Octopus

Having listened to this album about six times earlier today, and 10 times in the past three, I'm well equipped to answer this question.

Knots! One of the greatest songs of all time, and the defining prog song that's not 43 minutes long and Thick as a Brick...

That said, as I pointed out in my recently revised review of the album, those eight songs are Gentle Giant's eight best.

think of me with kindness sounds different from the rest of the album and it's gorgeous. anyone could love that melody.

chopper wrote: "Think of me with kindness" is wonderful, but I have to go for "Raconteur Troubadour". The arrangement is really clever.

My vote goes to 'Raconteur..' too. 'I've yet to explore GG fully, but 'Octopus' is one of those albums where there isn't a single weak track IMO. It would be in my top 10 prog albums of all time.

The Advent Of Panurge, But jeez it could have been any of them.

"Think of Me With Kindness" is amazing. But I choose "The Advent Of Panurge"

ahh... such a marvelous record.. I don't know, it's all great, maybe 'Raconteur, Troubadour'.

proglil49 wrote: Nobody likes A Cry For Everyone??

I vote for "Advent of Panurge" (still slightly prefer "Pantragruel's Nativity" -- great companion pieces and inspired me to read Rabelais) although "Boys in the Band" is a fantastic instrumental -- it's such a tight and exciting composition.

I'm not terribly keen on "Knots" either (love "On Reflection") -- though I actually do like it well enough.  Good song; some days I really love it.

For many their least favourite track is "A Cry for Everyone."  This poll has been done a couple of time before, and in the last one I chose that track (would have gone for "Advent of Panurge" but it found its way into the subject line) because: "I'm going to be a rebel and choose "A Cry For Everyone".  It starts off sounding as a typical kind of rock song I'd think I would hate, and then it takes some, once,  unexpected and fantastic twists, and proves itself not to be typical at all (which is quite  typical for GG of course)."
 
My least favourite track, and in fact it's one of my least liked tracks of the first eight albums, is "Raconteur Troubadour" -- it's so effete.   Makes me roll my eyes a bit.  Though It's still really not a bad song according to my tastes..

"River" is great, as is "Think of Me With Kindness" (yeah that's rather effete and emotive but I love it anyway -- beautiful, actually), and "Dog's Life" is delightful.

Nobody likes A Cry For Everyone??

Raconteur Troubadour