Gravy Train (Gravy Train album)

Gravy Train
Studio album by Gravy Train
Released 1970
Genre Progressive rock
Length 47:16
Label Repertoire
Producer Jonathan Peel (for Mike Vaughn Productions Ltd.)
Gravy Train chronology
Gravy Train
(1970)		 (A Ballad Of) A Peaceful Man
(1971)

Gravy Train is the 1970 debut album by Gravy Train. It is in the progressive rock genre.

Reception

Dave Thompson of Allmusic praised the album, writing of its influences, "Jethro Tull and Comus had a baby, and they named it Gravy Train." He compared the track "Think of Life" to Deep Purple due to its flute part. Thompson noted that, "If Gravy Train has any faults whatsoever, the fascination with peculiar vocal effects can grow a little wearing, especially as frontman Norman Barrett [sic] already appears to have a fabulous range of his own -- "Dedication to Sid," in particular, glories in such trickery, although the heartbeat bassline that runs through the number is so hypnotic that it's easy to forget everything else that's going on." He concluded that the album was "a genuine minor classic."[1]

Georgiy Starostin also gave the album a positive review. "So anyway, Gravy Train is, in many respects, a marvelous album, and the one not to be afraid to blow your cash on if you can trace it anywhere. It does take some getting used to, of course, because at first, my reaction was "what the...?", and it doesn't happen all that often," he wrote. He also criticised Barratt's vocal delivery, but still thought the album was very good.[2]

Track list

"Gravy Train"

  1. The New One 5:14
  2. Dedication to Sid 7:25
  3. Coast Road 6:50
  4. Enterprise 6:23
  5. Think of Life 5:10
  6. Earl of Pocket Nook 16:14

"Ballade of a peaceful man" according to my original-LP (1971/Vertigo): side A: 1/Alone in Giorgia 2/(Ballade of) a peaceful man 3/Jules delight

side B: 1/Messenger 2/Can anybody hear me? 3/Old tin box 4/Won't talk about it 5/Home again

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Thompson, Dave. "Gravy Train Album Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ Starostin, Georgiy. "Gravy Train". Starostin Record Reviews. Retrieved September 17, 2015.


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