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    Posted: February 20 2014 at 18:52
Hey Guys & Gals-I see alot of talk about Gentle Giant on here.This is a band i never ever listened to until today i listened to Wreck on youtube.I think i might be hooked.Which LP should a new fan start out with? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.I don't want to start with the worst one-if there is a bad one.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2014 at 19:37
you can safely start with their debut and work your way up chronologically

or you can start with free hand and work your way down
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2014 at 20:14
I guess it depends on what kind of sound you are looking for.

Blues/hard/folk rock with symph prog? - Gentle Giant and Three Friends.
Dissonance and quirkiness (and medieval jazz, as some people refer to it) ? - Acquiring the Taste (with a bit of symph to it), Octopus, In a Glass House (a chamber-y one), The Power and the Glory (if you want a bit of funkiness), and Free Hand.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

My personal favorite is Three Friends, a rather unpopular choice.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2014 at 20:19
Free Hand is the only one that could keep my interest. Very consistent album. I'd start there and go backward. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2014 at 20:26
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2014 at 20:26
Try The Missing Piece, not their best, but not their worst, either. Great album.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2014 at 20:47
I agree with the Free Hand Suggestion. That's a good entry point. I was lukewarm on GG until I heard that one. Now I have them all.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2014 at 22:31
gentle giant is my favorite prog rock era band*. for a newbie, I'd say; start with 'octopus' (their fourth). I wouldn't recommend 'the missing piece' or the two albums they made after that one. they lost it, unfortunately...

*along with with peter gabriel genesis.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2014 at 22:53
Start with their live album Playing The Fool.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2014 at 23:28
I'd do it chronologically
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2014 at 23:45
My favorite, and the one that hooked me, is The Power and the Glory.

However, if you liked "Wreck," then hell, get Acquiring the Taste, my second favorite Gentle Giant album!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2014 at 01:17
Octopus is probably their 'rockiest' and in some ways 'straighforward' ( for GG that is). Interview hasn't been mentioned which is a shame. The title track is a belter.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2014 at 01:28
Gentle Giant through Interview (and Playing The Fool) are essential. Any order will do. but I'll suggest this one:

Octopus
The Power & The Glory
S/t
Acquiring The Taste
Free Hand

Chronologically also works.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2014 at 05:24
Thanks for the suggestions everyone. After digesting all your input and doing some more research i think i'll start with Octopus and Aquiring The Taste.Heck i'll evetually have them all except the last 2 they did anyway.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2014 at 06:19
Originally posted by Kentucky_Hawkwindage Kentucky_Hawkwindage wrote:

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. After digesting all your input and doing some more research i think i'll start with Octopus and Aquiing The Taste.

That's where I started.  Good choice.  I went from there to Gentle Giant and Three Friends, both of which I enjoyed, then to In A Glass House, which I just can't seem to enjoy, and chronologically forward through Interview, all of which I have enjoyed.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2014 at 08:27
I started from Octopus. And it's still my fave.

It takes time to acquire the GG's taste but it's worth it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2014 at 08:52
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

I'd do it chronologically
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2014 at 18:52
I'm a new fan of Gentle Giant myself. I started with "Free Hand", then got "Acquiring the Taste" and then "Octopus". All of these albums are wonderful! I definitely will get more.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2014 at 23:09
I would think chronologically. My favourite albums are the first two, and then they started to loose the things I liked from them. But then it seems most GG fans wouldn't agree with my taste for the band. Actually, the first album I got was "Playing the Fool" and I almost didn't get anything else after that because I didn't like it at all.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 22 2014 at 05:10
Three Friends is probably their most accessible album.  Octopus could also do the trick.  Keep Acquiring The Taste for later, it does live up to its name.
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