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Gradually Going Tornado is the third solo album by drummer Bill Bruford and the second and final album by his group Bruford.

In a review for AllMusic, Lee Bloom wrote: “This is intelligent fusion – intricately crafted, high energy, and technically impressive… Gradually Going Tornado, if not Bruford’s most successful effort, is certainly among the finest music produced in the progressive rock/fusion genre.”

Gradually Going Tornado / The Bruford Tapes

• Audio CD – Audiobook
• Winterfold Uk (Publisher)

$21.06

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Track listing:
“Age of Information” (Bruford, Dave Stewart) – 4:41
“Gothic 17” (Bruford, Dave Stewart) – 5:07
“Joe Frazier” (Berlin) – 4:41
“Q.E.D.” (Bruford, Dave Stewart) – 7:46
“The Sliding Floor” (Berlin, Bruford, Dave Stewart) – 4:58
“Palewell Park” (Bruford) – 3:57
“Plans for J.D.” (Bruford) – 3:50
“Land’s End” (Dave Stewart) – 10:20

Personnel:
Dave Stewart – keyboards, synthesizers
John Clark – electric guitar
Jeff Berlin – bass guitar, lead vocals
Bill Bruford – drums

Guests:

Georgie Born – cello (“Gothic 17”)
Amanda Parsons, Barbara Gaskin – backing vocals (“Land’s End”)

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Released: February 1980
Recorded: October & November 1979
Studio: Surrey Sound Studios, Surrey, England
Length: 46:02
Label: Polydor Records
Producer: Bill Bruford
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