Carnival in Babylon

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Carnival in Babylon
Studio album by Amon Düül II
Released	1972
Recorded	1971
Genre	Krautrock
Label	United Artists Records
Amon Düül II chronology
Tanz der Lemminge (1971) Carnival in Babylon (1972) Wolf City (1972)

Carnival in Babylon is an LP by German rock artists Amon Düül II which was released in 1972. It was recorded at the Bavaria Studio (engineer Peter Kramper) and remixed at Studio 70 (engineer Jürgen Koppers). It was produced by Olaf Kübler and Amon Düül II. The original cover design and photos were by F.U. Rogner.

[edit] Track listing

1. C.I.D. in Uruk (Weinzierl) 5:38
2. All the Years 'Round (Weinzierl/Knaup/Rogner) 7:25
3. Shimmering Sand (Karrer/Rogner) 6:36
4. Kronwinkl 12 (Weinzierl) 3:57
5. Tables Are Turned (Karrer/Rogner) 3:38
6. Hawknose Harlequin (Karrer/Rogner/Meid/Weinzierl/Hausmann/Fichelscher/Leopold) 10:04

Bonus tracks on 2002 Repertoire CD reissue (REP 4966):

• Light (Meid) 3.47
• Lemmingmania (Weinzierl) 2.57
• Between the Eyes (Karrer/Weinzierl) 2.24
• All the Years Round (Single Version) (Weinzierl/Knaup/Rogner) 4.10

[edit] Personnel

• John Weinzierl - guitars, vocals
• Chris Karrer - guitars, violin, soprano sax, vocals
• Lothar Meid - bass, vocals
• Renate Knaup-Krötenschwanz - vocals
• Danny Fichelscher - drums, congas
• Peter Leopold - drums, tambourine
• Karl-Heinz Hausmann - keyboards

with guests:

• Joy Alaska - backing vocals
• F.U. Rogner - organ
• Olaf Kübler - soprano sax, door