Gun – GUN***

Race With The Devil/The Sad Saga Of The Boy & The Bee/Rupert’s Travels/Yellow Cab Man/It Won’t Be Long (Heartbeat)/Sunshine/Rat Race/Take Off

The eponymous debut album from the British rock group Gun includes their UK No. 8 hit single Race With The Devil, but is spoilt by lengthy final track with boring drum solo. After group split up Adrian Gurvitz entered into several collaborations with some noted artists of the time.

“The Gurvitz brothers, only released two albums under the guise of Gun. This is a great album which unlike some others of the time doesn't sound dated. The opening track alone gives you an idea of what to expect. Brilliant riff and a great tune.”

“Some pretty psychedelic blues music to be heard here. Race With The Devil starts things off with one of the coolest guitar riffs. It Won't Be Long is one serious freak out, and the horn-fuelled Sunshine is one of the greatest psychedelic bluesy cuts. What a solid and forgotten album.”

“Gun's self-titled debut is one of those obscure psychedelic albums that you've just got to hear. Once you hear this record, you'll probably love it.”

“Only one standout song: Rat Race, a slow tempo epic ballad with choir arrangements. The rest is mostly a product of its time, that also contains some filler, jamming and a horrible drum solo.”

“Though often sounding somewhat similar to Cream, this album features extensive use of fuzztone guitar on typical power-trio style material. Plenty of first rate stuff here, with lots of psychedelic flavour, though it is rather inconsistent overall.” ,p. “Decent prototype hard rock album, pretty straight though, and lyrics are pedestrian What's with the horns and strings? I wish I could erase them all. I like the hard, fuzzy guitar parts and thumping drums rather than the production and lyrical sentiments.”

“Forgotten heavy metal pioneers with a very promising debut album. What a start - Race With The Devil is a scorcher. The album continues with three more hot tracks. Should have been a solid minor classic but it blows it on the eleven minutes closing track which is a throw back to the past not the future, acid rock with a drum solo - the dreaded drum solo is the bane of many a good album of this era.”