Shamal (album)

Shamal
Shamal
Studio album by Gong
Released	13 February 1976
Recorded	December 1975
Studio	Basing Street Studios; Olympic Studios; Sarm Studios (mixing);
Genre	Progressive rock; jazz fusion;
Length	40:41
Label	Virgin Records
Producer	Nick Mason
Gong chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B−^[2]

Shamal is the sixth studio album released under the name Gong and was released by Virgin Records on 13 February 1976^[3] The album, produced by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, was recorded in December 1975^[4] by a unique line-up referred to later as "Shamal-Gong". It is usually regarded as a transitional album between Daevid Allen's incarnation of the band and the Pierre Moerlen-led fusion line-up of the late 1970s.

^ ^a ^b "allmusic ((( Shamal > Review )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 24 February 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ "GONG-Chronology". calyx.perso.neuf.fr/gong. 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
^ "GONG-Biography". calyx.perso.neuf.fr/gong. 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

[allmusic-1] "allmusic ((( Shamal > Review )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 October 2009.

[2] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 24 February 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[3] "GONG-Chronology". calyx.perso.neuf.fr/gong. 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

[4] "GONG-Biography". calyx.perso.neuf.fr/gong. 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

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