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((For|the song by B.O.N.E. Enterpri$e|Faces of Death (album)))
((more citations needed|date=June 2016))
((Infobox album
| name       = Flow Motion
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Can (band)|Can]]
| cover      = Can-Flow Motion (album cover).jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 3 October 1976
| recorded   = June 1976
| venue      =
| studio     = Inner Space Studio, [[Weilerswist]], near Cologne
| genre      = ((hlist|[[Krautrock]]|[[reggae]]))
| length     = 37:37
| label      = [[Harvest Records|Harvest]], [[Virgin Records|Virgin]], [[Spoon Records|Spoon]], [[Mute Records|Mute]]
| producer   = Can
| prev_title = [[Unlimited Edition (album)|Unlimited Edition]]
| prev_year  = 1976
| next_title = [[Saw Delight]]
| next_year  = 1977
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((Music ratings
| rev1      = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = ((Rating|3|5))<ref>((AllMusic|class=album|id=r3222 |label="Can: ''Flow Motion'' > Review" |first=Stewart |last=Mason |accessdate=2 November 2011))</ref>
| rev2      = [[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]
| rev2score = ((Rating|3|5))<ref>((cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|year=2011|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|chapter=Can|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|isbn=978-0857125958|edition=5th))</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev3Score = ((Rating|2|5))<ref>((cite book | author1= Nathan Brackett | author2= Christian David Hoard| title = The new Rolling Stone album guide | publisher = Simon & Schuster | page = [https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/n147 134] | location = New York | year = 2004 | isbn = 978-0-7432-0169-8 | url = https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac | url-access= registration ))</ref> 
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'''''Flow Motion''''' is the seventh [[studio album]] by German rock band [[Can (band)|Can]]. It was released in October 1976 and features the UK hit single "[[I Want More (Can song)|I Want More]]".

==Recording and production==
Recording sessions for what would become ''Flow Motion'' began at Can's Inner Space Studio in Cologne in the spring of 1976. Since their previous album ''[[Landed (album)|Landed]]'', the band had been recording on a state-of-the-art 16-track machine, which had changed the dynamics of the group and the way they recorded. Instead of playing everything live together, different members could now record their parts separately. This, and their embracing of rhythms (especially [[disco]]) on ''Flow Motion'' that were unpopular with rock music fans, is probably why the album was not as well received by fans and critics when it first appeared.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2012/05/17/hidden-gems-cans-flow-motion/ |title=Magnet Magazine |publisher=Magnet Magazine |date= 17 May 2012|accessdate=2017-02-19))</ref>

''Flow Motion'' was mixed using [[Dummy head recording|"Artificial Head"]] [[Binaural recording|binaural stereo]].<ref>((cite AV media notes |title=Flow Motion |others=[[Can (band)|Can]] |type=CD back cover |publisher=discogs.com|id=SPOON CD26 |year=1993|url=https://www.discogs.com/Can-Flow-Motion/release/217141|accessdate=2016-07-19))</ref>

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

==Music==
Throughout their career, Can had always experimented with a number of different rhythms. With ''Flow Motion'', the band became more playful, adding disco and reggae to this list.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2012/05/17/hidden-gems-cans-flow-motion/ |title=Magnet Magazine |publisher=Magnet Magazine |date= 17 May 2012|accessdate=2017-02-19))</ref> Apart from the new rhythms, the influence of recording with 16 tracks meant there are multiple guitar lines from Michael Karoli, and Irmin Schmidt's keyboards also come to the fore, providing much of the shimmering and shiny atmosphere that is found throughout the album.

A disco vibe dominates the opening track "[[I Want More (Can song)|I Want More]]", which is short, catchy and danceable. The song was released as a single and became a hit, reaching number 26 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in August 1976.<ref>[http://www.everyhit.com/ EveryHit.com]</ref> The band even appeared on [[Top of the Pops]] to perform the song.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F9-rloBia4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220042953/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F9-rloBia4 |archive-date=2017-02-20 |url-status=dead|title=Can - I want more / ...and more (TOTP, Sept. 30,1976)| website=[[YouTube]] |date= |accessdate=2017-02-19))</ref>

Reggae infuses most of the rest of the album, although Can experiments with rhythm and instrumentation, rather than playing it straight. This is exemplified on "Cascade Waltz", which combines a reggae beat with a waltz, and on "Laugh Till You Cry, Live Till You Die", which features guitarist Karoli playing the Turkic [[bağlama]].

After the reprise of the opening track "...And More", which finished side one of the original vinyl album, side two opens with "Babylonian Pearl", which is evocative of "Come Sta, La Luna" on ''[[Soon Over Babaluma]]''. The song's vocals are handled by Irmin Schmidt, and speak about a girl who "comes from a land where woman is man". This, and all of the other lyrics on this album, were written by Peter Gilmour, the band's live sound engineer.

The next song, the gloomy-sounding "Smoke (E.F.S. Nr. 59)", is more experimental, with Jaki Liebezeit's intense ethnic tom-tom beat driving the song forward.

Another experimental track, the lengthy and unrestrained "Flow Motion", closes the album.

==Reception and influence==
The more accessible nature of ''Flow Motion'', and its flirtation with disco, meant this album was not well received at the time of its release. Many took affront to seeing the band playing disco, lip-synching and dancing to Top of the Pops, especially as rock fans generally hated disco in the 1970s.<ref>((cite web|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/why-did-70s-rock-music-hate-disco-so-much |title=Why Did 70s Rock Music Hate Disco So Much? |publisher=Noisey |date= 10 February 2016|accessdate=2017-02-19))</ref>

''Flow Motion'', however, has subsequently been re-assessed, with Magnet Magazine labelling it a "hidden gem" in 2012.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2012/05/17/hidden-gems-cans-flow-motion/ |title=Magnet Magazine |publisher=Magnet Magazine |date= 17 May 2012|accessdate=2017-02-19))</ref>

==Track listing==
((track listing | headline = Side one
|title1         = [[I Want More (Can song)|I Want More]]
|lyrics1 = Peter Gilmour
|music1 = Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt
|length1        = 3:29
|title2         = Cascade Waltz
|lyrics2 = Peter Gilmour
|music2 = Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt
|length2        = 5:35
|title3         = Laugh Till You Cry, Live Till You Die
|lyrics3 = Peter Gilmour
|music3 = Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt
|length3        = 6:43
|title4         = ...And More
|lyrics4 = none
|music4 = Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt
|length4        = 2:43
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((track listing | headline = Side two
|title5         = Babylonian Pearl
|lyrics5 = Peter Gilmour
|music5 = Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt
|length5        = 3:29
|title6         = Smoke (E.F.S. No. 59)
|lyrics6 = none
|music6 = Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt
|length6        = 5:15
|title7         = Flow Motion
|lyrics7 = none
|music7 = Czukay, Karoli, Liebezeit, Schmidt
|length7        = 10:23
))

==Personnel==
;Can
*[[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, [[Weilerswist]], near [[Cologne]] by Holger Czukay and [[René Tinner]] and was mixed by Manfred Schunke at Delta Acoustic Studio, [[Wilster]], [[Germany]].

==References==
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