Bill BRUFORD

Gradually Going Tornado

(1980)

1. Age Of Information 4'51
(Bill Bruford / Dave Stewart)
2. Gothic 17 5'08
(Bill Bruford / Dave Stewart)
3. Joe Frazier 4'46
(Jeff Berlin)
4. Q.E.D. 7'50
(Bill Bruford / Dave Stewart)
5. The Sliding Floor 5'03
(Dave Stewart / Jeff Berlin)
6. Palewell Park 4'01
(Bill Bruford)
7. Plans For J.D. 4'02
(Bill Bruford)
8. Land's End 10'19
(Dave Stewart)

Total Time: 46:00

  • Bill Bruford - Drums, Cymbals
  • Dave Stewart - Keyboards, Reasonably Advanced Harmonic Advice
  • Allan Holdsworth - Guitar
  • The Unknown John Clark - Guitar
  • Jeff Berlin - Bass, Lead Vocals
  • Georgie Born - Cello (2)
  • Barbara Gaskin - Voices (8)
  • Amanda Parsons - Voices (8)

    Bill Bruford - Producer
    Ron Malo - First Engineer, Mix Engineer
    Martin Moss - Second Engineer
    Peter Buhlmann - Tape Operator
    Paul Neagu - Sleeve Art Direction and Design

    Thanks To All at Rod Argent's SHOP for keyboard assistance and to Woody Bavota for on stage illumination
    Apparently Jeff Berlin still insists on using Leo Quan "bad ass" musical products

    All Songs Published by EG MUSIC Inc.(BMI)
    Produced for     EG RECORDS Ltd.

    Recorded at SURREY SOUND, Leatherhead, Surrey, October and November 1979
    Mixed at     DEVONSHIRE SOUND, North Hollywood, California




    1. Age Of Information

      Time after time
      You and your kind
      Send shivers up and down my spine
      Apathy flows in the candle light
      Heaven won't help you
      Energy might
      Tune to your radio
      Communication's on

      Time after time
      I see the signs
      I hold my breath and look away
      I don't care what the newspapers say
      I'm going to do what I do anyway
      In this age of communication
      I'm just not getting through
    chorus:

    Man-made radio
    Speak out in the time that it takes
    for a warning
    Right or wrong you'll know by the morning
    Can't keep losing sleep
    When the man comes asking
    questions I'll be gone
    'Cos you're better off being alone
    in the dark
    In this age of information
    (Whispered)

    Alone in the dark in this age of information
    Turn to your radio for further explanation
      You've seen the danger
      You've heard the news
      You've had messages coming through

      I don't care what the newspapers say
      I'm going to do what I do anyway
      In this age of communication
      I'm just not getting through

      They're not losing sleep-sweet dreams
      They don't care if the world falls to pieces
      They just speak for the speechless
      Can't tell wrong from right You know its a mess of approximation
      In this age of information

    2. Gothic 17

      Snow falling all around
      And in the darkened house
      The little boy daren't make a sound
      His parents whispering outside the door
      He plans the day when
      they won't be there anymore
    chorus:

    They're telling him this
    They're telling him that
    They'll never predict
    The way that he might react
    He's lost in a maze
    Of difficult days
    He's sinking too fast
    He's walking on broken glass
      Speak softly to the child
      For inbetween his head and racing heart
      Lies something wild
      No sense in shouting he can't hear for the nois
      He plays with fire, broken glass
      twisted tin, broken toys
    chorus:

    You're telling him this
    You're telling him that
    You'll never predict
    The way that he might react
    He's lost in a maze
    Of difficult days
    He's sinking too fast
    He's walking on broken glass

    3. Joe Frazier

      ( instrumental )

    4. Q.E.D.

      ( instrumental )

    5. The Sliding Floor

      First time I met Angel
      Up on the bridge of an ocean-going liner
      She was virtue, vice, and failing
      Can't give her up now for all the tea in China

      Here comes a knock on my door
      Angel face with teeth like a tiger's claw
      Morning comes she'll soon be back
      begging for more
      Angel knows that truth has a sliding floor

      No use asking me why
      Some people stick like a downtown Bowery wino
      If experts, preachers, mystics
      can't find the answer
      Then how the hell should I know ?
    chorus:

    Lost in a world breaking apart
    Angel shines her mystery light into the dark
    She's not wasting blame on the rich or the poor
    Angel knows that truth has a sliding floor
    (Repeat chorus)

    6. Palewell Park

      ( instrumental )

    7. Plans For J.D.

      She hates to fight
      She's learned to just pretend he's right

      She feels no pain
      She used to care
      But now she looks back
      To the things he used to be
      With no warning
      And no final say
      He'll find time runs out on him
      And his plans for Judgement Day

      It makes no sense
      His everything is in the future tense
      He's wasting time
      The past is gone
      The present lingers-
      A mist before dawn
      There's no fooling
      And no final say
      He'll find time runs out on him
      And the games he needs to play
      And his plans for Judgement Day

      You're wasting time
      The more you talk, the more you realise
      The man's made up his mind
      Its not money that he's rolling in
      But the fear of endless night
      And his plans for Judgement Day

      You hate to fight
      You've learned to just pretend he's right
      You're wasting time
      You used to care, but now you look back
      To the things he used to be
      There's no fooling
      And he won't forget
      The way you ran out on him
      And his plans for Judgement Day

    8. Land's End

      ( instrumental )