Tracks
- Let There Be Drums
- Apache
- Bongolia
- Last Bongo in Belgium
- Dueling Bongos
- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
- Raunchy '73
- Bongo Rock '73
Note: The album cover on the left side is for the original US release; the one on the right is for the original UK release.
Bongo Rock is a exciting album. The music is quite lively and rhythmic, featuring bongos, keyboards and various horns and some guitar. The songs are all instrumentals, even the cover version of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
I think this is a fun album to listen to. I especially like good instrumental songs and they are in profusion here. It does take some time to get comfortable with all of the songs. I didn't find In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida interesting at first, and now it's something to marvel at. The interlude is really good.
I think this album is worth listening to. It's one whose relevance had to wait until hip-hop and big beat came into being. And so any fan of those genres should be familiar with at least Apache, Bongolia and Last Bongo In Belgium. In that way, this album is way ahead of its time because the rhythms being played were so useful. However that's probably just accidental more than intentional. And that's why this album doesn't need to be on the 1001 Albums list.
All the songs are excellent. The stand-outs are: Let There Be Drums, Apache, Bongolia, Dueling Bongos, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida and Bongo Rock '73.
★★★★★★★★☆☆
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