Track Listing

1. Memory Lain, Hugh/Headloss (Medley)
2. Hoedown
3. Surprise, Surprise
4. C'Thlu Thlu
5. Dog, The Dog, He's At It Again, The
6. Be Alright/Chance Of A Lifetime (Medley)
7. L'Auberge Du Sanglier/A Hunting We Shall Go/Pengola/Backwards/A Hunting We Shall Go (reprise) (Medley)
8. Memory Lain, Hugh/Headloss (US mix) (Medley) (bonus track)
9. No! (Be Alright)/Waffle (Chance Of A Lifetime) (Medley) (previously unreleased, bonus track)
10. He Who Smelt It Dealt It (Memory Lain, Hugh) (previously unreleased, bonus track)
11. Surprise, Surprise (previously unreleased, bonus track)
12. Derek's Long Thing (previously unreleased, bonus track)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19319 in Music
• Released on: 2001-02-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .22 pounds
• Running time: 78 minutes

CD Description
Throwing jazz and rock together in the same musical stew isalmost always a dangerous idea. For every BITCHES BREW, there are a thousand Spyro Gyras. Canterbury, England's Caravan, however, is the rare exception that unites jazz sensibilities with a thoroughly rock approach, creating something wholly unique in the process. FOR GIRLS WHO GROW PLUMP IN THE NIGHT reunites the band with original keyboardist Dave Sinclair and new viola player Peter Geoffrey Richardson, and the result is perhaps the band's most accomplished long-player. This 2007 reissue includes a few great demos as well--most notably "Derek's Long Thing" and "Surprise, Surprise."

Customer Reviews

Pye Hastings' Finest Hour
It was 1973, and after the magnificent "Land of Grey and Pink" but less "Caravan-ish" "Waterloo Lily", bassist Richard Sinclair had joined Hatfield and the North to pursue his jazz-rock urges, his cousin and Caravan keyboardist Dave Sinclair had left as well, and all looked pretty depressing. But Dave returned to the fold. In the mean-time, Pye had come up with some fantastic songs and recruited viola player Geoff Richardson (with Caravan to this day) and Jon Perry on bass. The result was "For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night", a brilliant return to form, full of eccentic English prog, accompanied by string and brass sections. The climax of the album - "Pengola / Backwards..." is orchestral prog rock par excellence, the main theme being lifted by Pye from a Mike Ratledge riff off the track "Slightly All The Time" from Soft Machine's "Third" album. For Caravan fans who think the group was nothing without Richard Sinclair, think again after listening to this.

I Started With This Album
Until recently, "prog" for me consisted of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Yes & Tull. King Crimson are just too hard! That is, until I read in MOJO about the "Canterbury Sound" and bands like Caravan, Soft Machine and Camel.
From nefarious sources, I obtained a copy of "For Girls..." and was blown away. I now own a legal copy! Wonderful intelligent, melodic songs played superbly if not ostentatiously. There are more ideas on this album than in a lifetime of albums by many of the so-called rock greats. Just when you think there's nothing new under the sun, there's....Caravan. I went on and bought two more Caravan albums on the strength of this one, and it doesn't actually rate as their supposed best album!

BUY IT!
Quite frankly one of the best albums ever made IMHO. This album is possibly Caravan's finest hour. To prove it, many songs from it are played each year at the annual gig in Diss. Certainly if you were looking for a Caravan album to start your collection you could do much worse than this.