Editing Gradually Going Tornado

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Gradually Going Tornado
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Bruford (band)|Bruford]]
| cover      = Bill Bruford Gradually Going Tornado.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = February 1980
| recorded   = October & November 1979
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Surrey Sound Studios]], [[Surrey|Surrey, England]]
| genre      = [[Jazz fusion]],<ref name="allmusic" /> [[progressive rock]]<ref name="allmusic" />
| length     = 46:02
| label      = [[Polydor Records]]
| producer   = [[Bill Bruford]]<br />[[Ron Malo]]
| prev_title = [[The Bruford Tapes]]
| prev_year  = 1979
| next_title =
| next_year  =
}}
'''''Gradually Going Tornado''''' is the third solo album by drummer [[Bill Bruford]] and the second and final album by his group [[Bruford (band)|Bruford]]. It was co-produced by Bruford and [[Ron Malo]], the latter known from his work with [[Weather Report]]. The music on the album leans closer to progressive rock than the jazz fusion oriented sound of the band’s previous albums. More of Bruford's lyrics are featured as well, for the first time sung by bassist [[Jeff Berlin]].
"Land's End" incorporates music keyboardist [[Dave Stewart (musician, born 1950)|Dave Stewart]] had previously composed for the [[National Health]] album ''[[Of Queues and Cures]]'' (1978). Guitarist [[Allan Holdsworth]] left the group before recording began, and recommended his guitar student John Clark as his replacement. Clark was listed as “the Unknown John Clark” on the album sleeve as part of a running joke highlighting his obscurity in comparison to Holdsworth.

The title of the album was taken from the British-based Romanian artist [[Paul Neagu]] who did a performance under the name "Gradually Going Tornado" in London in 1974. Neagu created the album's cover art.

==Reception==
{{music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/gradually-going-tornado-mw0000205407 |title=Bill Bruford: Gradually Going Tornado |first=Lee |last=Bloom |website=AllMusic |access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz]]''
| rev2Score = {{rating|2.5|4}}<ref name="penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |publisher=Penguin Books |year=2006 |pages=185 }}</ref>
}}
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."<ref name="allmusic" />

The authors of ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]'' called the music "strongly melodic, freewheeling and built round Bruford's ringing percussion."<ref name="penguin" />

John Kelman of ''[[All About Jazz]]'' commented: "''The Bruford Tapes'' demonstrated a more raucous energy than Bruford's first two releases, but the follow-up studio album, ''Gradually Going Tornado'', proved that the group was capable of generating the same kind of power in the studio."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/bill-bruford-the-bruford-tapes-and-gradually-going-tornado-by-john-kelman |title=Bill Bruford: The Bruford Tapes & Gradually Going Tornado |first=John |last=Kelman |date=October 14, 2005 |website=All About Jazz |access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{Tracklisting
| headline      = Side one
| title1        = Age Of Information
| length1       = 4:41
| writer1       = [[Bill Bruford]], Dave Stewart
| title2        = Gothic 17
| length2       = 5:07
| writer2       = Bruford, Stewart
| title3        = Joe Frazier
| length3       = 4:41
| writer3       = [[Jeff Berlin]]
| title4        = Q.E.D.
| length4       = 7:46
| writer4       = Bruford, Stewart
}}
{{Tracklisting
| headline      = Side two
| title5        = The Sliding Floor
| length5       = 4:58
| writer5       = Bruford, Stewart, Berlin
| title6        = Palewell Park
| length6       = 3:57
| writer6       = Bruford
| title7        = Plans For J.D.
| length7       = 3:50
| writer7       = Bruford
| title8        = Land's End
| length8       = 10:20
| writer8       = Stewart
}}
{{Tracklisting
| headline      = 2005 reissue bonus track
| title9        = 5g
| note9         = Live
| length9       = 7:21
| writer9       = Bruford, Stewart, Berlin
}}

== Personnel ==

* [[Dave Stewart (musician, born 1950)|Dave Stewart]] – keyboards, synthesizers
* John Clark – electric guitar
* [[Jeff Berlin]] – bass guitar, lead vocals
* [[Bill Bruford]] – drums

Guests:
* [[Georgina Born|Georgie Born]] – cello (“Gothic 17”)
* Amanda Parsons, [[Barbara Gaskin]] – backing vocals (“Land’s End”)

Technical:
* [[Ron Malo]] – co-producer, engineer
* Pete Buhlman – engineer, tape operator
* Martin Moss – engineer, second engineer
* [[Paul Neagu]] – art direction, design

== Charts ==
'''Album''' - [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] (United States)
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550"
!align="left" valign="top"|Year
!align="left" valign="top"|Chart
!align="left" valign="top"|Position
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|1980
|align="left" valign="top"|Pop Albums
|align="left" valign="top"|191
|-
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Bill Bruford albums]]
[[Category:1980 albums]]
[[Category:Polydor Records albums]]