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zravkapt 
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 06:30 |
V O T E 
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Magma America Great Make Again
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Xonty
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 06:33 |
Pawn Hearts by miles - not a fan of the ealier GG era, but "Octopus" is probably the best from the early 70s albums. Looking forward to these polls! 
Edited by Xonty - July 28 2014 at 06:33
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 07:24 |
Both albums here are nothing less than MAGNIFICENT. I really couldn't pick one over the other, even with a gun to my head. Impossible to vote 
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HolyMoly
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 07:35 |
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I'll go with Octopus. Neither album is perfect nor a particular favorite, but both are very good. I just don't dig "Lighthouse Keepers" as much as I should.
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Imperial Zeppelin
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 07:36 |
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Octopus is good, but Pawn Hearts is a masterpiece.
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Svetonio
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 07:42 |
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Pawn Hearts by miles
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Stool Man
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 07:52 |
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Octopus
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rotten hound of the burnie crew
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The Mystical
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 08:34 |
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Pawn Hearts
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I am currently digging:
Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz!
Please drop me a message with album suggestions.
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The Mystical
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 08:34 |
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I am currently digging:
Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz!
Please drop me a message with album suggestions.
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Michael678
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 11:57 |
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PH for me; the medley is the only familiar thing i know of. oh, you know it.
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 12:00 |
VDDG 
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Horizons
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 12:26 |
Pawn Hearts is the massive monster lurking in the sea's abyss, grabbing you with its tendrils and dragging you into the darkness.
Voted that for sure.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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sleeper
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 12:47 |
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Pawn Hearts, never really clicked with GG.
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Mirror Image
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 12:51 |
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I voted for Gentle Giant's Octopus. I just can't get into Van der Graaf Generator. Peter Hammill's constant warbling is such a distraction. I never understood the appeal of his voice. Musically, VdGG are rather one-dimensional, especially compared with Gentle Giant. All IMHO of course.
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“Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov
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Mirror Image
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 12:53 |
 Imperial Zeppelin wrote:
Octopus is good, but Pawn Hearts is a masterpiece. |
Some would argue that Octopus is a masterpiece as well. I know I would.
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“Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov
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digdug
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 14:07 |
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Octopus by far !!
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Prog On!
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Logan
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 14:35 |
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I like Octopus, though it's not a particular favourite GG album of mine, but Pawn Hearts by a landslide. I've been back on a major VdGG kick lately, and to me Pawn Hearts is a stunning album. Pawn Hearts and The Least We Can Do is Wave... may be my favourite VdGG albums.
When I joined PA I liked GG more than VdGG on the whole, mostly due to Hammill's vocals -- in fact, Gentle Giant was my favourite band at the time -- but subsequently I've come to appreciate VdGG much more than Gentle Giant.
If this was Acquiring the Taste versus Pawn Hearts it would be closer, but still Pawn Hearts would take it.
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Just a fanboy passin' through.
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verslibre
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 14:50 |
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VdGG.
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genbanks
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 15:20 |
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Octopus
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Kirillov
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Posted: July 28 2014 at 15:25 |
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Pawn Hearts. I love GG but Octopus isn't one of my faves.
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2 Albums (Part 1)