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Points: 822 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2006 at 21:22
   Bravo! 100% agree.
Looking still the same after all these years...
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Points: 1313 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 01 2006 at 11:55
Originally posted by soundsweird soundsweird wrote:

   
    
         "This one's better"     "No, this one's better"    "You're wrong!"
 
 
            ........who cares?   Your opinion is the only one that matters.
 
         I love every GG album I have  (of course, I stopped after "Interview")



Why have you stopped after In'terview? The Missing Piece is also a very good album and even Civilian has it's moments...

I personally don't think that Three Friends is Gentle Giant's best album. The best albums are Free Hand, The Power And The Glory and In'terview in my opinion. Three Friends is not bad, but it's somehow too short and does not create such a mood as for example Acquiring The Taste or The Power And The Glory. I have given it 4.0 stars (read my review if you like) But it is the weakest of the albums from 1970 until Playing The Fool.

However, I love "Mr Class And Quality" and "Three Friends" and I also like "Prologue" and "Schooldays" a lot... Thumbs UpClap

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Points: 6419 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 01 2006 at 13:58
Three Friends was the first GG album to click for me. While I initially wasn't very fond of Acquiring the Taste, I liked Three Friends. On the third listen, Peel the Paint suddenly seemed like the best song in the world, so I started over, and loved the whole album. Then I decided to retry Acquiring the Taste, and it too clicked. Then their debut clicked. Then I got Octopus, and it clicked, and so on. So Three Friends is the album that got me into GG, I'm eternally thankful! I don't listen to it very often though, but it's just as good as AtT and Octopus. I might review it soon.
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Points: 9669 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 01 2006 at 15:03
Ratings are mostly meaningless.
 
You love the album -- great!
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
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O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Points: 223 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 01 2006 at 20:54
three friends, power and glory are GG's best albums ;)
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Points: 9669 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2006 at 09:48
Originally posted by smithers smithers wrote:

three friends, power and glory are GG's best albums ;)
Whew -- that's settled, then! Clap
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Points: 1655 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2006 at 10:18
peter your sarcasm is killing me
back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums
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