Expresso II

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{{Infobox album

| name = Expresso II

| type = studio

| artist = Pierre Moerlen's Gong

| cover = Gong.Expresso.II.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 1978

| recorded = July–August 1977, Pye & Matrix Studios, London

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz rock

| length = 37:17

| label = Virgin

| producer = (Pierre Moerlen's) Gong, John Wood

| prev_title = Gazeuse!

| prev_year = 1976

| next_title = Downwind

| next_year = 1979

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/expresso-ii-r8409 |title=Expresso II - Gong | AllMusic |first=David |last=Ros Smith |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=24 June 2011}}

}}

Expresso II is the eighth studio album released under the name Gong and the de facto second album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It released in February 1978.{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Gong-Expresso-II/release/776924 |title=Gong: Expresso II |publisher=www.discogs.com |accessdate=2017-06-04 }}

Featuring an all-instrumental jazz-driven sound, notable for the prominent use of vibraphone, it has little to do with the psychedelic space rock of Daevid Allen's Gong, even though the two bands share a common history. Although the album was issued by Virgin Records under the "Gong" name for contractual reasons, and the name "Pierre Moerlen's Gong" would not be adopted for a few more months, the lineup involved and the nature of the music are those of the Moerlen-led band.

This was the final Gong-related album released by Virgin; the band continued on Arista Records.