EDGE OF TWILIGHT

The remasters of classic Gentle Giant was one I sought after for years as I only had one GG at the time with "Octopus". The drawcard of this collection was that it encompassed five albums that are highly revered by GG fans. It is amazing that this includes the entire "The Power And The Glory" album which is essential GG. It also packs in just about everything from "Gentle Giant" except for 'The Queen'. Also it is missing 'Black Cat' from "Acquiring The Taste" as well as 'Prologue' from "Three Friends" and 'Dog's Life' from "Octopus". Unfortunately it left off the title track of "The Power and the Glory" which is a great song. There are few compilations like this that would include such a wealth of material encompassing 5 albums. That is the good news.,

The bad news is there is nothing at all from the wonderful "Free Hand" or "In A Glass House". although they are easy enough to purchase. There is nothing from "The Missing Piece" or "Giant For a day" (not a bad thing) but the real problem for me is the randomness of the track order. It would have been far better to have the tracks in chronological order as many are in context with each other such as on "Three Friends".

This is still a fantastic compilation clocking 155 minutes of non stop Giant, and a starting point for Gentle Giant newcomers, including some of the band's finest compositions. I do not think it replaces their albums due to the missing tracks and random order but it is still great to listen to.