Black Monk Time: Deluxe Edition

前身黒ずくめの服装とカッパ頭の奇抜な出で立ちで60年代に1枚のアルバムと3枚のシングルを残したドイツの幻のパンクバンド、モンクスのアルバム&初期音源集が登場。1966年にリリースされた彼等唯一のアルバムは、ドイツ及びヨーロッパの一部でしか当時流通されず非常に入手困難な貴重盤としてコレクターズマーケットで人気の一枚。アルバムフルトラックに加えて6曲のボーナストラックを収録、こちらも36ページに及ぶブックレット付。

Rolling Stone (4/17/97, p.80) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...the most precociously extreme, exuberantly screwy platter in rock history....Imagine the stark, raving dada of the Fugs bumrushing the crisp la-di-da of '60s Brit-pop..." Spin (p.81) - "Five discharged American GIs playing beat music in mid-'60s Germany....'Complication' remains the most credible antiwar song ever..." Spin (5/97, p.112) - 8 (out of 10) - "...While Paul Revere & the Raiders were still headlining Portland bowling alleys, and before `(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone' had even been composed, the Monks were inventing a blitzkrieg bop far stronger than what soon followed..." Q (1/02, p.59) - "...Speed-crazed GIs stationed in Germany take rock'n'roll down a truly mental tunnel of primal, repetitive mechanized beats..." Uncut - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[E]verything is as loud as everything else: feedback, martial drums, fuzz bass and an overamped banjo that sounds like the forked end of a crowbar being scratched on sheet metal." Mojo (Publisher) (3/01/04, p.52) - Included in Mojo's The 67 Lost Albums You Must Own! - "[B]rutal punk rants about hate and war just when the 'peace and love' vibe was really kicking in....[A] head-driller of a rock 'n' roll record." Mojo (Publisher) (p.51) - Ranked #25 in Mojo's "The 50 Most Out There Albums Of All Time" - "Their one LP is an artefact of almost supernatural prescience..." Blender (Magazine) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The Monks came armed with a minimalist racket, frantic social diatribes, and churlish attitude that presaged punk..." Pitchfork (Website) - "[I]n 1966, BLACK MONK TIME was beyond the cutting edge, and today it's easy to hear what made it so innovative and challenging." Record Collector (magazine) (p.92) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[O]ne of the wildest LPs ever. The bass is set to overdrive, the portable keyboards set to stun with blank stabs and manic runs....Colossal." Signal To Noise (p.78) - "[T]he Monks' debut album perfectly fixes the forces of sexual frustration and anti-authoritarian opposition within a template bounded by insanely catchy melody, raw aggression, and unstoppable rhythm."