Best Gentle Giant album!
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Topic: Best Gentle Giant album!
Posted By: Bj-1
Subject: Best Gentle Giant album!
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 04:57
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vote!!! Octopus is the best for me! What's your opinion? ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 07:55
| I just couldn't vote... Dead heat between "In a Glass House", "Free Hand" and "Playing The Fool". I love GG too much! |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 07:58
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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. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 08:46
I love these polls, I voted for Acquiring the taste
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Posted By: Ben2112
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 13:54
| 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. |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 14:00
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 23:38
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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Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 00:09
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Octopus! I love Racontuer Troubadour ------------- 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 00:13
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this is difficult, but... for me these are my favorite in this order: first - second -  secondish to thirdish  -  |
Posted By: Philrod
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 01:14
How are we supposed to decide ??? Too hard!!! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Philrod/?chartstyle=Geldropdown-small"> 
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Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 13:33
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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 ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: White Duck
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 03:43
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I picked Octopus |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 05:20
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Posted By: Violenza
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 06:33
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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. |
Posted By: OT Räihälä
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 06:41
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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. |
Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 08:09
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Velvetclown wrote:
Posted By: cucacola54
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 12:30
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ahh all albums are great!! but ill go with Free Hand ------------- Most listened albums last week 
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Posted By: Deliriumist
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 12:54
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Posted By: Gentle Tull
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 12:57
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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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Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 18:06
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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. ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph  
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 18:15
Same as Blowie ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Marc Baum
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 18:18
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My favourite GG album is and always will be my first by them, "Three Friends". Though I feel "Octopus" is their best album. I wouldn't change a note to be honest. There isn't much difference between the albums "Aquiring The Taste" and "Free Hand" though. All are must-haves! ------------- "All you need to do is sit back, and acquire the taste." - GENTLE GIANT |