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Rejoice! I'm Dead!
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2016 (2016-09-16)
RecordedSpring 2016
GenreProgressive rock
Length59:41
LabelMadfish
Gong chronology
I See You
(2014)
Rejoice! I'm Dead!
(2016)
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Rejoice! I'm Dead! is the fourteenth studio album by Gong. It was released on September 16, 2016 (2016-09-16).[1][2]

Overview

Rejoice! I'm Dead! is the first Gong album to be released since the deaths of co-founders Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth. Dave Sturt stated about the album: 'Inspired by the light, love and passing of our dear friend and inspiration, Daevid Allen.'[2]

Recording

Recorded at Brixton Hill Studios "and beyond", Spring 2016. 'Model Village' includes a sample of 'Floating Anarchy Manifesto' recorded at the Bananamoon Observatory Studios, Australia 'Glastonbury Town' was made at the Music Room rehearsal studios in London on the 22nd of April, 2013. 'The Paragraph Time Chose To Forget' recorded at The Lighthouse, Dealn on the 27th of January, 2016.

DVD : 5.1 Surround Sound mixed at Soord Studios. 5.1 Surround mastered at Super Sound Mastering

Release

The album was released on September 16, 2016 (2016-09-16) through Madfish on CD (in digipak) and vinyl LP. A double CD / DVD-Audio version in a deluxe 12″ 44 page hardback book is also available featuring the album, a bonus CD of extras and a DVD-Audio disc with 24/96 PCM stereo and DTS 96/24 5.1 digital surround mixes.[3]

Track listing

Disc one. Rejoice! I'm Dead!

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Thing That Should Be"3:34
2."Rejoice!"
10:17
3."Kaptial"
  • Nettles
  • Sturt
  • Golfetti
  • East
  • Torabi
  • Allen
3:21
4."Model Village"
  • Nettles
  • Sturt
  • Golfetti
  • East
  • Torabi
6:43
5."Beatrix"
  • Nettles
  • Sturt
  • Golfetti
  • East
  • Torabi
  • Allen
2:54
6."Visions"
  • Nettles
  • Sturt
  • Golfetti
  • East
  • Torabi
4:29
7."The Unspeakable Stands Revealed"
  • Nettles
  • Sturt
  • Golfetti
  • East
  • Torabi
11:49
8."Through Restless Seas I Come"
  • Nettles
  • Sturt
  • Golfetti
  • East
  • Torabi
6:58
9."Insert Yr Own Prophecy"
  • Nettles
  • Sturt
  • Golfetti
  • East
  • Torabi
9:36

Disc two. Floating Anarchy Manifesto

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Floating Anarchy Manifesto"
  • Allen
4:27
11."Someone You'll Never Be"
5:55
12."Kapital (Original Demo)"
  • Nettles
  • Sturt
  • Golfetti
  • East
  • Torabi
  • Allen
2:16
13."Electricity (Original Demo - Became Part Of Kapital)"
  • Golfetti
1:58
14."Glastonbury Town (Rehearsal Recording)"
  • Sturt
  • East
  • Torabi
  • Allen
8:28
15."Celestial Brigadier (Rehearsal Recording)"
  • Sturt
  • Torabi
  • Allen
14:00
16."The Paragraph Time Chose To Forget (Inspiral Trio)"
  • Sturt
  • Torabi
  • East
4:25

DVDA/V - MLP & DTS 5.1 and LPCM stereo

No.TitleLength
1."The Thing That Should Be" 
2."Rejojce!" 
3."Kapital" 
4."Model Village" 
5."Beatrix" 
6."Visions" 
7."The Unspeakable Stands Revealed" 
8."Through Restless Seas I Come" 
9."Insert Yr Own Prophecy" 

Personnel

Gong

Former Gong

Production credits

Produced by Gong

References

  1. ^ "Rejoice! I'm Dead – Gong – Canterbury Scene". progarchives.com. 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Gong – Rejoice! I'm Dead! (cd)". burningshed.com. 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Rejoice! I'm Dead!". gongband.net. 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.