GONG — Camembert Electrique (review)

GONG — Camembert Electrique album cover Album · 1971 · Jazz Related Rock Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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This is interesting but a bit overrated album. One can easily recognize influences from Barret era PINK FLOYD, some bizarre and comic Zappa surrealism and sax playing a la VAN DER GRAAF's Dave Jackson. Overall it is somewhat too adventurous and not very accessible listening, even though several strong tracks are catching up on the first listen, like "You Can't Kill Me", the BYRDS-like folk-rock guitar of "Tried So Hard" and a prototype of their later space-jam trips "Fohat Digs Holes in Space". Radio Gnome concept was already introduced here in several tracks and a cover design. A decent early GONG, but the best albums were yet to come.

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