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Posted: April 03 2013 at 15:14

1 - Octopus

2 - The Power and the Glory

3 - In a Glass House

4 - Three Friends

5 - Free Hand

6 - The Missing Piece (so underappreciated in my humble opinion)

7 - Interview

8 - Acquiring The Taste

9 - Civilian

10 - Gentle Giant

11 - Giant For a Day

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Posted: April 07 2013 at 07:29

I'm eagerly waiting Tubes to contribute to this thread! Wink

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Posted: April 07 2013 at 10:16

OT Räihälä wrote:

I'm eagerly waiting Tubes to contribute to this thread! Wink

Well....he's just given Octopus 1 star in a new 'review'. http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=940413

Enjoy.

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Posted: April 07 2013 at 10:23

I really am surprised at how much attention he's received.

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Posted: April 07 2013 at 12:19

In a Glass House and Octopus are the only two GG albums I really enjoyed.

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Posted: April 07 2013 at 21:39

Guys just give Tubes a f****** break he doesn't like GG and that's fine let's move on as my girl Gwen says on Move On Wink

. Guess what, I don't like KC but I'm over that sh**. I'm not gonna talk about it in threads anymore

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Posted: April 08 2013 at 07:50

ProgMetaller2112 wrote:

Guys just give Tubes a f****** break he doesn't like GG and that's fine let's move on as my girl Gwen says on Move On Wink

. Guess what, I don't like KC but I'm over that sh**. I'm not gonna talk about it in threads anymore

Guess what, bro, you just did !!!

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Posted: April 08 2013 at 09:02

1. In A Glass House

2. Three Friends

3. Gentle Giant

4. Octopus

5. Acquiring the Taste

6. Free Hand

7. The Power and the Glory

Haven't heard the others

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Posted: April 08 2013 at 10:06

mister nobody wrote:

1. In A Glass House

2. Three Friends

3. Gentle Giant

4. Octopus

5. Acquiring the Taste

6. Free Hand

7. The Power and the Glory

Haven't heard the others

Do yourself a favor and feast your ears on Interview and The Missing Piece my friend, they are well worth it and fit in with the rest of their classic period. Giant For A Day you can easily do without, and Civilian, though poppier and more straight ahead rock than any other thing they released, remains a good album too.

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Posted: April 08 2013 at 10:44

1. Octopus
2. In A Glass House
3. All Others

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Posted: April 08 2013 at 21:04

1. Acquiring the Taste

2. Octopus

3. Free Hand

4. In'terview

5. Three Friends

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Posted: April 08 2013 at 23:11

Octopus/Glass House/Power

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Posted: April 11 2013 at 10:39

1 - Playing the Fool (a perfect overview of their best albums)

2 - Three Friends

3 - In a Glass House

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Posted: April 11 2013 at 14:45

Acquiring The Taste has always been my favorite from the very early days......after that they are all about equal for me.

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Posted: April 11 2013 at 14:57

1 Three Friends

2 Acquiring

3 Gente Giant

4 Free Hand

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Posted: April 11 2013 at 19:43

Melomaniac wrote:

ProgMetaller2112 wrote:

Guys just give Tubes a f****** break he doesn't like GG and that's fine let's move on as my girl Gwen says on Move On Wink

. Guess what, I don't like KC but I'm over that sh**. I'm not gonna talk about it in threads anymore

Guess what, bro, you just did !!!

So f****** what

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Ignorance is strength.”

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Posted: April 11 2013 at 20:00

u mad

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Posted: April 11 2013 at 20:03

^^ No

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Freedom is slavery.

Ignorance is strength.”

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Posted: April 21 2013 at 01:18

Earlier:

Three Friends
The Power And The Glory
Gentle Giant(S/T)
In A Glass House
Acquiring the Taste
Octopus

Updated:

Three Friends
The Power and the Glory
Acquiring the Taste
Octopus
In a Glass House
Gentle Giant(S/T)

These 6 kick a** Wink

Edited by ProgMetaller2112 - April 21 2013 at 01:24

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Freedom is slavery.

Ignorance is strength.”

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"Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart

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Posted: April 21 2013 at 14:45

I haven't heard all of the albums, but I have all their albums up to Octopus, plus Playing the Fool. By far the ones I liked the best are their first two, and Playing the fool I rather disliked a lot (except for "Strange Ways", from their first album). As for 3 friends and Octopus, they were rather good, but I don't enjoy then nearly as much as the first two ones. Given this experience, I don't expect I'll buy the rest of their albums, I don't think I'll get much enjoyment out of them.

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