", backing vocals on "I Want More", "…And More" and "Smoke"
• Michael Karoli – guitars, slide guitar, electric violin on "Cascade Waltz", bağlama on "Laugh Until You Cry", background noise on "Smoke", lead vocals on "Cascade Waltz" and "Laugh Until You Cry", backing vocals on "I Want More", "…And More" and "Flow Motion"
• Jaki Liebezeit – drums, percussion, backing vocals on "I Want More", "…And More"
• Irmin Schmidt – keyboard, Alpha 77, lead vocals on "Babylonian Pearl" and "I Want More" and "…And More"

Produced by Can. "Cascade Waltz" was produced by Can and Simon Puxley.

The album was recorded at Inner Space Studio, Cologne by Holger Czukay and René Tinner and was mixed by Manfred Schunke at Delta Acoustic Studio, Wilster, Germany.

References

1. Mason, Stewart. "Can: Flow Motion > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
2. Flow Motion (CD back cover). Can. discogs.com. 1993. SPOON CD26. Retrieved 2016-07-19.