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Kentucky_Hawkwindage
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Topic: Gentle Giant 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.
Thanks
Jeff
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Earthmover
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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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Dayvenkirq
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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.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - February 20 2014 at 20:16
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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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Barbu
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Posted: February 20 2014 at 20:26 |
Chron·o·log·i·cal
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presdoug
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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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bhikkhu
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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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Gryphon
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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.
Edited by Gryphon - February 20 2014 at 22:39
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Posted: February 20 2014 at 22:53 |
Start with their live album Playing The Fool.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: February 20 2014 at 23:28 |
I'd do it chronologically
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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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richardh
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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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Man With Hat
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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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Kentucky_Hawkwindage
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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.
Edited by Kentucky_Hawkwindage - February 21 2014 at 06:22
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JediJoker7169
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Posted: February 21 2014 at 06:19 |
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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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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Posted: February 21 2014 at 08:52 |
Triceratopsoil wrote:
I'd do it chronologically
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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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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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rogerthat
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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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