''Cunning Stunts'' is the sixth studio album by the

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. In ...

band Caravan, released in 1975. It was their first album with the bass guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Mike Wedgwood. The title of the album is a

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for "Stunning Cunts", which is typical of their cheeky use of language. Three previous Caravan albums with titles that are also sexual plays on words are ''

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'' (1970), '' In the Land of Grey and Pink'' (1971) and ''

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'' (1973).

Reception

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described it as "a solid, varied, and interesting album with plenty of character."

Track listing

;Side one ;Side two ;Bonus tracks

Personnel

;CaravanCaravan, ''Cunning Stunts'' (1975), vinyl LP cover notes *

Pye Hastings Julian Frederick Gordon 'Pye' Hastings (born 21 January 1947 in Tomnavoulin, Banffshire, Scotland) is a British musician. Born in Scotland and raised in Canterbury, Kent, he is the guitarist and vocalist of the Canterbury scene band Caravan and b ...

– electric guitar and acoustic guitars, vocals *

Dave Sinclair David Sinclair (born 24 November 1947) is a British keyboardist (organ, piano, harpsichord, electric piano, Mellotron, Davolisint, etc.) associated with the psychedelia/progressive rock Canterbury Scene since the late 1960s. He became famous ...

– piano, organ, synthesizer,

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, string co-arrangement on "No Backstage Pass", brass co-arrangement on "Ben Karratt Rides Again" and "Sneaking out the Bare Quare" * Geoffrey Richardson –

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, electric guitar, Western concert flute, flute, night-shift whistle * Mike Wedgwood –

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, congas, vocals, Moog brass on "Stuck in a Hole", string arrangement on "Lover" and "No Backstage Pass" *

Richard Coughlan Richard Coughlan (2 September 1947 – 1 December 2013) was an English musician, best known as the drummer and percussionist of the Canterbury scene progressive rock band Caravan. He was one of the founding members of Caravan in 1968 and remai ...

– drums ;Additional personnel *

Jimmy Hastings James Brian Gordon Hastings (born 12 May 1938) is a British musician associated with the Canterbury scene who plays saxophones, flute and clarinet. Hastings was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. He has played with his brother Pye Hastings in Caravan, ...

– brass arrangement on "Ben Karratt Rides Again" and "Sneaking out the Bare Quare" * David Hitchcock – producer

Chart performance

In the USA, the album peaked #124 in the ''Billboard'' 200 album charts in 1975.

References

External links

Caravan - ''Cunning Stunts'' (1975) album review by Lindsay Planer, credits & releases
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Caravan - ''Cunning Stunts'' (1975) album releases & credits
at

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Caravan - ''Cunning Stunts'' (1975) album credits & user reviews
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at Calyx: the Canterbury Music Website
Caravan - ''Cunning Stunts'' (1975) album to be listened
as stream at Play.Spotify.com * {{Authority control Caravan (band) albums 1975 albums Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis Decca Records albums Albums produced by Dave Hitchcock