- Vinyl
- Label: DECCA
- ASIN: B0055Y9YHG
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 764,103 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I came across this after reading the reviews on Amazon. My only regret is the years I've missed without it! There is a pastoral, autumny feel with Caravan, which can at only moment transcend into any given season. This album has it all, superb musicianship, great hooks, and sensitivity in abundance. Once in every few years an album grabs my attention. In this case it has, and won't let go! I couldn't recommend it enough....enjoy!
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I bought this in 1972 because of its hippy/freak overtones and after I'd seen the band live. It soon became the most played record in my collection. On the surface it appears frivolous but on increasing listening one soon realises it's a real jazz/rock masterpiece. The range of instruments played is interesting (including hedge-clippers) but this album is really dominated by David Sinclair's mastery of the hammond organ. A real treasure, I'm so glad I can now get it on CD and give my vinyl a rest!
33 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If I could listen to it, I would listen to it all over again.....
This a virtually faultless album. Only 'In The Land of Grey and Pink' betters it in Caravan's catalogue, and then only just. Subtle, cute, forceful, all the qualities a great record should have. Its the music of a rural English landscape personified (as is G&P). The music sounds like the cover looks, if that makes sense. If you need to start listining to early seventies English prog for some reason, start here then you won't waste hundreds of quid on the voluminous amounts of crap you could stumble into without helpful guidance!
Buy it, you'll love it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Almost
OK. "In The Land Of Grey And Pink" is their best album. We all know that. There have been countless other wonderful moments too. "If I could Do It All Over Again... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Andrew B Williams
It really hasn't got a title
I'll be honest, when I first heard this album I wasn't impressed at all. There were too major stumbling blocks. Read more
Published 18 months ago by csiedmo
a blast from the past
A strong album from the turn of the decade (1969-1970)which deserves a wider audience. Great fun, lovely cover photo and music that leaves you wondering why you can't find this... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Samuel Pyke
how come?
How come I never heard this one before now? I always loved "In The Land Of Grey And Pink" but I just never got around to listening to this album, although the first track was... Read more
Published 20 months ago by IceBear
If you're deported to a desert island
Basically, it's all been said in the other (more expert) reviews.
You will not understand why you hadn't heard about this album before, and you will be sorry for the lost time... Read more
You will not understand why you hadn't heard about this album before, and you will be sorry for the lost time... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Al Most
If I could do it all over again - Caravan. Prog folk?
I've been exploring the realms of Prog Rock for a few years now, King Crimson, Coliseum and the like. Read more
Published on 12 Aug 2009 by Victor
Simply perfect in every way!
I had forgotten how good this album was until I bought the remastered version recently on CD. I used to have the vinyl LP when I was a teenager and loved it very much back then,... Read more
Published on 26 May 2009 by alextorres
Brilliant, singular and uplifting
Although its follow-up '...Grey and Pink' is more frequently hailed as the best Caravan album, I personally prefer this, their second effort. Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2008 by D. Hamilton-Smith
Obscure and complex
Something has provoked me to write a review of this, the first I've done in ages - I think that 'something' is the complexity of an album that entirely failed to be what I expected... Read more
Published on 2 May 2008 by Robert Smith
Interesting period piece by Canterbury's finest
What an interesting album. Unlike some others, I prefer this to their later album 'Land of Pink & Grey', which is also great, but somehow doesn't have the quirky Englishness of the... Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2007 by Mr. C. J. Iredale
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