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Poll Question: What do you think is the best GG album?
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    Posted: June 15 2005 at 04:57

vote!!!

Octopus is the best for me!

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I just couldn't vote... Dead heat between "In a Glass House", "Free Hand" and "Playing The Fool". I love GG too much!
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Acquiring The Taste. Their most "soulful" album. Incredible album, and in my all-time album top 10. Pantagruel's Nativity, Edge Of Twilight and Black Cat in particular are amazing tracks.

Octopus and Three Friends are my nr. 2 and 3. I love them a lot too. Octopus because it is GG at it's most varied and original, and Three Friends mostly because of the last songs on the album.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 15 2005 at 08:46
I love these polls, I voted for Acquiring the taste
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Since I discovered the band several months ago, my favorite album has constantly been changing. At first it was Three Friends (the first one I fell in love with), then Free Hand for a while. Right now, I think The Power And The Glory is my fave.
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Bilden “http://www.blazemonger.com/GG/pix/big/iagh.jpg” kan inte visas, då den innehåller fel.
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I go with Freehand. The title track really made an impression on me when I first listened to it (I got it on right now).
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Octopus!

I love Racontuer Troubadour
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 16 2005 at 00:13

this is difficult, but...

for me these are my favorite in this order:

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second -


secondish to thirdish -






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How are we supposed to decide ??? Too hard!!!
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I can't decide between Giant For A Day and Civilian ...

No seriously ... Three Friends ... narrowly ahead of GG, Acquiring The Taste and Octopus ... an alarmingly consistent band ... I'm one of those who still hasn't gotten into The Power And The Glory though, and it may never happen ...

I suppose I like the more accessible early GG albums

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I picked Octopus
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  1. ACQUIRING THE TASTE
  2. OCTOPUS
  3. GENTLE GIANT
  4. THREE FRIENDS
  5. IN A GLASS HOUSE
  6. THE POWER AND THE GLORY
  7. FREE HAND
  8. INTERVIEW
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They're all incredible, I voted for 'In a Glass House'.

Now I better hit the 'Post Reply' button before I change my mind.
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IMO Free Hand is almost perfect. It is a definition of Gentle Giant at its best.

Acquiring The Taste is their most creative and adventurous, along with In A Glass House.

For me Gentle Giant simply are the best band ever, with no real contestants anywhere near them. They are even better than Stravinsky.



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Originally posted by Velvetclown Velvetclown wrote:

Bilden “http://www.blazemonger.com/GG/pix/big/iagh.jpg” kan inte visas, då den innehåller fel.

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ahh all albums are great!!

but ill go with Free Hand
Most listened albums last week

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  1. Acquiring the Taste
  2. Free Hand
  3. Octopus
  4. Three Friends
  5. In a Glass House
  6. The Power and the Glory
  7. Gentle Giant
  8. Interview
  9. ...and the rest
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I dont have them all yet so I won't vote.

However, my favorites so far are In a Glass House, Free Hand, Octopus, and Power and the Glory.
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Points: 3083 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2005 at 18:06

Extremely difficult choice. While I am still waiting to get copies of a handful of their material, I can say I listen to In a Glass House the most, so I will give it my vote.
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