Animal Crakers - Small Loud Songs (1980-1991) (2024)

Small Loud Songs (1980-1991) is a double-CD anthology compiling previously unreleased or hard-to-find material by the Munich-based indie band Animal Crakers. The material covers the band's early period, from 1980 to 1991, and includes rare vinyl recordings, demos, and cassette tracks. The group, consisting of composers Lenz Lehmair and Reiner Sladek, is known for its style combining cinematic motifs with post-rock.

Backing Vocals – Mimi Riener
Bass – Peter Scherbanowitz
Bass, Guitar – Robert Gessner
Bass, Saxophone – Matthias Riener
Drums – Markus Horner
Guitar – Armin Denk
Keyboards, Guitar – Lenz Lehmair
Vocals – Reiner Sladek

Tracklist:
1-1 Animal Crakers - And the Reptile Gazing at the Rabbit [1:26]
1-2 Animal Crakers - B.Trail [3:33]
1-3 Animal Crakers - Religion [7:03]
1-4 Animal Crakers - Oh! ... to Be in Atoms [6:15]
1-5 Animal Crakers - June [5:45]
1-6 Animal Crakers - The Cherry Blossom [5:04]
1-7 Animal Crakers - The Walking Trap [5:10]
1-8 Animal Crakers - Defendings Positions [4:59]
1-9 Animal Crakers - Small Loud Song [3:17]
1-10 Animal Crakers - An American Landscape [3:25]
1-11 Animal Crakers - Wonderful Things (Explode in Your Hands) [3:04]
1-12 Animal Crakers - Neon Curtain [4:44]
1-13 Animal Crakers - A Cloud Was Hanging in Your Room [3:31]
1-14 Animal Crakers - The Roots of Heaven [4:32]
1-15 Animal Crakers - Lovers in Fire, Lovers in Rain [5:15]
1-16 Animal Crakers - Der Riss [3:40]
1-17 Animal Crakers - You Can Keep That Memory [3:52]
2-18 Animal Crakers - D.I.N. (Das ist Normal) [3:08]
2-19 Animal Crakers - Der moderne Tanz [2:28]
2-20 Animal Crakers - Trotzdem [2:08]
2-21 Animal Crakers - (A Bar Called) Hell [4:00]
2-22 Animal Crakers - This Glittering Moment [4:15]
2-23 Animal Crakers - Tonight [3:55]
2-24 Animal Crakers - Stalkers (Aus Tarkowskis Garage) [4:41]
2-25 Animal Crakers - Die Architekten [4:17]
2-26 Animal Crakers - Spielst du mit mir Dallas? [2:09]
2-27 Animal Crakers - El Presidente [2:21]
2-28 Animal Crakers - Heaven (Is Not Here) [3:43]
2-29 Animal Crakers - Celluloid Nothing [3:15]
2-30 Animal Crakers - My Hunger Is My Cage [4:14]
2-31 Animal Crakers - Feuerrose [4:07]
2-32 Animal Crakers - Ach wie ist es kalt geworden [2:31]
2-33 Animal Crakers - Rot [2:00]
2-34 Animal Crakers - Far Away Beach - Some When, Summer [4:10]
2-35 Animal Crakers - Into Orange [3:40]
2-36 Animal Crakers - Sir - No - Sir - Yes [3:22]
2-37 Animal Crakers - The Longest Goodbye [3:48]
2-38 Animal Crakers - Stars Fell Down [3:50]
2-39 Animal Crakers - Jetzt und jetzt [1:13]