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Topic: Rank Your Favorite Gentle Giant Studio Albums Posted: February 21 2018 at 11:57 |
1. In a Glass House 2. Octopus 3. Acquiring the Taste 4. Gentle Giant 5. The Power and the Glory 6. Three Friends 7. Freehand 8. Interview 9. The Missing Piece 10. Civilian 11. Giant for a Day
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Posted: February 07 2018 at 12:40 |
Mista-Gordie wrote:
1-In a glass house In a glass house is to me the peak of the band's creativity and musicianship and Octopus is their best from their early era (with Phil Shulman). I do realize they are consecutive albums, not separated by so much time but stylistically Phil's departure had such a deep impact on the band that it's almost hard to believe. Also, "Experience", "In a glass house" and "The Advent of Panurge" are my three favorite GG songs. |
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Posted: February 07 2018 at 10:34 |
1-In a glass house 2-Octopus 3-Acquiring the taste 4-The Power and the glory 5-Three friends 6-Free Hand 7-Gentle Giant 8-In'terview 9-The Missing piece 10-Giant for a day 11-Civilian
In a glass house is to me the peak of the band's creativity and musicianship and Octopus is their best from their early era (with Phil Shulman). I do realize they are consecutive albums, not separated by so much time but stylistically Phil's departure had such a deep impact on the band that it's almost hard to believe. Also, "Experience", "In a glass house" and "The Advent of Panurge" are my three favorite GG songs.
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Posted: February 06 2018 at 09:46 |
BrufordFreak wrote:
micky wrote:
Squonk19 wrote:
1) Acquiring the Taste 2) Three Friends 3) Octopus 4) Free Hand 5) Gentle Giant 6) The Power and the Glory 7) Interview 8) In a Glass House 9) The Missing Piece 10) Giant for a Day 11) Civilian
Still very much getting to know Gentle Giant after years of neglect, but at the moment this is the order I'd put them - will probably change over the next few months of listening.
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not a bad list.. you have the near of it.. the first 4 are far and away the best things they did.. for me.. huge drop after Phil left the band... he took something with it.. it wasn't the same band.. and it wasn't as good as it had been
1) Acquiring the Taste 2) Three Friends (having their single best song on this with bumps it over 3 and 4) 3) s/t 4) Octopus
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5) The Power and the Glory 6) In a Glass House 7) Freehand 8) The Missing Piece 9) Interview 10) Giant for a Day 11) Civilian |
After my recent review of the GG catalogue, I came away with the (new) observation that the music the band did first ("with Phil") was more blues and rock oriented, had a much smoother and mellower sound to it. The music post-Octopus has many more angular, jagged edges to it--which, for reasons I find difficult to explain, I LOVE. I like the part of this band's discography that sets it far apart from the rest of the "run-of-the-mill" blues rockers (Hendrix, The Doors, LZep/JBeck, PHarum/Trower, JTull, early S-tramp, etc.). NOBODY made music like The Power and The Glory, In a Glass House, and Freehand.
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Awesome analysis, and I agree. GG were the jazz rock kings IMHO; they blended the styles seamlessly and was always exactly what I wished more bands were doing. Octopus was their peak with Phil in the band, obviously. His presence is clearly there; Ray and Kerry always wrote the bulk of the skeleton for each song then "bolted" them together in rehearsals with the band - but Phil's lyrics, mood, and aesthetic are all over those first four albums.
As they say in Interview "After the fourth one, realization...". Couldn't be more true!
The more I listen to the debut album, the more it's taking the lead over AtT for me.
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Posted: February 06 2018 at 09:06 |
BrufordFreak wrote:
My list came as a surprise to me as I had always assumed that I liked the three albums post-Phil best:
1. Free Hand
2. Octopus
3. Acquiring the Taste
4. In a Glass House
5. The Power and The Glory
6. Three Friends
7. Interview
P.S. I excluded the other albums from GG's discography because A) they are not among my "Favorite Gentle Giant Studio Albums" (as the OP requested we rank) and B) they are not, IMHO, worthy to be mentioned in the same category with the above seven.
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Edited by BrufordFreak - February 06 2018 at 09:07
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Posted: February 06 2018 at 09:03 |
micky wrote:
Squonk19 wrote:
1) Acquiring the Taste 2) Three Friends 3) Octopus 4) Free Hand 5) Gentle Giant 6) The Power and the Glory 7) Interview 8) In a Glass House 9) The Missing Piece 10) Giant for a Day 11) Civilian
Still very much getting to know Gentle Giant after years of neglect, but at the moment this is the order I'd put them - will probably change over the next few months of listening.
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not a bad list.. you have the near of it.. the first 4 are far and away the best things they did.. for me.. huge drop after Phil left the band... he took something with it.. it wasn't the same band.. and it wasn't as good as it had been
1) Acquiring the Taste 2) Three Friends (having their single best song on this with bumps it over 3 and 4) 3) s/t 4) Octopus
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5) The Power and the Glory 6) In a Glass House 7) Freehand 8) The Missing Piece 9) Interview 10) Giant for a Day 11) Civilian |
After my recent review of the GG catalogue, I came away with the (new) observation that the music the band did first ("with Phil") was more blues and rock oriented, had a much smoother and mellower sound to it. The music post-Octopus has many more angular, jagged edges to it--which, for reasons I find difficult to explain, I LOVE. I like the part of this band's discography that sets it far apart from the rest of the "run-of-the-mill" blues rockers (Hendrix, The Doors, LZep/JBeck, PHarum/Trower, JTull, early S-tramp, etc.). NOBODY made music like The Power and The Glory, In a Glass House, and Freehand.
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Posted: February 06 2018 at 04:53 |
BarryGlibb wrote:
Kingsnake wrote:
1) Free Hand 2) In a Glass House 3) Gentle Giant 4) Interview 5) Octopus 6) Three Friends 7) Acquiring the Taste 8) Civilian 9) The Power and the Glory 10) The Missing Piece 11) Giant for a Day
I Think this will be accurate. I have a soft spot for Civilian. Shadows on the Street are among the best songs ever made ever by any band. |
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Posted: February 06 2018 at 03:22 |
1. Free Hand 2. In a Glass House 3. Three Friends 4. Octopus 5. The Power and the Glory 6. Acquiring the Taste 7. Gentle Giant 8. Interview 9. The Missing Piece X. Civilian . Z. Giant for a Day
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Posted: February 06 2018 at 02:47 |
Kingsnake wrote:
1) Free Hand 2) In a Glass House 3) Gentle Giant 4) Interview 5) Octopus 6) Three Friends 7) Acquiring the Taste 8) Civilian 9) The Power and the Glory 10) The Missing Piece 11) Giant for a Day
I Think this will be accurate. I have a soft spot for Civilian. Shadows on the Street are among the best songs ever made ever by any band. |
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Posted: February 04 2018 at 07:20 |
1) Free Hand2) In a Glass House3) Gentle Giant4) Interview 5) Octopus6) Three Friends7) Acquiring the Taste 8) Civilian 9) The Power and the Glory10) The Missing Piece11) Giant for a Day
I Think this will be accurate. I have a soft spot for Civilian. Shadows on the Street are among the best songs ever made ever by any band.
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Posted: February 04 2018 at 06:50 |
1-Free Hand 2-The Power and The Glory 3-Octopus 4-Acquiring The Taste 5-In a Glass House 6-Gentle Giant 7-Three Friends 8-Interview 9-The Missing Piece 10-Giant For a Day 11-Civilian
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Posted: February 03 2018 at 18:42 |
1. Free Hand 2. Octopus 3. Three Friends 4. Acquiring the Taste 5. The Power & The Glory 6. Interview 7. Gentle Giant 8. The Missing Piece 9. In A Glass House 10. Civilian 11. Giant for A Day
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Posted: February 03 2018 at 18:04 |
Squonk19 wrote:
1) Acquiring the Taste 2) Three Friends 3) Octopus 4) Free Hand 5) Gentle Giant 6) The Power and the Glory 7) Interview 8) In a Glass House 9) The Missing Piece 10) Giant for a Day 11) Civilian
Still very much getting to know Gentle Giant after years of neglect, but at the moment this is the order I'd put them - will probably change over the next few months of listening.
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not a bad list.. you have the near of it.. the first 4 are far and away the best things they did.. for me.. huge drop after Phil left the band... he took something with it.. it wasn't the same band.. and it wasn't as good as it had been
1) Acquiring the Taste 2) Three Friends (having their single best song on this with bumps it over 3 and 4) 3) s/t 4) Octopus
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5) The Power and the Glory 6) In a Glass House 7) Freehand 8) The Missing Piece 9) Interview 10) Giant for a Day 11) Civilian
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Posted: February 03 2018 at 17:01 |
1) Acquiring the Taste 2) Three Friends 3) Octopus 4) Free Hand 5) Gentle Giant 6) The Power and the Glory 7) Interview 8) In a Glass House 9) The Missing Piece 10) Giant for a Day 11) Civilian
Still very much getting to know Gentle Giant after years of neglect, but at the moment this is the order I'd put them - will probably change over the next few months of listening.
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Posted: February 03 2018 at 14:58 |
1. Acquiring The Taste 2. Gentle Giant 3. Octopus 4. Three Friends 5. In A Glass House 6. The Rest
The first two are in the 5 star ballpark and I could flip between the two for the number one spot any other day. Plenty of evocative moods on those two albums, and some serious rocking out. Octopus is almost in that same league for me, but just a hair below the top two. Three Friends and In A Glass House are both fine albums, too, but don't resonate nearly as well emotionally as the top three. As for the rest, I just don't really care for much that the band did after Phil left. He was the band's heart and soul and afterwards their music, while brilliant, feels too mechanical for me.
Edited by Magnum Vaeltaja - February 03 2018 at 21:38
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Posted: February 03 2018 at 10:11 |
1. Octopus 2. Acquiring the Taste 3. The Power and The Glory 4. In a Glass House 5. Gentle Giant
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Posted: February 03 2018 at 10:03 |
1. Acquiring The Taste 2. The Power And The Glory 3. Three Friends 4. In A Glass House 5. Gentle Giant 6. Interview 7. Octopus 8. Free Hand 9. The Missing Piece 10. Civilian 11. Giant For A Day
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Posted: February 03 2018 at 09:17 |
My list came as a surprise to me as I had always assumed that I liked the three albums post-Phil best:
1. Free Hand
2. Octopus
3. Acquiring the Taste
4. In a Glass House
5. The Power and The Glory
6. Three Friends
7. Interview
Edited by BrufordFreak - February 06 2018 at 09:04
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Posted: February 03 2018 at 09:10 |
Acquiring The Taste In A Glass House The Power And The Glory Octopus Three Friends Gentle Giant Free Hand Interview The rest
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Posted: February 03 2018 at 05:26 |
Right now, thinking about it ; GG - s/t Three Friends Octopus In A Glass House Acquiring The Taste The Power And The Glory Free Hand Interview The Missing Piece Civilian .........I knew I missed one........
Don’t go for Giant For A Day AT ALL. And the live album falls somewhere around PATG &!FH
Edited by Tom Ozric - February 03 2018 at 12:08
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