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CIVILIAN

Gentle Giant

 

Eclectic Prog

2.78 | 551 ratings

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lor68
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3 stars Ok this AOR/Mainstream music with hints of hard rock (almost Journey-like) is more suitable for such a "radio-friendly" mood of the early eighties (this latter rather inadequate in comparison to their usual complex arrangements), but it symbolizes a necessary radical change: as a matter of fact the trend of the music market was so different at that time, especially if you compare their 70's polyphonic/baroque music-style to the present easier and more accessible approach (typically of the eighties). As for this reason naturally G.G. were almost obliged to change radically route, even though the production was very good and the songs quite powerful anyway.ok this music-genre cannot be "labelled" as prog music, nor represents the true style of G.G., but after all it's well arranged and performed, being interesting enough to make it an acceptable issue, in any case.so as "AOR music" it's worth checking out at least!!
lor68 | 3/5 |

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