The Power and the Glory: Gentle Giant

I think it may be their best, though I didn't think so at first. Almost every GG album has a song or two I skip, but not this one. It seems to have more "hooks" than the typical GG album, which is just a couple of yards shy of being "catchy" (too rhythmically and harmonically difficult to hum along to without years of practice). And "Cogs in Cogs" might be one of their most complex songs. I think I heard "Playing the Game" on the radio once, come to think of it. So it covers both bases quite well.
I never got the concept really, but at least it sounds pretty cohesive.

dwill123 wrote: 'The Power and the Glory' was my entry to Gentle Giant and you know what they always say, you never forget your first.

Funny. It was my first too and I absolutely hated it. Then I bought Three Friends and Acquiring the Taste and I haven't looked back since
Still can't get into it, which kinda irritates me seeing as so many on here keep telling me about it's virtues. I guess I much prefer the raw feel of their first 4 albums.

SteveG wrote: Only their second concept album, is TPatG from 1974 still Gentle Giant's best studio album

still?  when was it ever declared to be  

Good album.. far from best IMO.

micky wrote: SteveG wrote: Only their second concept album, is TPatG from 1974 still Gentle Giant's best studio album still?  when was it ever declared to be

By some wild and crazy guys who are reviewers for PA.

^Yes, some people have bigger imaginations than mine.

Edited by SteveG - January 17 2015 at 16:24

^I still do.

I can't stand the album or the band. 

Guldbamsen wrote: dwill123 wrote: 'The Power and the Glory' was my entry to Gentle Giant and you know what they always say, you never forget your first. Funny. It was my first too and I absolutely hated it. Then I bought Three Friends and Acquiring the Taste and I haven't looked back since Still can't get into it, which kinda irritates me seeing as so many on here keep telling me about it's virtues. I guess I much prefer the raw feel of their first 4 albums.

I had a very similar experience to yours. First, I heard Power and the Glory on Youtube, and didn't enjoy it at all (though I did somewhat enjoy Octopus), then I thought about giving them a chance with Playing the Fool... and I hated that one (except for Strange Ways). However, somehow I decided to give them another chance, and got their first two albums... and actually I liked them a lot, then the next two, and I also liked them, though not as much as the first, and so I decided that that was it for me.

About third favourite for me :)

Dellinger wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: dwill123 wrote: 'The Power and the Glory' was my entry to Gentle Giant and you know what they always say, you never forget your first. Funny. It was my first too and I absolutely hated it. Then I bought Three Friends and Acquiring the Taste and I haven't looked back since Still can't get into it, which kinda irritates me seeing as so many on here keep telling me about it's virtues. I guess I much prefer the raw feel of their first 4 albums. I had a very similar experience to yours. First, I heard Power and the Glory on Youtube, and didn't enjoy it at all (though I did somewhat enjoy Octopus), then I thought about giving them a chance with Playing the Fool... and I hated that one (except for Strange Ways). However, somehow I decided to give them another chance, and got their first two albums... and actually I liked them a lot, then the next two, and I also liked them, though not as much as the first, and so I decided that that was it for me.

I think Octopus was the first GG album that I really 'got' and cherished. Then came AtT which to this day still is my fave. Three Friends is up there as well. I really like the pseudo-symphonic twist there is to it, much credited to the synths in play.