YETI

Yeti sees Amon Duul II developing the approach seen on Phallus Dei, focusing on tightening up their song structures and improving their skills when it comes to composition - though if you're into improvisation, the entire second disc consists of nothing but. It's good, but it's a bit of a transitional album; it doesn't quite have the free-flowing ecstasy of Phallus Dei, nor are the structured compositions quite as compelling as those on Tanz der Lemminge. The band are also still struggling to work out how to incorporate their vocals into the compositions, the delivery of which is probably the weakest part of the album. (And the grating, Dalek-like vocal effects in Eye-Shaking King are just obnoxious.)