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ELP - Trilogy vs. Gentle Giant - Octopus? |
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Guldbamsen 
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 Posted: February 28 2022 at 01:37 |
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Voting for my fave Gentle Giant album (alongside Acquiring The Taste).
I was listening to it here the other night actually. |
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Rick1
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Posted: February 28 2022 at 02:22 |
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Very surprised by this. As a teenager discovering prog in the mid-70s I remember that ELP were considered exciting, Gentle Giant considered boring. Oh well.
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Ronstein
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Posted: February 28 2022 at 04:10 |
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Gentle Giant, also my favorite GG Album.
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richardh
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Posted: February 28 2022 at 09:49 |
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Good match up as both are showing that both bands were struggling with a lack of direction and so seem to be firing off in all directions at times aimlessly. Both bands were also about a year away from their masterpiece. Sometimes it goes like that , explore the boundaries and see where it goes.
As an ELP fan , Trilogy is special because its the only album they did where I feel they are totally together as an ensemble. Yep it veers off at times but they are playing so tight that its never anything other than right on the money. ELP could anything (within the prog sphere) but being focused was not their thing. Gentle Giant on the other hand are actually having a bit more fun and rocking out almost. It's a bit weird really and almost the prog equivalent of Dad dancing. I like it though and it's one of my favourite albums by them. Overall both are 4 star albums but ELP need the votes so I go for Trilogy.
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Argo2112
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Posted: February 28 2022 at 10:49 |
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Went with Gentle Giant here. Another ELP album may have gotten my vote.
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Posted: February 28 2022 at 13:20 |
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Octopus. Trilogy is the strongest ELP studio album, but I prefer Gentle Giant.
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Posted: March 01 2022 at 10:35 |
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Gentle Giant - Octopus.
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Posted: March 04 2022 at 13:33 |
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Trilogy....more accessible to my ears....
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Posted: March 06 2022 at 02:22 |
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Octopus. Solid and flawless.
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Posted: March 07 2022 at 01:45 |
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^ Both albums could be described that way tbh.
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Posted: March 07 2022 at 03:21 |
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Posted: March 07 2022 at 04:02 |
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Speaking as a former teenager I can confirm this.  I love both albums a lot but I went with ELP here. No slight against GG, they're amazing in their own right.
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Rick1
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Posted: March 07 2022 at 04:17 |
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ooooh, hope you don't have teenage kids!
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Posted: March 08 2022 at 00:55 |
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Octopus hands down.
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Posted: March 08 2022 at 07:44 |
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ELP for me, I just like them better as a band.
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Posted: July 10 2022 at 00:23 |
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ELP
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