Leave It Open (album)

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Leave It Open
Gong Leave It Open.jpg
Studio album by
Released1981 (1981)
RecordedStars & Stripes, London
Genre Jazz rock, progressive rock
Length38:15
Label Arista
Producer Pierre Moerlen
Pierre Moerlen's Gong chronology
Time Is the Key
(1979)
Leave It Open
(1981)
Breakthrough
(1986)

Leave It Open is the fifth studio album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It was released in 1981. [1]

Contents

The album is notable for the prominent use of vibraphone, and features the American jazz saxophonist Charlie Mariano, the band's only album to do so, and was their last release for a major label.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pierre Moerlen, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Leave It Open"17:25
2."How Much Better It Has Become"3:29
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."I Woke Up This Morning Felt Like Playing Guitar"3:36
2."It's About Time" (Hansford Rowe)6:11
3."Stok Stok Stok Sto-Gak" (Hansford Rowe)4:13
4."Adrien"3:46

Personnel

Pierre Moerlen's Gong
Guest musicians

Production credits

References

  1. "Pierre Moerlen's Gong: Leave It Open". www.discogs.com. 1981. Retrieved 4 July 2017.