The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp

by Giles, Giles and Fripp

The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 September 1968
  • Label: Deram
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Famed primarily as the immediate predecessor to King Crimson, this delightfully eccentric album is steeped in vaudevillian humor and whimsical British pop. Despite its deeply quirky, surreal narratives, the impeccable musicianship鈥攑articularly Robert Fripp's nimble guitar work鈥攈ints strongly at the complex progressive rock that the core members would soon pioneer.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, progressive

Tracklist

  1. North Meadow
  2. Newly-weds
  3. One In A Million
  4. Call Tomorrow
  5. Digging My Lawn
  6. Little Children
  7. The Crukster
  8. Thursday Morning
  9. How Do They Know
  10. Elephant Song
  11. The Sun Is Shining
  12. Suite No. 1
  13. Erudite Eyes

Credits

  • Giles, Giles and Fripp - primary artist
  • The Breakaways - backing vocals
  • Alan Ford - cello
  • Charles Tunnell - cello
  • Mike Hill - keyboards
  • Nicky Hopkins - keyboards
  • W - lacquer cut by
  • Michael Giles - performer, written-by

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