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    Posted: November 05 2016 at 17:19
Im sure this has been done before somewhere on this website but I cant find it in the search so Beer.
Heres my top ten.
10. Giant
9. The River
8. Funny Ways
7. The House, The Street, The Room
6. So Sincere
5. Proclamation 
4. Knots
3. Nothing at All
2. Boys in the Band
1. Advent of Panurge

(Yes I know its heavy with Octopus material, call me biased because it was my first GG record, but I do believe it is their best)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2016 at 17:40
1. Pantagruel's Nativity
2. The Runaway
3. The Moon is Down
4. The Advent of Panurge
5. On Reflection
6. Aspirations
7. Just the Same
8. Proclamation
9. Interview
10. Knots

Didn't spend much time on this, only confident about the top five. Don't worry about bias, Octopus is definitely their best album, followed closely by Acquiring The Taste.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2016 at 19:36
1. Wreck
2. The Moon Is Down
3. The Advent of Panurge
4. Nothing At All
5. The House The Street The Room
6. Funny Ways
7. The Boys In The Band
8. Giant
9. Raconteur Troubadour
10. Why Not? 

Or something like that. I'm only certain about the first 3 or so.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2016 at 19:38
1. Prologue
2. Mr. Class and Quality/Three Friends
3. I Lost My Head
4. Knots
5. The Advent of Panurge
6. Aspirations
7. No God's a Man
8. On Reflection
9. Give It Back
10. Cogs in Cogs

and...and...and...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2016 at 06:52
Three Friends
The House, The Street, The Room
Playing The Game
Alucard
Prologue
Memories Of Old Days
Proclamation
The Moon Is Down
Way Of Life
The Boys In The Band


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2016 at 06:56
too lazy...  just give me the first 3 albums and the song from them...  forget the rest.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2016 at 06:58
1. The Runaway
2. In a Glass House
3. Proclamation
4. Prologue
5. Experience
6. Knots
7. The Moon Is Down
8. Wreck
9. Way of Life
10. Pantagruel's Nativity
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2016 at 07:14
Leaning heavily on their early albums. 

Pantagruel's Nativety
Schooldays
The Moon Is Down
The Advent of Panurge
The Edge of Twilight 
Inmates Lullaby
Prologue
Giant
Proclamation
Funny Ways
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2016 at 01:47
No ranking these for me, but they definitely represent my cream o' the crop...

Nothing At All
Raconteur Troubadour
A Dog's Life
Think Of Me With Kindness
Aspirations
Playing The Game
Just The Same
On Reflection
His Last Voyage
Empty City
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2016 at 01:59
Just like Micky. Ah Schooldays !
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2016 at 02:37
Well, just typed in my faves and got rejected, f**k yuzz all, doesn't mean much really..... So what a waste of time and effort.......nuff said
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2016 at 11:39
River
In a Glass House
Giant
Nothing at all
Pantagruel Nativity
Free Hand
Peel the Paint
Proclamation
A Cry For Everyone
Just the Same
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2016 at 11:40
Also, Edge of Twilight, although I don't know if it qualifies as a "song".
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2016 at 14:29
1. Memories of Old Days
2. His Last Voyage
3. Raconteur, Troubadour
4. On Reflection
5. Wreck
6. Aspirations
7. Playing the Game
8. Schooldays
9. In a Glass House
X. Nothing at All

This sums it up more or less...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2016 at 20:26
Originally posted by vsbc vsbc wrote:

Also, Edge of Twilight, although I don't know if it qualifies as a "song".

Sure it does! And a very fine one, at that.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2016 at 21:55
Ok. In no order:

1. Free Hand
2. Proclamation
3. Boys in the band
4. Giant
5. The house the street the room
6. Memories of old days
7. Knots
8. Peel the Paint
9. Pantagruel's nativity
10. On reflection
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2016 at 13:18
That's too hard.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 22 2016 at 23:10
1. I Lost My Head
2. In A Glass House
3. Empty City
4. Wreck
5. Moon Is Down
6. Cogs In Cogs
7. His Last Voyage
8. Experience
9. Three Friends
10. Mobile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 23 2016 at 02:03
Originally posted by Michael P. Dawson Michael P. Dawson wrote:

2. Mr. Class and Quality/Three Friends
3. I Lost My Head
6. Aspirations

and...and...and...
Agreeing with the and...and...and... those three could easily been on my list. I guess if I had allowed myself to include Mr. Class and Quality/Three Friends as one song it would have gotten the 6th or 7th spot pushing Funny Ways out of top ten.  

and perhaps even:
Originally posted by Michael P. Dawson Michael P. Dawson wrote:

9. Give It Back
Interview is almost a bit of a comeback-album to my ears. My fifth favorite GG-album. Its complex as always but less forced-or more natural sounding + a little more playful and melodic than the 73-75 trio of albums (which I'm sure you don't agree with).  


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