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Points: 230 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2005 at 00:44
Civilian.

KIDDING!!! KIDDING!!!!

Anyhoo.

I actually LOVE Civilian.... go figure. Giant for a Day is just SOOOOOO
dreadful. Shame they made it. Every other disc is defensible as far as I'm
concerned.

Then again.

As I have stated here before.

I am the ULTIMATE GIANT FREAK.

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Originally posted by lunaticviolist lunaticviolist wrote:

Three Friends
I begin to wonder if the points of all the ancient myths are solemnly di-rected straight.. at.. meeeeeeeeee!
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Originally posted by king volta king volta wrote:

Mine has to In a Glass House...just something about it that appeals to me more than Octopus or The Power and the Glory, etc. I like every song on the album which might have something to do with it...no I'm pretty sure I like the songs on the other albums too...but I like In a Glass House the best...you?

In a glass house is my favorite GG album also
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1.Playing The Fool

2.In A Glass House

3.Octopus

4.Power And The Glory

5.Freehand
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Today my favourite is "Acquiring The Taste".

Tomorrow, I hope it will be "Octopus".

Next week it will probably be "In a Glass House"...

and so it goes on...

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My favourite GG albums are Gentle Giant, Acquiring the Taste, Three Friends, Octopus, In a Glass House, Power And the Glory, Free Hand, Interview and Playing The Fool.

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1. Acquiring the Taste
2. Free Hand
3. Octopus
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Free Hand!!
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In a Glass House
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The Power & The Glory - or - Three Friends

I've heard In A Glass House and its very good but i havent listened to it nearly enough to call it my favourite
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Originally posted by MANTICORE MANTICORE wrote:

The Power & the Glory

Mine as well
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The Power And The Glory.

And then the rest.
Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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1. Free Hand

2. Octopus

3. yes, I am that freak that really does like Civilian

4. Playing the Fool

5. The Missing Piece

 
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octopus
"And so as I patrol in the valley of the shadow of the tricolour I must fear evil for I am but mortal and mortals can only die."
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Favorite would have to be Three Friends, Octopus, and In a Glass House.  I know those are three different albums, but I can't pick just one...

 
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hard to choose, but my list would be:

1. Three Friends (my first GG album and favourite by them. Love the style and memorable melodies of that album, contains some of the most haunting arrangements of their whole catalogue)

2. Octopus (would call it the perfect GG album, a superbly produced and round classic record, but I prefer TF slightly. Overall maybe their very best as an album, which fits together like a well done puzzle, without any lacks IMO)

3. In A Glass House (more complex and experimental than their previous work, but their definitive landmark album for the prog rock genre)

4. Free Hand (showed off their renaissance-approach of the group in perfection)

5. The Power And The Glory (possibly their creative peak)

6. Acquiring The Taste (unique, uncomparable with any other GG record, a real step forward onto the next level)

7. Gentle Giant (their promising debut, but not representable for the typical GG sound, more bluesy and accessible than all their highly acclaimed forthcoming material, but definitely a classic and very overlooked. One of the classic debuts of early 70's, probably the most important behind "In The Court Of The Crimson King" and ELP's debut)

8. Interview (their final great album, strangewise oftenly overlooked after the brilliant "Free Hand" album, seems like forgotten in their classic period-catalogue from '70-'76)
"All you need to do is sit back, and acquire the taste." - GENTLE GIANT
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Octopus = official favorite
I'm a reasonable man, get off my case
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My first prog album ! The one that get me into prog !

Here's my order:

  1. Acquiring the taste
  2. In a glass house
  3. Three friends
  4. Octopus
  5. The power and the glory
  6. Gentle giant
  7. Free hand
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Three Friends, followed closely by 10 others. 
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  • ACQUIRING THE TASTE
  • OCTOPUS
  • THREE FRIENDS
  • GENTLE GIANT
  • IN A GLAS HOUSE
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