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Topic: Top Gentle Giant albums
Posted By: smartpatrol
Subject: Top Gentle Giant albums
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 12:26
1.The Power and the Glory (5/5) 2.Acquiring the Taste (5/5) 3.Three Friends (5/5) 4.Octopus (5/5) 5.Gentle Giant (5/5) 6.Free Hand (4.5/5) 7.Interview (4.5/5) 8.In a Glass House (4/5) 9.Civilian (4/5) 10.The Missing Piece (3/5) 11.Giant for a Day (2/5)
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Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 12:41
1. Octopus 2. In A Glass House 3. Three Friends 4. Gentle Giant 5. Free Hand 6. The Power and the Glory 7. Acquiring the Taste 8. Interview 9. The Missing Piece 10. Civilian 11. Giant For A Day
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Posted By: pfloyd
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 12:44
octopus power and the glory glass house three friends free hand acquiring the taste interview gg
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Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 13:06
1. Octopus 2. Gentle Giant 3. Acquiring The Taste 4. Free Hand 5. Three Friends 6. The Power And The Glory 7. In A Glass House 8. Interview
Rankings notwithstanding, I heartily recommend anything from Gentle Giant to Free Hand.
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 13:22
This is too hard. The top two are solid in their places, the rest pretty much move around, but Giant For a Day is bottom.
1. Free Hand2. In a Glass House 3. Interview 4. Acquiring The Taste 5. The Missing Piece 6. The Power And The Glory 7. Civilian 8. Octopus 9. Gentle Giant 10. Three Friends 11. Giant For a Day
Oooh, some controversial placings there!
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 13:26
1. Acquiring The Taste 2. In A Glass House 3. Octopus 4. Gentle Giant 5. Free Hand 6. Three Friends 7. The Power And The Glory 8. Interview 9. The Missing Piece 10. Civilian 11. Giant For A Day
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 13:32
I'm pretty bad at this sort of thing, but my top 3 (not in any order) are probably Acquiring the Taste, Three Friends, and In a Glass House.
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 13:38
1. Three Friends 2. Gentle Giant 3. AtT 4. IaGH
5. Free Hand
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 15:26
I really like the run of albums from Octopus to Interview.
1= Octopus/The Power and The Glory 3= In A Glass House/ Freehand 5 Interview 6= Gentle Giant/Acquiring the Taste 8= Three Friends 9,10 Jack- Civilian/ The MIssing Piece/ Giant For A Day
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 17:58
Power Octopi Interview Freehand 3Friends Acquiring GG Missing Glass
not familiar enough with GiantforaDay or Civilian to rank
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 18:41
1. Octopus 2. In A Glass House 3. Three Friends 4. Free Hand
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 19:21
Top 5 1) Freehand 2) The Missing Piece 3) The Power And The Glory 4) Interview 5) Playing The Fool
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Posted By: MJAben
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 19:29
bytor2112 wrote:
1. Octopus2. In A Glass House 3. Three Friends 4. Gentle Giant 5. Free Hand 6. The Power and the Glory 7. Acquiring the Taste 8. Interview 9. The Missing Piece 10. Civilian 11. Giant For A Day |
This pretty much sums it up for me, I'd switch the self titled and Free Hand but otherwise keep it the same.
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Posted By: geneyesontle
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 19:36
1) Acquiring The Taste 2) Free Hand 3) Octopus 4) The Power And The Glory 5) In A Glass House 6) Three Friends 7) Gentle Giant 8) Interview 9) Missing Piece 10) Giant For A Day and Civilian (they are both terrible albums.) So I'm a huge Gentle Giant fan, and I find them very creative and talented. It's a shame that they broke up too early, because I like them so much. But at the time of their break-up, they created the opposite of what they used to compose, and the two last albums are very far from the six masterpieces and the two great albums they created.
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 19:36
Top Favorites:
Three Friends The Power And The Glory Gentle Giant(S/T) In A Glass House Acquiring the Taste Octopus
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Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 20:30
Acquiring The Taste Three Friends The Power And The Glory In A Glass House Octopus Free Hand Gentle Giant Interview The Missing Piece Civilian Giant For A Day
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: April 03 2013 at 07:43
Padraic wrote:
I'm pretty bad at this sort of thing, but my top 3 (not in any order) are probably Acquiring the Taste, Three Friends, and In a Glass House. |
Probably
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Posted By: Canterzeuhl
Date Posted: April 03 2013 at 08:15
Three Friends In A Glass House Free Hand The Power and the Glory Acquiring The Taste Octopus Interview Gentle Giant The Missing Piece Civilian Giant for a Day Three Friends is one of my top 5 albums. Sometimes the top album.
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 03 2013 at 08:38
Free Hand In a Glass House Three Friends Octopus ) Acquiring the Taste ) Almost a tie The Power and the Glory )
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Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: April 03 2013 at 09:00
In a Glass House
Octopus
Acquiring the Taste
Interview
Gentle Giant
The Power and the Glory
Free Hand
The Missing Piece
Giant for a Day
Three Friends
Civilian
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Posted By: Melomaniac
Date 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 By: OT Räihälä
Date Posted: April 07 2013 at 07:29
I'm eagerly waiting http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=46273" rel="nofollow - Tubes to contribute to this thread!
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 07 2013 at 10:16
OT Räihälä wrote:
I'm eagerly waiting http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=46273" rel="nofollow - Tubes to contribute to this thread! |
Well....he's just given Octopus 1 star in a new 'review'. http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=940413" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=940413 Enjoy.
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: April 07 2013 at 10:23
I really am surprised at how much attention he's received.
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date 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 By: ProgMetaller2112
Date 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. 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 By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: April 08 2013 at 07:50
Posted By: Earthmover
Date 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 By: Melomaniac
Date 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 By: King of Loss
Date Posted: April 08 2013 at 10:44
1. Octopus 2. In A Glass House 3. All Others
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Posted By: theadolescentprogger
Date 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 By: Barbu
Date Posted: April 08 2013 at 23:11
Octopus/Glass House/Power
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Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date 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 By: dr wu23
Date 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 By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: April 11 2013 at 14:57
1 Three Friends 2 Acquiring 3 Gente Giant 4 Free Hand
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: April 11 2013 at 19:43
So f****** what
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 11 2013 at 20:00
u mad
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: April 11 2013 at 20:03
^^ No
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date 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**
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date 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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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 21 2013 at 15:03
1. Acquiring The Taste 2. Three Friends 3. Gentle Giant 4. Octopus 5. Free Hand 6. In A Glass House
I definitely like the first four albums most (the Phil Shulman years)
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: April 21 2013 at 18:47
Dellinger wrote:
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. |
Before you quit going further, do at least try Free Hand.
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: April 21 2013 at 22:57
Dellinger wrote:
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. |
How long have you heard them for because all you need to do is acquire the taste
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 22 2013 at 19:56
irrelevant wrote:
Dellinger wrote:
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. |
Before you quit going further, do at least try Free Hand. | I might try it, at least on Youtube (though that usually only gives me an idea of what to expect, but might not be enough). However, I'm not sure how likely is it that I might like it. As far as I remember, "Playing the Fool" has several pieces from Free Hand, and I didn't like any of them. Though I also found that I liked their sound less live than studio (except for "Strange Ways", which I found much better live).
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 22 2013 at 19:59
ProgMetaller2112 wrote:
Dellinger wrote:
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. | How long have you heard them for because all you need to do is acquire the taste | Indeed I have gotten into them only recently (this year), though I have given a fair listen to most of the albums I bought. By now I'm loosing hope that I might aquire the taste for the sound of them that I didn't like. But indeed, I found some awsome music on the songs I actually liked (as I said, most of it from their first two albums). Still, I'll listen to them some more.
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Posted By: gr8dane
Date Posted: April 22 2013 at 20:29
Acquiring the taste.Don't really care for any of the others.
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Posted By: Relayer71
Date Posted: April 25 2013 at 12:43
1 - In A Glass House 2 - Interview 3 - Free Hand 4 - Octopus 5 - Power & The Glory
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Posted By: dennismoore
Date Posted: April 26 2013 at 12:19
I can't stand the 1st three(before Kerry Minnear took over song arranging duties). My top:
1.Free Hand
2.Power & The Glory
3.Octopus
4.Giant For A Day(its OK to have fun, people...everything doesn't have to be 20 minutes of disjointed & non-harmonic
thumpings & screaching vocals)
The above first three CDs are some of the best ever by any band and should be required prog, IMHO.
Free Hand is in my Top 5 recordings of all time. What a masterpiece!
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Posted By: Wavemaker
Date Posted: April 26 2013 at 12:24
1. Octopus 2. In a Glass House 3. Acquiring the Taste 4. Power and the Glory 5. Free Hand 6. Interview 7. Missing Piece 8. A Tall Tale
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Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: April 26 2013 at 12:34
dennismoore wrote:
4.Giant For A Day(its OK to have fun, people...everything doesn't have to be 20 minutes of disjointed & non-harmonic
thumpings & screaching vocals)
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yeah, but Giant for a Day isn't fun. Even if they weren't selling out, it's a really bad album. Completely uninspired; it just reeks of dishonesty.
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: April 26 2013 at 13:07
Well lately it's not FREE HAND. LOL
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Posted By: dennismoore
Date Posted: May 01 2013 at 15:25
smartpatrol wrote:
dennismoore wrote:
4.Giant For A Day(its OK to have fun, people...everything doesn't have to be 20 minutes of disjointed & non-harmonic
thumpings & screaching vocals)
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yeah, but Giant for a Day isn't fun. Even if they weren't selling out, it's a really bad album. Completely uninspired; it just reeks of dishonesty.
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Fun? Ok, I meant "spooky"....
Ya gotta admit Spooky Boogie is a little bit spooky?!
Thank You is cool too, but then again I love old sappy Elton John songs...
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Posted By: Elastic Murray
Date Posted: May 01 2013 at 16:08
Giant for a Day just reminds me of the "sell-out" Captain Beefheart albums. I actually do sort of like them, but they tend to feel kinda sad when you compare them to their really brilliant albums.
Come on though, Rock Climber, you all love that song, deep down inside, don't you?
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: May 01 2013 at 16:28
dennismoore wrote:
4.Giant For A Day(its OK to have fun, people...everything doesn't have to be 20 minutes of disjointed & non-harmonic
thumpings & screaching vocals)
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Please name the Gentle Giant song that is 20 minutes of disjointed and non-harmonic thumpings and screaching vocals? I must have missed that one. I really like Spookie Boogie off of Giant for a Day. There are a couple of other decent enough songs, including the aforementioned Rock Climber, but it doesn't come close to any of their first 8 albums.
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 01 2013 at 16:34
^ That's what Dennis meant.
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: May 01 2013 at 18:49
Elastic Murray wrote:
Giant for a Day just reminds me of the "sell-out" Captain Beefheart albums. I actually do sort of like them, but they tend to feel kinda sad when you compare them to their really brilliant albums.
Come on though, Rock Climber, you all love that song, deep down inside, don't you?
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Giant for a Day was startling in its mediocrity.... I had to check the cover to see if it was GG I was listening to. However my double CD pack came with The Missing Piece and that was quite enjoyable making up for GFAD. Rock Climber is perhaps the best thing on it, or the first track whatever that was - I thought it had a great riff and rocked nicely.
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Posted By: TheMightyTerroja
Date Posted: June 30 2013 at 17:28
Acquiring the Taste Octopus Interview Free Hand In a Glass House Three Friends
I really, really, really need to hear The Power and the Glory! It has to be as good as it's reputation suggests, it has too!!
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Posted By: N-sz
Date Posted: July 07 2013 at 00:10
Just going with what I've heard so far.
1. Free Hand (5/5) 2. Acquiring the Taste (these first two are so close) (5/5) 3. Gentle Giant (4.5/5) 4. In a Glass House (4.5/5) 5. Three Friends (3/5)
Three Friends is nice throughout and I really quite like School Days, but overall I surprisingly didn't find it very interesting.
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 07 2013 at 13:39
Something to this effect: Power & The Glory Acquiring The Taste Octopus Gentle Giant Interview Free Hand Three Friends In A Glass House The Missing Piece Civilian Giant For A Day
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Posted By: Relayer71
Date Posted: July 22 2013 at 09:46
TheMightyTerroja wrote:
Acquiring the TasteOctopus Interview Free Hand In a Glass House Three Friends I really, really, really need to hear The Power and the Glory! It has to be as good as it's reputation suggests, it has too!! | I didn't know it had that kind of reputation. I've always thought it was considered good, but not their very best. And well, that's my opinion of it, too. It definitely has some high points - I think "Cogs In Cogs" is one of GG's best songs. "Proclamation" is also a stunning track but I really hate the way it ends, it builds up so well and then the change to double time + fade out are a bit anti-climactic. "So Sincere" is also another good track. But the other songs are merely ok.
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Posted By: The Passion Play
Date Posted: July 24 2013 at 12:44
I have yet to listen to The Power and the Glory and Acquiring the Taste, but I would say that Octopus and In A Glass House are the best I've heard. Aside from "Peel the Paint", I would say Three Friends is my least favorite.
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Posted By: Throw Sand
Date Posted: August 10 2013 at 22:12
Tough one. The first two change for me on a daily basis.1. Free Hand (10/10) 2. In a Glass House (10/10) 3. The Power and the Glory (9/10) 4. Three Friends (8.5/10) 5. Octopus (8/10) 6. Acquiring the Taste (7.5/10) 7. Interview (7/10) 8. Gentle Giant (7/10) 9. The Missing Piece (5/10) 10. Civillian (2.5/10)
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: August 10 2013 at 22:33
What are you trying to do to me? I dunno. Here goes.
1. In A Glass House 2. Octopus 3. Freehand 4. Interview 5. Gentle Giant 6. Acquiring TheTaste 7. The Power and the Glory 8 Civillian 9. The Missing Piece 10. . Giant for a Day 11. The Missing Piece 12. Three friends
Never really liked Three Friends even though I have five different vinyl copies. This is my final answer,
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Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: August 16 2013 at 03:03
I've never been able to get into GG all that much though I respect what they were trying to do. Anyway, I went through the first 8 albums again with this thread in mind and came up with this order. Octopus Power and the Glory Three Friends Acquiring the Taste Gentle Giant Free Hand Glass House Interview
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Posted By: Sugarcube
Date Posted: August 19 2013 at 06:28
thanks this is a good forum
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Posted By: Lord Jagged
Date Posted: August 19 2013 at 15:52
As I'm just getting into GG I'm finding this a useful thread - keep it up!
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: August 19 2013 at 16:01
Power and the Glory (9.3 of 10) Free Hand (9.3 of 10) Acquiring the Taste (9.2 of 10) Three Friends (9.1 of 10) Interview (9.0 of 10)
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Posted By: N-sz
Date Posted: August 19 2013 at 16:25
Free Hand (5/5) Acquiring the Taste (5/5) Giant (4.5/5) In a Glass House (4/5) Three Friends (3/5)
-still judging The Power & the Glory and I haven't heard the rest. I tried to keep it simple. It's sort of difficult doing these ratings without being like (4.3587/5).
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Posted By: Jabez7
Date Posted: September 23 2013 at 19:04
1. In A Glass House
2. Acquiring The Taste
3. Power & The Glory
4. Octopus
5. Freehand
6. Interview
7. Gentle Giant
8. Three Friends
9. The Missing Piece
10. Civilian
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Posted By: Genital Giant
Date Posted: January 05 2014 at 05:05
For me, GG's best period was with this three album stretch: The Power And The Glory Free Hand Interview Topped off by the live album Playing The Fool which showed them at their best. That period represents for me the most mature and sophisticated period for them.
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Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: January 05 2014 at 14:47
Just my top 5:
1. The Power And The Glory 2. Octopus 3. Three Friends 4. Gentle Giant 5. In A Glass House
I only own "The Power And The Glory", but it's one of my favourites now - nothing quite like it, and I love the obscurity!
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Posted By: m2thek
Date Posted: January 05 2014 at 14:56
My top 3 would be:
In a Glass House The Power and the Glory Octopus
But really all of those 7 or so from the classic era have something good to offer
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: January 06 2014 at 00:11
Top 3 as of right now Three Friends In a Glass House The Power and the Glory
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Posted By: LSDisease
Date Posted: January 07 2014 at 07:29
Free Hand Octopus Three Friends Acquiring The Taste
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Posted By: SeeYouInSpain
Date Posted: May 09 2014 at 02:28
1. Octopus (5/5) 2. In A Glass House (5/5) 3. The Power and the Glory (5/5) 4. Gentle Giant (5/5) 5. Acquiring the Taste (5/5) 6. Three Friends (4/5) 7. Free Hand (4/5) 8. Interview (4/5) 9. The Missing Piece (3.5/5) 10. Civillian (3/5) 11. Giant For a Day (2/5)
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Posted By: Ferbo
Date Posted: December 31 2017 at 13:21
(From favorite to least favorite)
Three Friends In A Glass House Free Hand The Power And The Glory Gentle Giant Acquiring The Taste Octopus Interview The Missing Piece Civilian Giant For A Day
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: December 31 2017 at 20:00
In a Glass House The Power and The Glory Free Hand Octopus Interview Acquiring The Taste Three Friends Gentle Giant The Missing Piece Civilian Giant for a Day
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"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021
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Posted By: Mavil64
Date Posted: March 22 2018 at 08:55
Octopus Gentle Giant Acquiring The Taste Three Friends The Power and The Glory Free Hand In a Glass House Interview Giant for a Day Missing Piece Civilian
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: March 22 2018 at 13:08
ProgMetaller2112 wrote:
Top 3 as of right now
Three Friends
In a Glass House
The Power and the Glory |
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In a Glass House Three Friends The Power and the Glory
------------- “War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
"Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart
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