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.[2]
All lyrics written in English, except on C.I.D. in Uruk written in German.
Track listing
No.
Title
Lyrics
Music
Length
1.
"C.I.D. in Uruk"
Weinzierl
Weinzierl
05:30
2.
"All the Years 'Round"
Rogner
Weinzierl, Knaup
07:18
3.
"Shimmering Sand"
Rogner
Karrer
06:36
4.
"Kronwinkl 12"
Weinzierl
Weinzierl
03:50
5.
"Tables Are Turned"
Rogner
Karrer
03:33
6.
"Hawknose Harlequin"
Rogner
Karrer, Meid, Weinzierl, Hausmann, Fichelscher, Leopold
09:49
Bonus tracks on 2002 Repertoire CD reissue (REP 4966):
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
"Light"
Meid
03:47
2.
"Lemmingmania"
Weinzierl
02:57
3.
"Between the Eyes"
Karrer, Weinzierl
02:24
4.
"All the Years Round" (single version)
Weinzierl, Knaup, Rogner
04:10
Bonus tracks on 2007 Revisited CD reissue (SPV 305352 CD):
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
"Skylight"
Weinzierl
09:50
2.
"Tatzelwurmloch"
Karrer, Weinzierl, Meid, Knaup
17:45
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.