Carnival in Babylon explained

Carnival in Babylon
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Amon Düül II
Cover:	Amon Düül II - Carnival in Babylon.jpg
Released:	1972
Recorded:	1971
Genre:	Krautrock psychedelic rock
Length:	37:18
Label:	United Artists
Prev Title:	Tanz der Lemminge
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	Wolf City
Next Year:	1972

Carnival in Babylon is an LP by German rock band Amon Düül II which was released in 1972. It is their fourth studio album. It was recorded at the Bavaria Studio (with Peter Kramper as the engineer) and remixed at Studio 70 (with Jürgen Koppers as the engineer). It was produced by Olaf Kübler and the band themselves. The original cover design and photos were by F.U. Rogner.^[1]

All lyrics written in English, except on C.I.D. in Uruk written in German.

Track listing

Bonus tracks on 2002 Repertoire CD reissue (REP 4966):Bonus tracks on 2007 Revisited CD reissue (SPV 305352 CD):

Personnel

Amon Düül II

John Weinzierl – electric guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, vocal
Chris Karrer – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, violin, soprano sax, vocal
Lothar Meid – bass, vocal
Renate Knaup-Krötenschwanz – vocal
Danny Fichelscher – drums, congas
Peter Leopold – drums, tambourine
Karl-Heinz Hausmann – keyboards, electronics

Guests

Joy Alaska – backing vocals
Falk Ulrich Rogner – organ *
Olaf Kübler – soprano sax, door

(*) Falk Rogner was previously a band member, but listed as a guest for this album; he returned as a full member on the next album.

Notes and References

Web site: Carnival in Babylon. ovguide.com. 8 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308031021/http://www.ovguide.com/carnival-in-babylon-9202a8c04000641f80000000033a3b11. 8 March 2016. dead.