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{{Infobox album
| name = 2032
| type = studio album
| artist = [[Gong (band)|Gong]]
| cover = Gong_2032.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2009|09|21|df=y}}
| recorded = 2009
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Progressive rock]], [[jazz rock]]<ref
| length = {{Duration|m=75|s=25}}
| label = [[G-Wave]]
| producer = [[Steve Hillage]]
| prev_title = [[Acid Motherhood]]
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = [[I See You (Gong album)|I See You]]
| next_year = 2014
}}
{{Album ratings
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| rev1Score = {{Rating|
| rev2 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1660747|pure_url=yes}}|title=''2032'' Review|publisher=Allmusic.com|accessdate=25 April 2011}}</ref>
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'''''2032''''' is the twelfth studio album by [[Gong (band)|Gong]] and the ninth album by the Daevid Allen version of the group, released on {{start date|2009|09|21|df=y}}.
== Overview ==
''2032'' is a further installment of the Gong mythology, the central part of which was formed with the Radio Gnome Trilogy of albums, comprising ''[[Flying Teapot (album)|Flying Teapot]]'' in 1973, followed by ''[[Angel's Egg (album)|Angel's Egg]]'', 1973, and ''[[You (Gong album)|You]]'' in 1974.
While later Gong albums in the 1970s onwards did refer to elements of the Gong mythology, they were not seen as succeeding the Radio Gnome Trilogy in the same way as 2032.
The year 2032 is mentioned quite often in Daevid Allen's early Gong mythology writings.
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The album brings together again many of the Radio Gnome Trilogy era Gong lineup, specifically Daevid Allen, Steve Hillage, Gilli Smyth, Miquette Giraudy, Mike Howlett, and Didier Malherbe.
The album describes how the heretofore invisible Planet Gong, home of the pot head pixies and octave doctors, will finally make contact with Earth in the year 2032.
The album's main themes are world peace and ecology.
== Recording ==
Recorded at A-Wave Studio in London, it was produced and mixed by Steve Hillage, with additional production by Daevid Allen at the Bananamoon Observatory in New South Wales in Australia.
== Release ==
The album is available in CD and a limited edition double LP format. The double LP comes with an LP size booklet with lyrics, and a poster portraying the numerals 2032.
== Cover ==
The cover of the album is a stylised 0 (zero) based on artwork by Daevid Allen, referencing "Zero the Hero" of the earlier 1973-1974 Trilogy.
== Track listing ==
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*Chris Taylor – drums
*[[Theo Travis]] – sax and flute
;Former Gong
;Additional personnel▼
*[[Didier Malherbe]] – [[duduk]], sax and flute
▲;Additional personnel
*[[Yuji Katsui]] – electric violin
*[[Elliet Mackrell]] – violin
*[[Stefanie Petrik]] – backing vocals
== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for ''2032''
! scope="col"| Chart (2009)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
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{{album chart|UKIndependent|38|date=20091003|rowheader=true|access-date=24 November 2023}}
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!scope="row"|[[UK Independent Singles and Album Breakers Charts|UK Independent Album Breakers]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-breakers-chart/20090927/255/ |title=Official Independent Album Breakers Chart top 100 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |date=3 October 2009|access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref>
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Gong}}
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[[Category:2009 albums]]
[[Category:
[[Category:Gong (band) albums]]
[[Category:Jazz albums by British artists]]
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