Favorite Gentle Giant Album
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Topic: Favorite Gentle Giant Album
Posted By: Figglesnout
Subject: Favorite Gentle Giant Album
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 16:42
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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? ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
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Posted By: horza
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 16:43
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Octopus
------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 16:45
| Acquiring The Taste |
Posted By: MANTICORE
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 16:55
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The Power & the Glory -------------  |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 17:00
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IAGH ------------- 
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Posted By: lunaticviolist
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 17:21
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Three Friends ------------- My recent purchases: 
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Posted By: BePinkTheater
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 17:28
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well im a newbie when it comes to GG. I just got power and the glory a couple days ago and i love it. But i've heard some stuff from Octapus and that sounds really cool. But seeing the answers here, i tihnk i'll go pick up In a Glass house sometime soon. ------------- I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t. -Stone Beard |
Posted By: Guyute
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 18:17
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GIANT FOR A DAY!!! Just kidding. Playing the fool, I love it as much today as when I bought my first copy 28 years ago. ------------- Some come to laugh their past away Some come to make it just one more day Whichever way your pleasure tends If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind!! |
Posted By: Gentle Tull
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 18:22
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Probably Free Hand. But in a Glass House is close behind, as well as all the others i've heard. ------------- 
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Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 18:38
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I don't know, at the moment I would say "Acquiring the Taste." I really love
that album. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 19:01
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Octopus ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 19:04
| Gentle Giant. (the first one) ... I dont understand why there arent alot of people who like it! its so amazing |
Posted By: RoyalJelly
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 19:11
| Free Hand is perfect... |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 19:44
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hmmm...i just listened to octopus for the first time in awhile...and i'm not sure...but i think i like it more than glass house... ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 21:01
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I like it, though it's not as good as the later GG albums. 3.5/5 ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
stebo32 wrote:Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 21:03
| Either "Three friends" or "In a glass house". Too hard to decide. |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 22:05
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Posted By: Harold Dupont
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 22:38
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Three Friends, without any single doubt... But it seems that Octopus is more appreciated on this site, but I still think that Three Friends's the best |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 22:41
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Octopus -------------  |
Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 22:46
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Octopus, although it's the only one I own. I'll probably get IAGH next, I guess.
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Posted By: SlipperFink
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 00:44
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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. Much to the bitter dismay of Trouserpress.... Who has held up second place nicely for many years now. Bless his pointy head. SM. ------------- Modesty is an ornament, but one goes further without it. Old German Proverb |
Posted By: Plastic Man
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 02:07
------------- I begin to wonder if the points of all the ancient myths are solemnly di-rected straight.. at.. meeeeeeeeee! |
Posted By: pero
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 02:44
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In a glass house is my favorite GG album also |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 03:47
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1.Playing The Fool 2.In A Glass House 3.Octopus 4.Power And The Glory 5.Freehand |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 04:09
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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... |
Posted By: OT Räihälä
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 04:31
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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Posted By: Deliriumist
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 14:22
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1. Acquiring the Taste 2. Free Hand 3. Octopus |
Posted By: cucacola54
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 14:24
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Free Hand!! ------------- Most listened albums last week 
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Posted By: Progress
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 14:25
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In a Glass House
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Posted By: con safo
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 16:11
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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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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 17:06
Mine as well |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 17:44
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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. |
Posted By: mjf85maf
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 17:55
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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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Posted By: Uther Pendragon
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 18:36
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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." |
Posted By: Flip_Stone
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 18:45
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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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Posted By: Marc Baum
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 19:20
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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 |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 19:26
Octopus = official favorite  ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: OldFatherThames
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 01:43
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My first prog album ! The one that get me into prog ! Here's my order:
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 07:27
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Three Friends, followed closely by 10 others.
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 09:21
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Posted By: Braighs
Date Posted: December 02 2005 at 10:44
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1. Octopus (my first GG experience - perfection) 2. Free Hand (some of their "heavier" stuff) 3. Aquiring the Taste (I love the contrast from song to song)
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