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The.Crimson.King 
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Love all 5 of these but Acquiring the Taste get's my vote. It was probably the one that took the longest to get into, but become my definite favorite a long time ago
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Rednight
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Posted: August 17 2018 at 13:09 |
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It would have to be 'Glass House - in'nent it.
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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Dopeydoc
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Posted: August 17 2018 at 15:58 |
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The power and the glory, but I love the others too...
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YESESIS
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Posted: August 17 2018 at 16:33 |
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For everyone complaining that all the albums aren't on here, you're 'preaching to the choir' with me. I've said many times on here that I love all their albums. I think Giant for a Day! is their weakest one, but I still like it. And I like Civilian a lot, but I understand that on a prog forum.. not everyone will share that opinion. Anyway, the reason I went with just 5(the top 5 rated on this forum btw) is that I've seen it done before at least once with every album as choices and In a Glass House is the winner. So I thought, I'll do it a little differently this time and maybe get a different result. And so far it's working, we'll see what happens.
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philipemery
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Posted: August 17 2018 at 16:40 |
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My first album of their's was Acquiring The Taste, and it was may favorite until recently. Octopus I think is currently my favorite.
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But the sun is eclipsed by the moon. -- Pink Floyd
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Logan
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Posted: August 17 2018 at 17:10 |
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I posted in an old Gentle Giant poll to appease any who question your methodology (though the bumped poll is missing the last three). It would be interesting to see how different the results after so much time has passed between these two polls and with the difference in options. It used to be that Octopus would almost always lead in these polls as I recall.
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Posted: August 18 2018 at 11:08 |
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In a Glass House.
I feel like this is a poll several times a year?
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"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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Saperlipopette!
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Posted: August 18 2018 at 14:03 |
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My almost identical top eight also happily ignoring the other three:
1. Acquiring the Taste 2. Three Friends 3. Gentle Giant 4. Octopus 5. The Power and the Glory (used to be at the bottom but now I consider the opening trio of tunes as peak wrong era-Gentle Giant for me) 6. Interview 7. In a Glass House 8. Free Hand |
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Posted: August 18 2018 at 14:07 |
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The important questions must be brought forward often.
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Posted: August 18 2018 at 14:38 |
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Taste is a funny thing. I plan on doing a GG refresher for some of the albums I haven't heard in a while, so this may be slightly inaccurate for me right now, but here goes: 1. Free Hand 2. Interview 3. In a Glass House 4. The Missing Piece (oh yes I feel the contrarian power lol) 5. The Power and the Glory From here it gets fuzzy, not necessarily a huge drop in quality 6. Civilian (hey it's a good rock album) 7. Acquiring the Taste 8. Three Friends 9. Octopus 10. Gentle Giant 11. Giant for a Day But I plan to find out how close this is these days for me, and possibly make some more CD purchases! Edited by irrelevant - August 22 2018 at 20:11 |
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: August 18 2018 at 14:56 |
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Acquiring the Taste is their best album for me, but Three Friends has few better songs. Not much love for the rest.
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Posted: August 19 2018 at 12:47 |
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Went with The Power and the Glory.
P&G>IGH>FH>O>AT
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Posted: August 19 2018 at 21:25 |
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Hearing "The Power and the Glory" first is what made me take longer to get to know them, and hearing Octopus made me think that I might just as well try them out. Then getting "Playing the Fool" as my first album almost made me discard the possibility of liking them completley... still I don't know why I decided to give them yet another chance... someone in the forum convinced me, so I tried all their first 4 albums and did like them (specially the first 2 ones I really liked a lot). For what I have heard, I'm not really interested at all in the albums after Octopus. |
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Posted: August 20 2018 at 13:58 |
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Toss up between Octopus and Power. I'll go th former.
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Posted: August 21 2018 at 02:38 |
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In a Glass House
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YESESIS
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Posted: August 22 2018 at 20:03 |
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Good thinking. And about Octopus that could well be, certainly one of their better(if not best) album/s. I think it's In a Glass House myself, but a really strong case can be made for Octopus as well.
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YESESIS
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Posted: August 22 2018 at 20:06 |
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Listened to The Power and The Glory the other day, and boy was that enjoyable. Probably doesn't get enough credit in their catalogue me thinks.
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Posted: August 22 2018 at 22:09 |
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Free Hand is my favorite but Octopus is their masterwork imo.
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Posted: September 02 2018 at 21:47 |
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In a Glass House is their best work and my favorite of theirs
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Posted: September 03 2018 at 05:06 |
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The Power and The Glory
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