The Power and the Glory - Gentle Giant

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   'Playing the Game' gets my vote. Closely followed by 'Aspirations' Two of my fave GG songs back to back!   

Poll Question: Which track is your favorite?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Proclamation	17	[28.33%]
So Sincere	4	[6.67%]
Aspirations	8	[13.33%]
Playing the Game	15	[25.00%]
Cogs in Cogs	11	[18.33%]
No God's a Man	1	[1.67%]
The Face	3	[5.00%]
Valedictory	0	[0.00%]
The Power and the Glory	1	[1.67%]
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Blacksword Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130	Posted: October 27 2009 at 15:54
	'Playing the Game' gets my vote. Closely followed by 'Aspirations' Two of my fave GG songs back to back!

Alberto Muñoz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 26 2006 Location: Mexico Status: Offline Points: 3577	Posted: October 27 2009 at 21:00
	I have to listen again. i do not remember the songs of this album. I remember more Free Hand, thus i bought them at the same time, maybe that's say why i remember more Free Hand


HolyMoly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: April 01 2009 Location: Atlanta Status: Offline Points: 26138	Posted: October 27 2009 at 22:17
	Great album! Any song on side one could win it for me, but I'll go with Proclamation, for it's weirdly funky riff, and dramatic mid section. Honorable mention to Aspirations, one of the prettiest melodies I've ever heard.
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Man With Hat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166183	Posted: October 27 2009 at 22:23
	Oy. Favorite album by GG () myself. Really hard to choose. I have to give a vote to So Sincere though. Proclamation or The Face should also get votes for me, as well as a honorable mention vote to Aspirations just for being so damned cool.
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Zombywoof Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 26 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1217	Posted: January 31 2010 at 19:24
	I finally heard this great album for the first time this past week and I'm really starting to enjoy it all of the way through, however "The Face" sticks out to me as a possible favorite and almost a tie with "Cogs in Cogs". "The Face" gets the vote, though this will probably change! Edited by Zombywoof - January 31 2010 at 19:26

Bj-1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 04 2005 Location: No(r)Way Status: Offline Points: 31644	Posted: February 01 2010 at 10:39
	My 2nd favorite Giant album! Proclamation, So Sincere and No God's a Man are my personal favorites here though I dunno which one of them I'll vote for..
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HolyMoly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: April 01 2009 Location: Atlanta Status: Offline Points: 26138	Posted: February 01 2010 at 10:58
	Proclamation, I suppose - but each of the first 4 tracks are fantastic. Edited by HolyMoly - February 01 2010 at 10:58
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Moatilliatta Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: December 01 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3083	Posted: February 01 2010 at 11:15
	Why doesn't The Face get more love?
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dwill123 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 19 2006 Status: Offline Points: 4460	Posted: February 01 2010 at 15:05
	"Playing the Game", easily for me.

Johnnytuba Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 02 2009 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 377	Posted: February 01 2010 at 18:16
	This was hard for me because I love the whole album! For me it was a toss up between Playing the Game and Proclamation, but Playing the Game came out on top.
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seventhsojourn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 11 2009 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 4006	Posted: February 02 2010 at 11:11
	Another vote for Aspirations.

missinglink07 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: May 22 2009 Status: Offline Points: 32	Posted: February 03 2010 at 18:17
	Cogs in Cogs for sure; it blends all of GG's trademark sounds and styles into one 3-minute insane yet glorious roller-coaster of sound. Also, a live performance of this song I found on Youtube a while back got me into this band in the first place. And since I feel like bragging, i found a MIDI version on a fan site and using a certain computer program, learned to play along on the guitar I played it for my girlfriend and it sorta blew her mind (despite her abhorrence for much of progressive rock).
	A song I wrote, please listen!