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Gong
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
2.8502
Gong Album Rankings
1
This is a classic, the epitome of the band's earlyDaevid Allenphase withPh.P.'s(pothead pixies) in full, blazing glory.
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2
The labyrinthine convolutions of Gong's approach to recording contracts has given rise to a number of confusions over the years, including the near-simultaneous release of their best-known albums by b
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3
Gazeuse!was the first in a successful line of strictly jazz-rock sessions for percussionistPierre Moerlenand company -- compositions that stressed jazz more than rock and which generally strayed away
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4
Pre-Modern Wireless: The Peel Sessions 1971-1974consists of nine tracks taken from three BBC sessions and is an essential archive release that would provide a perfect introduction to an interested new
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5
Track listing: 1) Thom Intro; 2) Floating Into A Birthday Gig; 3) You Can't Kill Me; 4) Radio Gnome 25; 5) I Am Your Pussy; 6) Pothead Pixies; 7) Never Glid Before; 8) Sad Street; 9) Eat That Phoneboo
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6
Track listing: 1) Thoughts For Naught; 2) A P.H.P.
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7
Track listing: 1) Gnomerique; 2) Shapeshifter; 3) Hymnalayas; 4) Dog-O-Matic; 5) Spirit With Me; 6) Mr Albert Parkin; 7) Raindrop Tablas; 8) Give My Mother A Soul Call; 9) Heaven's Gate; 10) Snake Tab
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8
Track listing: 1) Radio Gnome Invisible; 2) Flying Teapot ; 3) The Pot Head Pixies ; 4) The Octave Doctors And The Crystal Machine; 5) Zero The Hero And The Witch's Spell; 6) Witch's Song I Am Your Pu
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9
Track listing: 1) Wingful Of Eyes ; 2) Chandra; 3) Bombooji; 4) Cat In Clark's Shoes ; 5) Mandrake; 6) Shamal.
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10
Track listing: 1) Blues For Findlay; 2) Continental Circus; 3) What Do You Want?; 4) Blues For Findlay (instrumental version). Boy, that's really strange.
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11
Produced byGiorgio Gomelsky, notable for his work withthe Yardbirds,Brian Auger, andMagma, this relatively early Gong project is a great representation of theDaevid Allen-era Gong.
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12
Track listing: 1) Mystic Sister/Magic Brother; 2) Glad To Sad To Say; 3) Rational Anthem; 4) Chainstore Chant/Pretty Miss Titty; 5) Hope You Feel OK; 6) Ego; 7) Gongsong; 8) Princess Dreaming; 9) 5 &a
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13
Track listing: 1) Foolefare; 2) Magdalene; 3) The Invisible Temple; 4) Zeroid; 5) Wise Man In Your Heart; 6) The Mad Monk; 7) Yoni On Mars ; 8) Damaged Man; 9) Bodilingus ; 10) Tali's Song; 11) Infini
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19
Live 2 Infinitea was recorded live during Gong's European tour in Spring 2000, following the release of the studio album Zero to Infinity.
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39
As interesting and fun as the Daevid Allen period was, the name Gong became more meaningful in the context of the music as percussionist Pierre Moerlen assumed the role of bandleader.
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