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Poll Question: Which is your favourite?
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In a Glass House, followed by Octopus.
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I don't know LOL. I am fine with any album from AtT through Interview as I could pick any of these. I guess it depends on my mood LOL

Edited by ProgMetaller2112 - August 10 2014 at 22:57
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Three Friends for me but I love em all
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Free Hand, followed by Three Friends.
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The Power And The Glory (1974)
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eight pussies...Smile Octopus
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Octopus.
When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light.
Through the skies, his white horse flies.
To find a land beyond the night.
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Easily In A Glass House for me. 

Free Hand would probably be a runner up but I've been listening to Interview a lot and think that album is criminally underrated. 
 
I avoided it for so long because everything pointed to that album as being the beginning of their decline but have had it for about 2 years and the more I listen the more I think this album is so misunderstood.  Their sound was beginning to change a little but it's still just as strong as the 3 albums before it and it's still very clearly Gentle Giant.  Now, Giant For A Day is another story altogether.
 
Those are my top 3 :)
 
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Octopus followed by the Power & the Glory.
Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Free Hand, Octopus, and In a Glass House are my three favorites
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They're pretty much the same to me all around all around all around all around.
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Overall it's 'Glass House, but for the most classic prog by the band, it's Three Friends.
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It chances from time to time but right now it's The Power & the Glory
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Probably In a Glass House followed closely by Three Friends.
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completely enjoy  the earlier stuff with Phil Shuman. The band lost something in their sound when he left.  that sense of space and atmosphere where the music breathed.

3 Friends.. mainly for Schooldays which never fails to bring tears of sentimentality to my eyes when I think of all the old friends I've lost over the years. Such an incredibly beautiful and touching song.


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Originally posted by Relayer71 Relayer71 wrote:

Easily In A Glass House for me. 

Free Hand would probably be a runner up but I've been listening to Interview a lot and think that album is criminally underrated. 
 
I avoided it for so long because everything pointed to that album as being the beginning of their decline but have had it for about 2 years and the more I listen the more I think this album is so misunderstood.  Their sound was beginning to change a little but it's still just as strong as the 3 albums before it and it's still very clearly Gentle Giant.  Now, Giant For A Day is another story altogether.
 
Those are my top 3 :)
 

Absolutely agree regarding Interview.This is one of those polls that is so misleading its ridiculous. Did the band fall off the end of a cliff after Freehand? Nope. 
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I like Free Hand as a perfect GG album.
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One of the greatest tragedies in all of progressive rock is not that this band broke up but that they never reformed(never had a proper full band reformation anyway).
 
I think their first is definitely their most under rated but I voted for Octopus. I like Free Hand and Three Friends a lot too. I think In a glass house is a bit over rated and maybe the same goes for Power and the Glory. I like all their stuff quite a bit though(at least up to and including Interview).
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Sadly, they abandoned their stated mission after Freehand...
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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