Now Is the Happiest Time of Your Life

by Daevid Allen

Now Is the Happiest Time of Your Life cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1977
  • Label: Affinity
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 45:25
  • Community rating: 3.74/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following his departure from the legendary progressive rock outfit Gong, the eccentric Australian visionary retreats to a deeply personal, acoustic-leaning psychedelic sound. The album is characterized by whimsical, absurdist poetry, experimental tape loops, and a pastoral, hippie-commune atmosphere. It serves as a fascinating, stripped-down reflection of the utopian philosophies that drove his more grandiose band projects.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, acoustic, biblical, christian, italian

Tracklist

  1. Flamenco Zero (1:45)
  2. Why Do We Treat Ourselves Like We Do (6:50)
  3. Tally & Orlando Meet The Cockpot Pixie (3:16)
  4. See You On The Moontower (5:41)
  5. Poet For Sale (3:26)
  6. Crocodile Nonsense Poem (1:00)
  7. Only Make Love If You Want To (5:33)
  8. I Am (11:07)
  9. Deya Goddess (6:43)

Credits

  • Tom Fu - artwork [artwork inspired by]
  • Joan Bibiloni - guitar, written-by
  • Pepe Milan - guitar
  • Victor Peraino - synthesizer
  • Sam Gopal - tabla
  • Vera Violin - violin
  • Orlando Allen - vocals
  • Taliesin Allen - vocals

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