Future Games: A Magical-Kahauna Dream

by Spirit

Future Games: A Magical-Kahauna Dream cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Mercury
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:46
  • Community rating: 3.6/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Terry Anderson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Spearheaded by visionary guitarist Randy California, Spirit's 'Future Games: A Magical-Kahauna Dream' is an eccentric, highly conceptual rock opera. The recording blends psychedelic rock jams with spoken-word interludes, early sound manipulation, and sci-fi fantasy narratives. It stands as one of the most delightfully unhinged and ambitious experimental statements of the band's career.

Genres

Descriptors: sampling, fantasy, medley, space, experimental, electronic, conceptual, satirical, guitars

Tracklist

  1. CB Talk (0:42)
  2. Stars Are Love (2:29)
  3. Kahauna Dream (2:44)
  4. Buried In My Brain (2:55)
  5. Bionic Unit (3:00)
  6. So Happy Now (0:19)
  7. All Along The Watchtower (4:27)
  8. Would You Believe (3:13)
  9. Jack Bond Speaks (1:17)
  10. Star Trek Dreaming (2:16)
  11. Interlude XM (0:26)
  12. China Doll (2:00)
  13. Hawaiian Times (0:10)
  14. Gorn Attack (2:10)
  15. Interlude 2001 (0:25)
  16. Detroit City (3:55)
  17. Freakout Frog (1:57)
  18. The Romulan Experience (0:57)
  19. Monkey See Monkey Do (1:39)
  20. Mt. Olympus (0:25)
  21. The Journey Of Nomad (2:30)
  22. Ending (3:50)

Credits

  • Spirit - primary artist
  • Terry Anderson - backing vocals
  • Gilbert Kong - lacquer cut by
  • Bob Dylan - written-by
  • Burt Shonberg - written-by
  • Carla Savage - written-by
  • Ed Cassidy - written-by
  • Kim Fowley - written-by

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