| Bongo Rock | ||||
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| Released | 1973 | |||
| Studio | Can Base Studios, Vancouver, Canada | |||
| Genre | Funk [1] | |||
| Length | 33:17 | |||
| Label | Pride | |||
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Bongo Rock is the debut studio album by Incredible Bongo Band, released in 1973. [2] It peaked at number 197 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart. [3] It includes the band's version of the Jerry Lordan-written song "Apache". [4]
Michael Viner, who was an executive at MGM Records, started the project Incredible Bongo Band. [5] He was asked to provide music to the soundtrack for the film The Thing with Two Heads ; he and Perry Botkin Jr. recorded the songs "Bongo Rock" and "Bongolia". [5] After that, they decided to create the album Bongo Rock. [5]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [1] |
Jeff Tamarkin of AllMusic wrote, "Interesting as it is to hear how the bongo-centric beats were toyed with by the hip-hoppers, the original recordings stand up on their own as classically kitschy cheese-rock." [5] He added, "Bongos aren't the only sound heard, naturally, and fans of both lounge-rock and that crisp, reverby guitar sound prominent in old spy movies and Ventures records will dig what the IBB were all about." [5] Alan Ranta of Tiny Mix Tapes stated that "'Apache' may be the most recognizable, but there is still a rich field of extractable samples to be had for the next generation." [1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Let There Be Drums" | 2:41 | |
| 2. | "Apache" | Jerry Lordan | 4:53 |
| 3. | "Bongolia" | Perry Botkin Jr. | 2:15 |
| 4. | "Last Bongo in Belgium" |
| 6:55 |
| 5. | "Dueling Bongos" |
| 2:58 |
| 6. | "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" | Doug Ingle | 7:43 |
| 7. | "Raunchy '73" |
| 3:24 |
| 8. | "Bongo Rock '73" | 2:39 | |
| Total length: | 33:17 | ||
| Chart (1973) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Top LPs & Tape ( Billboard ) [3] | 197 |
| US Top Soul LPs ( Billboard ) [6] | 58 |
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