In the Land of Gray and Pink

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In the Land of Gray and Pink
Caravan studio album

Publication
(s)

September 1971

admission

November 1970 to January 1971

Label (s) Deram Records

Genre (s)

Progressive rock , Canterbury sound

Title (number)

5

running time

43:23

occupation
  • David Grinsted
  • Richard Coughlan

production

David Hitchcock

Studio (s)

AIR London Studios Decca Studios

chronology
If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You
(1970) 		In the Land of Gray and Pink Waterloo Lily
(1972)

In the Land of Gray and Pink is the third studio album by the British progressive rock band Caravan . It was released on Deram Records in 1971 and is considered a classic of the Canterbury sound .

Creation and publication

The album was recorded from late 1970 to early 1971 at AIR London Studios and the studios of Decca Records and released in September 1971 on the Decca label Deram. In the Land of Gray and Pink is the last album Caravans in the original line-up, as Dave Sinclair left the band in 1971 and then initially continued to work with Robert Wyatt . According to Pye Hastings , Sinclair was said to have been dissatisfied with Caravan's earnings.

In the Land of Gray and Pink was first released on CD in 1989. Remastered versions with unreleased bonus tracks and alternative versions were released in 2001 and 2011, the latter with a surround mix by Steven Wilson .

Track list

page 1

  1. Golf Girl - 5:00
  2. Winter Wine - 7:35
  3. Love to Love You (and Tonight Pigs Will Fly) - 3:03
  4. In the Land of Gray and Pink - 4:59

Page 2

  2. Nine Feet Underground - 10:40 pm
    1. Nigel Blows a Tune
    2. Love's a friend
    3. Make It 76
    4. Dance of the Seven Paper Hankies
    5. Hold grandad by the nose
    6. Honest I Did!
    7. Disassociation
    8. 100% proof

Bonus title 2001

  2. I Don't Know Its Name (Alias ​​The Word) - 6:12
  3. Aristocracy - 3:42
  4. It's Likely to Have a Name Next Week - 7:48 am
  5. Group Girl - 5:04
  6. Disassociation / 100% Proof - 8:35

Bonus title 2011

  2. Frozen Rose (I Don't Know Its Name Alias ​​The Word) - 6:10
  3. Love to Love You (and Tonight Pigs Will Fly) - 3:36
  4. Nine Feet Underground - 22:39

Bonus CD 2011

  1. Aristocracy - 3:15
  2. It Doesn't Take a Lot - 3:14
  3. Love to Love You (and Tonight Pigs Will Fly) - 3:36
  4. It's Likely to Have a Name Next Week - 7:48 am
  5. Nigel Blows a Tune - 5:55
  6. Group Girl - 5:14
  7. Love Song Without Flute - 3:33
  8. In the Land of Gray and Pink - 3:43
  9. Love to Love You (and Tonight Pigs Will Fly) - 3:12
  10. Nine Feet Underground - 14:27
  11. Feelin ', Reelin', Squealin ' - 9:30

style

Caravan play melodic Progressive Rock influenced by the Canterbury sound on the album. The guitar is more in the background than the organ, flute and saxophone, there are influences from folk , easy listening and improvisational music . The humorous lyrics and the artwork are pervaded by pastoral and fantastic motifs.

reception

In the Land of Gray and Pink did not make it into the charts, but it still helped Caravan achieve a breakthrough. Today the album is considered the band's masterpiece and timeless classic of Canterbury sound . The music magazine eclipsed judges that long live “from a feel-good factor that amazes” and voted it 31st on its list of the 150 most important prog albums. In June 2015, the renowned trade journal Rolling Stone voted the album 34th of the 50 best progressive rock albums of all time .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Baby Blue Prog Reviews: Caravan: In the Land of Gray and Pink , Baby Blue Pages , accessed on November 2, 2012.
  2. ↑ Caravan Biography ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , caravan-info.co.uk , accessed November 2, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.caravan-info.co.uk
  3. ↑ In the Land of Gray and Pink at Discogs , accessed November 2, 2012.
  4. ↑ a b Lindsay Planer: In the Land of Gray and Pink at Allmusic (English), accessed on November 2, 2012.
  5. ↑ eclipsed No. 144, p. 37.
  6. ^ Richard Gehr: 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time - Caravan, 'In the Land of Gray and Pink' (1971). In: Rolling Stone . Wenner Media, June 17, 2015, accessed on September 30, 2015 .