Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1)
by Gong

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Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1) by Gong
Year: 1973
Release date: 1973-05-25
Overall rank: 3,196th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 134 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (60th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (551st)
Award Best albums of all time (3,196th)

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Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1) is ranked as the best album by Gong.

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Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1) track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Radio Gnome Invisible
Average Rating: 80 (26 votes)Comments: View 0
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Flying Teapot
Average Rating: 83 (24 votes)Comments: View 1
3.
The Pot-Head Pixies
Average Rating: 76 (22 votes)Comments: View 0
4.
The Octave Doctors And The Crystal Machine
Average Rating: 77 (21 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
Zero The Hero And The Witch's Spell
Average Rating: 82 (22 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
Witch's Song / I Am Your Pussy
Average Rating: 79 (22 votes)Comments: View 0

Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1) rankings

Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1) rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,196th | 1970s rank: 551st | 1973 rank: 60th  Overall chart history
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From BestEverAlbums 08/31/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5421): By Simon_bramhall
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Simon_bramhall () 1. by (1973) 2. by by (1969) 4. by (1977) 6. by (1969) 7. (1966) 8. by (1975) 9. by (1968) 11. by by by by (1969) 15. by by by (1973) 18. (1972) 19. by (2009) 20. (1973) 21. by (1987) 22. by (1971) 23. by by (1973) 25.…”
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From 10/09/2011 04:10 | #28153 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This brilliant fairy-tale sketched concept album essentially evokes the inner-workings of the imaginatively fertile mind of its protaganist, Daevid Allen. The album combines surrealism, anarchist philosophy and expressionist theatre within a rich tapestry of jazz, rock and ambient music in a way that is totally unique. Unsurprisingly, guitarist Steve Hillage would become influential in the emergence of techno in the 1980s. In 1973 Gong predicted the bass heavy trance-inducing pattern of music that would become Acid House.
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From 03/22/2020 08:24 | #249001 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I am lucky enough to own a clear vinyl version with the original cover, not the cover in the picture on this site. Superb album from probably one of the most way out there bands at the time or maybe even since. I love the jazzy rockin groove of the title track. The musianship of this band often goes unnoticed, they tend to be remembered for the wacky elements.
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From 12/31/2019 20:04 | #246272 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Fantastic stuff from a criminally underrated band that still sound amazingly fresh and unique after almost 50 years. It's spacey, jazzy, quirky, in fact it's totally bonkers but I dare you not to at least smile when you listen to Gong. Wonderful.
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From 10/18/2016 18:16 | #177101 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Flying Teapot, Angel's Egg and You are all parts of the original Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy. Worth having because they are not like anything else, madly inventive and weird.
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From 03/04/2016 11:59 | #161261 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A psychedelic masterpiece.
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3. Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin
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