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What is the best Gentle Giant studio album? |
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Boi_da_boi_124 
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 Topic: What is the best Gentle Giant studio album?Posted: July 23 2023 at 11:27 |
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I'm caught between Octopus, Three Friends, Power and the Glory, and Free Hand. What do you think?
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Frets N Worries
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Posted: July 23 2023 at 11:31 |
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My Personal Vote Goes to Octopus, however most of them are fantastic!
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Posted: July 23 2023 at 11:37 |
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All but "Giant for a Day" are excellent, but Free Hand seems to be the one I listen to most. The surround mix of the "On Reflection" is amazing. Each voice has it's own space.
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: July 23 2023 at 11:41 |
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IaGH, followed by Octopus.
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Posted: July 23 2023 at 11:42 |
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Hi,
I feel like I'm being asked which I like best? The 5th, the 7th, the 9th ... and I can honestly tell you that I do not have an answer because just about all the albums are great on their own. I'm probably more partial to Octopus and In a Glass House ... but all in all, for me, the composer is what matters and their listing of material is phenomenal, and no piece is better than the others ... the creativity involved is out of this world and far out and they deserve credit for it.
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Posted: July 23 2023 at 11:49 |
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Acquiring the Taste > Three Friends > self-titled > Octopus > In a Glass House...
I would be saddest not to have Acquiring the Taste and Three Friends in my collection. Both are considerably different and great albums in their own rights. |
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Posted: July 23 2023 at 11:52 |
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The Power and the Glory
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Posted: July 23 2023 at 11:54 |
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I like lot of them .. eventually voted for 'In a glass house' the very first that I listened to back in the mid seventies
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Posted: July 23 2023 at 12:08 |
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For me it's a tie between TP&tG and Free Hand.
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Posted: July 23 2023 at 12:10 |
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I love all of them (even 'Giant For A Day'. My personal favourite is 'Octopus'.
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Posted: July 23 2023 at 12:22 |
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This is like picking your favourite child. It so happens one of my kids is called Octopus and he is, er, my chosen one.
Edited by Gentle and Giant - July 23 2023 at 12:23 |
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Posted: July 23 2023 at 14:18 |
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my favourite is Acquiring the Taste
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Posted: July 24 2023 at 01:19 |
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TPATG . Also happens to be Derek Shulman's favourite GG album according to a recent interview he gave so I'm in good company.
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Posted: July 24 2023 at 01:58 |
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For me The Power and the Glory, followed by Octopus, Three friends and Free hand
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Posted: July 24 2023 at 03:32 |
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Very difficult choice. With time my mood about my favourite has changed. My favourites probably are: "Acquiring The Taste", In A Glass House", "The Power And The Glory" and "Free Hand". At the moment my favourite is perhaps "The Power And The Glory". So, my vote goes to it.
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Posted: July 24 2023 at 04:28 |
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Free Hand. It's the only album they've made which is consistently brilliant and the only one I'd give 5* to.
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Posted: July 24 2023 at 05:47 |
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Three Friends, Octopus, In a Glass House, The Power and the Glory. How can I pick one over the other?
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Posted: July 24 2023 at 06:18 |
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Free Hand over In a Glass Houe and Three Friends.
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Posted: July 24 2023 at 06:32 |
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The Power and the Glory was my (fairly recent) intro to GG and I like it the best. Right now anyway. That may change in the future.
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Posted: July 24 2023 at 09:01 |
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One of my three favorite bands. Except Giant for a day, I love all the albums.
Voted In a Glass House.
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