Provocative Percussion

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| name = Provocative Percussion

| type = studio

| artist = Enoch Light and The Light Brigade

| cover = Provocative Percussion.png

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| released = 1959

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| label = Command

| producer = Enoch Light

| prev_title = Persuasive Percussion

| prev_year = 1959

| next_title = Persuasive Percussion Volume 2

| next_year = 1959

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Provocative Percussion is a studio album by Enoch Light and The Light Brigade, also known as the Command All-Stars. It was released in 1959 on Command Records (catalog no. RS 806-SD).Liner notes on back cover and inside the gatefold of the "Provocative Percussion" album.{{cite web|title=The Command All-Stars – Provocative Percussion|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=December 26, 2020|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Command-All-Stars-Provocative-Percussion/release/1793370}} The album cover artwork is by abstract painter Josef Albers, like its predecessor.

Provocative Percussion debuted on the Billboard magazine pop album chart on January 25, 1960, held the No. 2 spot for five weeks, and remained on the chart for 69 weeks.{{cite book|title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums|publisher=Billboard Books|author=Joel Whitburn|year=1995|page=181|isbn=0823076318}}

AllMusic gave the album a rating of five stars. Reviewer Lindsay Planer called it "a highly recommended kitsch-classic."{{cite web|title=Provocative Percussion|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=December 27, 2020|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/provocative-percussion-mw0000172533}}