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Robert deNiro making a comedy, Jim Carrey acting as a depressed person, Tom Cruise as a bad guy, Meryl Streep as a rockstar: it's called contre-emploi. Here Gentle Giant is less gentle but more giant and dropped most of it's panache at the door. So what to expect in this contre-emploi?

A straightforward rock album. Like Kelsey Grammer in X-Men Last Stand, Gentle Giant is trying to fit in but their style is still recognizable. The songs are rocking hard and mostly fast-paced but it's still GG, no doubt.

So why the bashing? I don't entirely get it. It's an attempt to attract a larger crowd, to broaden your horizons. It didn't quite got the welcome they wanted, but it's far from a bad record, and certainly not a boring one.

I've heard much more pathetic attempts at being hip with Kiss, Aerosmith or Guns N' Roses so cut Gentle Giant some flippin' slack, will ya? Geez.

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