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Free Hand of the classic stuff
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Definitely the first one ... stuff like Why Not, Isn't It Quite And Cold, Funny Ways and even Nothing At All are all very good, yet relatively accessible GG songs ...

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Octopus. Though I've only heard that one, Three Friends and Acquiring the Taste. AtT is not as easy as the other two.
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I think Octopus. I got into it much faster than the others.
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In a Glass House and Free Hand, IMO
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I think that Octopus would the best one to start with because is the most representative of their sound. Anyway the debut album is accessible too for a beginner to GG music.
I personally was introduced with In a Glass House  
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Free Hand, its the one I started with.
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I'd say Power and the Glory. It's easy to listen to. The title track sounds like something Stevie Wonder might write.
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I'm new to GG and I've got quite a few of their albums, but so far I would agree with horza - Octopus is the one I've really got into first.

Dead seagulls?
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I find Gentle Giant extremely abstract, and i just can't get a hold of the idea of each song, I , at least right now, don't like them at all, though I think they are extremely good.
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From the classics? Easy! Their debut!
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Octopus for me
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Well, out of their classics, which one of these boys' efforts is easiest to get into? Most melody? Least dissonance? Fewest loads of dead seagulls being catapulted? You make the call!!!

 

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