Let's Make Up and Be Friendly (Remastered Incl. 6 Bonus Tracks) (1972)

In 1972 hadden de Bonzo's al besloten uiteen te gaan, maar ze moesten contractueel nog 4 nummers opnemen. Men besloot niet kinderachtig te zijn en maakte er het beste van: een album met veel lol én verhoogde feestvreugde door de medewerking van wat muzikale vrienden zoals Yes-toetsenist Tony Kaye en de vooral van Pink Floyd bekende saxofonist Dick Parry. "While not up to the high standards set by the band's earlier work, this contractual obligation album does offer a few glimpses of the skewed brilliance for which the Bonzos were so rightly famous. Highlight is "Rawlinson End," and perhaps Viv Stanshall's finest narrative. A spoken word tour de force, this intricately surreal English soap opera is a worthy successor to the earlier "Rhinocratic Oaths," and offers a preview of Stanshall's full-length solo effort, "Sir Henry at Rawlinson End". The rest is filled with the usual broad rock parodies and defiantly tasteless humor." (Michael Waynick, Allmusic)

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