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Thoughts For Naught |
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01:33 |
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A P.H.P.'s Advice |
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01:45 |
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Magick Mother Invocation |
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01:57 |
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Master Builder |
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06:20 |
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A Sprinkling Of Clouds |
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08:57 |
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Perfect Mystery |
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02:28 |
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The Isle Of Everywhere |
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10:21 |
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You Never Blow Your Trip Forever |
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11:32 |
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| Cat. nummer |
7243 8 66552 2 6 |
| UPC (streepjescode) |
724386655424 |
| Verpakking |
Jewel Case |
| SPARS |
DDD |
| Geluid |
Stereo |
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All titles written by Gong. Produced by Simon Heyworth & Gong. Mike Howlett : bass guitar Pierre Moerlen : percussion with Mireille and Benoit Steve Hillage : lead guitar Bloomdido Glad de Brass : wind instruments and vocals Hi T Moonweed : Moog and EMS synthesizers and Mellowdrone Dingo Virgin : vocal locust and glissandoz guitar Shakti Yoni : poems and space whisper Bambaloni Yoni : wee voices and chourousings I guess all of us have a "what-the-hell-is-all-the-fuzz-about-this??" band. You know, a band that everyone else seems to enjoy very much but yourself simply can't understand why. I think Gong is that band for me. To me, they are nothing else than a fusion-band(yawn!) pretending to be space-rockers. And all these idiotic vocals that was supposed to be "funny" and the infantile concept about the planet Gong and all its stupid creatures...I HATE it! This bullshit was enough for many people to declare Gong as a band with "a great sense of humour". Sorry guys, I'm not even close to smiling when listening to a Gong album but much closer to sleeping. Anyway, "You" was the last album in their "Radio Gnome" trilogy and is often regarded as their best work. And it does actually feature one of the very few tracks by them that I enjoy: "A Sprinkling of Clouds". This was a good piece of atmospheric space-music very reminiscent of Sensation's Fix' excellent "Fragments of Light" album. But the rest of the album sounds like Gong used to sound. Pointless and tiresome fusion-noodling where a bunch of spacey synths desperately tries to create something that was supposed to be spacey atmospheres. I think "Isle of Everywhere" is a "good" example of this. It's based in a simple funky rhythm that just goes on for about 10-minutes without any development at all. You should better check out bands like Hawkwind, Ashra Tempel, Sensations Fix and Mythos if you're looking for a trip to outer space. They knew MUCH better how to create space-rock than what Gong ever did. - Tommy Schonenberg