Three Friends for me is the best album by Gentle Giant. Is so special, the beginning of the album is one of the best intros i have ever heard and the last song, my godness so gentle.., so giant.
When discussing Interview, I mistakenly referred to I Lost My Head as Peel The Paint which was obviously because the two were performed as a medley on the live album, Playing The Fool. Oops!!! My bad!!!
Another of my all time fave rock bands. Have and love their albums from the first GG to Interview. Missing Piece has its moments. My #1 is a tie between Octopus and Glass House
Free Hand is my favorite GG album too, one of the things I love about it is it's accessible (IMO) to people that have never heard them and at the same time it's their pinnacle masterpiece of GG style prog. In a Glass House was practically impossible to get here in the US which turned out to be a good thing because it introduced me to "import record stores" which specialized in well...imports opened up a whole world of prog to me, one local store became my "go to" store for music.
"Peel the paint" is from "Three Friends" my friend not on "Interview " (great song ) it's hard to say witch is my favorite Gentle Giant album they are all so special thanks !!
@@TheProgCorner Haha I lost my head.., I have that all the time, but thats what makes music special.. Great Live album by Gentle Giant for sure one of the best live albums ever ! Cheers from Netherlands
Just finished transcribing the entirety of Ray Shulman’s bass parts off In A Glass House. My favourite album of theirs. On a MENTAL Gentle Giant trip, rn.. Probably might be my favourite of the big main Brit prog bands actually. As someone who’s always been a huge sucker for odd time signatures and polyrhythms, etc, Gentle Giant just gives me what I need 🚬😎 lol. I saw them live when I was 19, back in 2009. Same prog fest that I saw Le Orme at. Wasn’t under the GG name obv, was Three Friends. But I’ll never forget, the venue had a waiting hall which had a grand piano, outside the concert hall, so as we were all waiting to be let in to see Gentle Giant, some random dude sat at the piano and started playing “Think Of Me With Kindness” on the piano, and suddenly everyone in the waiting hall started singing along. Being a teen punk who was a HUGE 70s prog head, surrounded by mostly metal heads in those years, I had not even a single friend who was into prog rock. (Tbh to this day, my sis is the only person in my life IRL who’s into prog rock like I am lol), but ya… Being in a room where everyone was spontaneously singing along to fucking Gentle Giant, that gorgeous Kerry Minnear ballad… god damn. God fuckin’ dayum.. just such a special, MAGICAL moment in my life. I’ll never fucking forget it. 🥰🥰🥰
In my collection I have the first 8 studio albums on cd. I prefer the first 4 albums especially. Three Friends which is my number 1. I also have the live album Playing The Fool on cd and lp.
I love GG. Only discovered them about 2 years back, and haven't heard the last 3 albums so far, but I have loved every album I've heard. My favourites are Acquiring..., Octopus and Three Friends. I like your rankings and all the extra trivia you pack into these. Please do one for your favourite live albums, and cover Phish if you haven't already. Just found your channel, will be checking out your back catalog in the next few days. Thanks for making these. Cheers
Great job, great review! I dig you, man! Your ranking was surprising. But I like a fan who tells it how they see it. I like ALL their albums and make no apologies for it. Looking forward to more!
Your rankings are virtually the same as mine. We are definitely kindred spirits! The only ones I would swap would be The Missing Piece a little higher, Acquiring The Taste at number 10 (!...yep, I have never thought it that good), Power and The Glory #4, In A Glass House # 3, Octopus #2. But yes, Freehand, what an album, my Number 1 as well. I am so glad you like Civilian....too bad they called it quits after that. And yes; Playing The Fool live album to me is the greatest live album ever recorded...alongside Live Dates by Wishbone Ash. Brilliant rankings. Congratulations for having great taste!
Thank you, BG. I’m glad someone else sees the value of Civilian and the possible direction they could have gone into during the eighties. Oh well. They gave us all they had. They gave us enough. More than enough!!!
I listened a lot to prog music when i was a teenager '73 - '76. After that i started listening to other kind of music. To day i'm back on a full tour in prog music and buying all the records i did not have, like most of the Gentle Giant albums.
Very luckily for Gentle Giant vinyl collectors, the Power and the Glory title track is included on the Steven Wilson remix of The Power and the Glory. It was also included on the 1976 compilation album Giant Steps
What a cool video! I loved it. I have my own ranking order, but I enjoyed listening to all the point you’ve made. The 3 piece Utopia shirt was the icing on the cake. I have the same one. Bought it in Cleveland back in 2018. I’m a Todd head as well. Anyway, congratulations on the channel. I’m gonna be watching more of your stuff. Subscription ON! 😁
Just getting into Gentle Giant (obsessively) over the last several weeks. Love your list, and agree as far as I can… (haven’t heard any of the early or late ones.) Way of Life is definitely hell yeah!!! Right now In a Glass House is at the top. I’m just so in love with the run of those songs. All so spectacular, especially Way of Life. The first album I discovered was Power and the Glory which just bowled me over. It’s so muscular and original. I’ve delved as well into Octopus and Free Hand, both of which are amazing. I have a feeling my feelings for each of these albums will be shape-shifting in the same way that many of their songs do! Anyway, thanks for the awesome video!
What a great channel, my friend 👏😁 My list for Gentle Giant is always changing. A band that only have 5 Star albums is quite difficult to rank. As of today it would be like this: 1 Free Hand 2 The Power and The Glory 3 The Missing Piece 4 Three Friends 5 In a Glass House 6 Octopus 7 Giant For A Day 8 Interview 9 Acquiring The Taste 10 Civilian 11 Gentle Giant
A bang up job fer sher, Scott! There's always something that comes up, however, when discussing Gentle Giant albums. "Power and the Glory" is always near the top, but I can't stand it! B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b!
Cool story about Elton’s auditions..did not know that..I only have Gentle Giants debut album, which I love..Need to add to my catalogue..Great video..love your channel..glen
Thank you!!! It has been reported that when auditioning for Crimson, the future Sir Elton brought in a copy of his debut album. Robert Fripp was impressed and knew he would not be a good fit. It all worked out okay!!!
@@TheProgCorner I would say it did..I am just going to check out your King Crimson ranking..My favourite prog band…Good luck with your channel..I will give you a shout out when I can..Besides my own channel, I do a weekly live chat in the Canadian Studmuffin channel.. Will definitely talk about your channel on our next chat..glen
Very much agree with the debut album being low down on the list. It's ok and has its moments, but it only hints at what was to follow. Best track sounds like a Crosby, Stills and Nash homage. Acquiring The Taste would be my number 1, with Free Hand close behind. That said, the 2nd to 7th album are very hard to separate in terms of quality, they're all fantastic.
@@TheProgCorner All the tracks on the first album are enjoyable, but it has no identity or cohesion. It always sounds to me like a record label compilation album featuring 5 or 6 different bands, lol. Worth a listen every now and again though.
Haha I know what you mean about the best track sounding like CSNY. Exactly what I thought when I first heard it. By the end, I heard the makings of early Queen in that track too. The album grows on me though
Thanks for the post! G.G. was an amazing, talented band of musicians. Freehand is probably their best, but Octopus and "Power" are close contenders. Gary Green is an unsung guitar hero. He could both rock and deal with those confounding time changes!
In my opinion the list could be: 1- The Power and the Glory 2- Three Friends 3- Octopus 4- In a Glass House 5- Acquiring the Taste 6- Free Hand 7- Gentle Giant 8- Interview Don't know the others
Thanks for the awesome Gentle Giant ranking! Here's mine with my point system I used to rank them... 1. Interview - 4.7857 2. Free Hand - 4.7857 3. In A Glass House - 4.6666 4. Octopus - 4.0625 5. Three Friends - 3.75 6. The Power & The Glory - 3.625 7. Gentle Giant - 2.8571 8. Acquiring The Taste - 2.75 9. Civilian - 2.1875 10. The Missing Piece - 2.1111 11. Giant For A Day - 1.45
I appreciate that you change up the lower rankings a little bit away from the typical bottom triumvirate of Giant for a Day (100% their worst), Missing Piece, and Civilian, and instead included the debut which I love, but see as a weak GG album solely for the reason the band hasn't been fleshed out yet for the whole album. Instead of Civilian I would swap the Missing Piece which I saw as a possible template for the band moving forward if they wanted to include some more accessible hit-type material. Watching the live performance of Missing Piece from that tour (on UA-cam) they actually integrated that material really well into their larger sound and set lists. They could have woven some of those more simple tracks in between some more complicated tracks, like smashing something like Civilian together with something like Interview. Speaking of, Interview always seems to get defaulted to the lower echelons of fan rankings which I understand, but the more I listen to that particular album I feel it gets a bad rap because of it. It's so hard to rank anything before the Missing Piece though imo simply because all of those albums are SO strong, it's hard to know where to draw the line between sheer great playing on the albums and personal tastes. Great list
Saw GG in '72 backing up Yes and the Eagles were the third band.At the end of the night the Eagles were still the third best band.The next day my friend and myself picked up the first 3 GG albums.Aquiring the Taste is still my favorite album.The sad part of this we saw them at the Milwaukee arena which holds like 15000 people and there might of been 3000 people there.And when my friends tell me they paid 200 bucks to see the Eagles I tell them I saw them for $2.75 lol
In the more or less strictly 'prog' canon, "Playing the Fool" is indeed the stand-out, on par for comparison across genres, with Humble Pie/Live at the Flimore, and V.S.O.P. (Hancock, Hubbard, Shorter, Carter, and Williams)/The Quintet, or Joni Mitchell/Shadows and Light.
Just getting into GG. I was recommended the live album, Playing the Fool. Now I'm hooked. Will probably get that one and Free Hand for sure. Octopus and the Roger Dean art. How can you go wrong. 😎
@@TheProgCorner Went to a record/cd collectors show today. I was looking for the live album, but no dice. Did get "Free Hand" Steven Wilson remix on CD. Happy days.
Here's my ranking : 1. Octopus 2. In a Glass House 3. Power & the Glory 4. Acquiring 5. Free Hand 6. 3 Friends 7. Debut 8. Interview 9. Missing Piece 10. Giant for a Day 11. Civilian Octopus is a clear number 1 for me. I still listen to this album 3-4 times a month. One of the few perfect albums IMO. Then, from 2 to 7, my order could change a bit any other day. All quality albums. 10 years ago, 3 Friends was probably my number 2 but it has changed a bit since. The bottom 3 is pretty clear to me. I don't enjoy any of these albums. Many people told me I had to listen to Civilian more.. Meh. I have and I just don't get it at all. Still, thier discography beats out many of the bigger prog bands.
Definetley the most underrated prog band it takes some time to truly love this band but after a while they are amazing every time I listen to a GG album they only get better (except for the late 70s albums) 1. Octopus 1972, 2. In A Glass House 1973, 3. Acquiring The Taste 1971, 4. Free Hand 1975, 5. Three Friends 1972, 6. Gentle Giant 1970, 7. The Power And The Glory 1974, 8. Interview 1976, 9. The Missing Piece 1977, 10. Civilian 1980, 11. Giant For A Day 1978, my personal ranking
amazing records at your back like always...., the new wobbler is incredible..., tangent are fantastic, and goblin amazing staff...., roller is one of the best..., gentle giant is one of the best..., they are pure virtuosity..., but are not easy to hear..., like van der graaf..., is not for all...is not like yes or genesis..., being incredible are more easy to listen...., the giant are complicate and really dense..., all records are really good...., i have all dvds and the thing more amaze me is in the way some of the members can play diferent instrument at that top virtuosity level..., with this touch of gothic music and medieval folk influence..., till the vocal chorus are complicate as hell in setback...., you can hear think in giant albums before a band like queen use it in their albums.., of course with limitations...., you can hear about the schulman brothers but i cant believe people on prog dont speak more about the guitar player and the drummer..., they play impossible things man..., really gald you speak about giant..., they need still to be discober for a lot..., not so much people speak about them... great video scott...., ahhhhhh, to start to name live records of bands and dont named welcomeback my friends is for burn you like a heretic...., (just kidding...). giant was maybe the mosy hard influence in italian prog band and never were named for that.., maybe more than tull or elp..., in the ,70s they were bigger in italy than anywhere else....
Yes. Gentle Giant and Van Der Graaf Generator were bigger in Italy than in the US or UK so they don’t get the credit they deserve!!! Glad you like Wobbler. They are amazing.
Civilian is absolutely an artistic success. Sucks that it wasn't a commercial success. Great album. Overall, we're very similar in our evaluation, except that I'd rank Interview a lot higher. Had a big ol' "thang" with it last summer. Love "Give It Back", and "Design" is just radical. "I Lost My Head" shows why Minnear was such a great, probably underrated keysman. For now I'd place TPATG at #1, but really from 7-1, things are pretty much interchangeable. Hard to split hairs. Brilliance from front to back.
Giant For a Day is my least favorite in the GG catalog, but I still appreciate it as a good pop album, which it is. My favorite of their albums is a really tough call.
I feel the same about the Genesis pop albums. They are still really good, but can't compare to the Gabriel and early Phil albums. I'm the opposite of American Psycho lol
Agree with the live album. Top of tops of all prog live albums. Another favourite of mine is Jethro Tull's Bursting out. Nice ranking list, thanks! My GG ranking: 11. Giant for a day 10. Civilian 9. Interview 8. The missing piece 7. The power and the glory 6. Gentle Giant 5. Acquiring the taste 4. In a glass house 3. Three friends 2. Octopus 1. Free hand
GG Rankings 11. A Missing Piece 10. Giant For a Day 9. Civilian 8. Interview 7. Gentle Giant 6.Acquiring the Taste 5. The Power and the Glory 4. Octopus 3. In a Glass House 2. Free Hand 1. Three Friends 1-7 changes periodically
My ranking (just my opinion, ranked by how much I enjoy the albums): 1. The Power and the Glory 2. Acquiring the Taste 3. Octopus 4. Free Hand 5. In a Glass House 6. Giant for a Day! 7. Gentle Giant 8. Civilian 9. Three Friends 10. The Missing Piece 11. Interview
I love the songs: Spooky Boogie, Friends, Words From The Wise, Giant For A Day. I actually like these 4 songs. I don't have a least favorite Gentle Giant album. As a Gentle Giant FANATIC, I LOVE All of their albums !!!
1. Free Hand 2. The Power and the Glory 3. Octopus 4. Acquiring the Taste 5. In a Glass House 6. Three Friends 7. Interview 8. Gentle Giant 9. Civilian 10. The Missing Piece 10. Giant for a Day
I am still trying to get into Gentle Giant but from the albums I have heard I would ranked them 1. The Power and the Glory 2. Octopus 3. Three Friends 4. The Missing Piece 5. Interview
My first jump off the deep end of prog was when I bought both The Power And The Glory, and King Crimson's Lizard, in the same purchase. That definitely, um... 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 me. I can not imagine either album with Elton John. No, please no.
Acquiring the Taste did receive a US release as I own an American copy, a later pressing on the spaceship Vertigo label. Their debut was never released here upon release. I also own the UK Vertigo swirl of Acquiring the Taste I bought in 2015 for only $20! Unbelievable given originals go for around ten times that much and finding rare LPs for ridiculously cheap is virtually unheard of these days. Plays a little crackly, no skips and someone wrote an "x" on the back cover and on label but great to own the original. The color shading on the cover is a bit different from the American pressing.
GG is a lot of fun to listen to: so many instruments appear at unusual times during these songs. Tasteful listening every time! GG HAS PRODUCED 7 EXCELLENT ALBUMS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. It's rather rare! Most bands produce 5 or 6 excellent albums only to be disappointing before/after. GG gets 7 great albums! Here is my observation (ordered by group/album rating): GENTLE GIANT (7): 1. Octopuses 2. In the glass house 3. Three friends 4. Acquiring the taste 5. Free hand 6. (First) Gentle Giant 7. The power & the glory PINK FLOYD (6): 1. Dark side... 2. Animals 3. Wish you... 4. Meddle 5. Atom... 6. The wall LED ZEPPELIN (6): 1. 4 2. 2 3. Houses... 4. Physical... 5. 1 6. 3 GENESIS (5): 1. Selling... 2. Foxtrot 3. The lamb... 4. Nursery cryme 5. A trick... YES (5): 1.Close... 2. Relay 3. Tales... 4. Fragile 5. Yes album KING CRIMSON (5): 1. In the court... 2. Red 3. Discipline 4. Lark's... 5. Starless... VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR (3): 1. Pawn hearts 2. Still life 3. Godbluff JETHRO TULL (3): 1.Thick... 2. Aqualung 3. Passion play SUPERTRAMP (3): 1. Crime... 2. Even... 3.Breakfast... RUSH (3): 1. Moving pictures 2. Permanent waves 3. 2112 What do you think of this list or the comment preceding it?
I approach things in a very similar way - with slightly different results!!! For example: I think Rush had five 10/10 records and King Crimson had six but Gentle Giant I only rate four as 10/10…Still every album is different, interesting, unique and always entertaining. What a band!!!
It's not a fun game for me, it's more a question of credibility. I like talking about music, but I like precision. I asked you which albums you considered excellent... You answered: Rush has 5 10/10 albums, while you only mention 2; Gentle Giant has 4 10/10 albums and only mention 2; Yes has 6 10/10 albums and only mention 2; Genesis has 6 10/10 albums and only mention 2; Jethro Tull has 5 10/10 albums and only mention 4; Pink Floyd has 4 10/10 albums and only mention 3; Styx has 4 10/10 albums and only mention 2!!! Really, your assessment is so varied that I can't figure it out. I therefore invite you to adopt a certain professionalism which greatly harms your credibility. On this subject, I congratulate you for your constant responses in their publication, if not precise. Know that I will happily continue my visit to your site despite everything, because the pleasure of talking about music will always prevail... and so I congratulate you on the publication of your site on progressive music. Finally, the fact that you like Tales from topographic ocean by Yes so much, ranking it in your top 2, delights me.@@TheProgCorner
Here are some topics for future videos: 1) Who are the top 5 RECORDINGS in terms of SOUND? For me it's The wall and Dark side... followed by all the Steven Wilson remasters. 2) Who are the top 5 CONCEPT records? For me it is: 1.The wall; 2.Thick as a brick; 3.The lamb...; 4.Tales from...; 5.Three friends. 3) Who are the top 5 bands from OUTSIDE the USA or England? For me it is: 1.Rush; 2.Gong; 3.The Elm; 4.Harmonium; 5.Magma. 4) Who are the top 5 bands in term of LYRICS? For me it is: 1.Genesis (PG area); 2.Van der Graaf; 3.Pink Floyd (RW area); 4.Gentle Giant (until Free hands); 5. Jethro Tull. 5) Who are the top 5 bands in terms of MUSICIANS? For me it is: 1.King Crimson; 2.Gentle Giant; 3.Yes; 4.Pink Floyd; 5.Rush.
I’ve done 1) and 2) but the other three are excellent ideas!!! (Well, obviously all five are because I wouldn’t have done the first two otherwise!!!) THANK YOU!!!
Wow! I didn’t know that about Derek Shulman. I love all those details! And yes, GFaD is truly awful and should be defaced! He he… I always loved the live album, “Playing the Fool”, it’s the record that I used to introduce people to the band, and sometimes to prog in general. I’m kind of surprised that I never heard the last album. I’ll have to check it out. Hey, Ohio! I’m in Pittsburgh and I’m very familiar with OH from my days as a motor sports photographer. I’ve been all over the state many times. (please forgive my spelling, dyslexia is always lurking around in my psyche)
@@TheProgCorner but maybe listen to Giant for a Day again. I was really disappointed when it came out and it unquestionably belongs where you put it on the list, but it still has some good musicianship on it.
GG self titled UK i Three Friends US press miały tską samą okładkę,first press UK w Polsce(EX) do kupienia bez problemu! No i Simon Dupree&Big Sound Kites!
I don't believe there is a bad Gentle Giant album but my least favorite album is Civilian followed by Giant For A Day and The Missing Piece. Acquiring The Taste Is my favorite!
I took quite a bit of heat for placing ATT so low in my rankings! It’s not my fault GG has so many great albums!!! And I really do like it. But Free Hand is my Rosetta Stone.
Top albums for me personally are 1. GG debut to Free Hand. Everything in between. Top 3 are In a Glass House, Three Friends, Free Hand. Just for this moment.
My favorites are: Words From The Wise, Giant For A Day, Friends, Spooky Boogie. I actually LOVE these 4 songs. I LOVE ALL of Gentle Giant albums !!! ✅✅✅
1 - Three Friends 2 - In A Glass House 3 - Octopus 4 - The Power And The Glory 5 - Gentle Giant 6 - Free Hand 7 - Interview 8 - Civilian 9 - The Missing Piece 10 - Giant For A Day 11 - Acquiring The Taste
i agree. ptf is the greatest live album! my list. #10 giant for a day missing piece gentle giant acquiring the taste interview civilain three friends octopus in a glass house power and glory #1 freehand
@@TheProgCorner thanks for the benefit of the doubt! i'll take it. i've been listening for a long time. saw them tower theatre for the interview, missing piece, gfad, and civilian tours. '76 tour hooked me! gfad tour almost turned me off but civilian was fresh. i hear it as one long song.
1 Octopus 2 Acquiring the Taste 3 The Power and the Glory 4 In a Glass House 5 Free Hand 6 Three Friends 7 Interview Just like an XTC album ranking. No two are the same.
Their decline was kinda inevitable in the late 70s. By 1976 the band was creatively exhausted. They never get good sales. Perhaps the best thing would be take a pause. Giant for a day unashamedly poppish album. The old fans were in fury and the new auditory never appeared. By the way John Weathers had good kinda McCartney style vocals. He needed to sing more. Playing the fool perhaps their best album ever. Cause it rocks. Proclamation, Advent of Panurge, On reflection I prefer them live. A sort of raw energy that somehow lacks ( for me anyway) on the studio albums.
@@TheProgCorner yeah, a I owned a DVD Giant on the box 5 years ago. A must have for prog rock fans. All great musicians with hilarious mymics. Even an interview for Italian TV when Derek falls from his chair.
@@TheProgCorner Sorry, I made my comment before I saw your correction you made a year ago. I agree that Giant for a Day is their weakest album but I wouldn’t call it a bad album. It’s actually a pretty well crafted pop album, considerably more so (pop, that is) than The Missing Piece which still had some prog elements. Disappointing for a band that made their name in prog, but then they never achieved the success of contemporaries like Yes and Genesis. They are certainly one of my favorite all time bands.
I hate Giant For A Day too. It's horrible. But Words To The Wise is a damn good tune I think. Side two of the Missing piece is a masterpiece if side one disappoints, more than just good -- As Old As You're Young is one of their greatest tunes of all time. My 2 cents
GEntle giant is classical music like Bach. They're far ahead of almost everything, and ahead anyway of the rest. Difficult to convince people who've never heard of them (but of Jethro Tull, of Colosseum, of etc.)
Three Friends for me is the best album by Gentle Giant. Is so special, the beginning of the album is one of the best intros i have ever heard and the last song, my godness so gentle.., so giant.
Such a great album!!! I love GG!!!
I love that last song, the title track. When I first heard it I had to play it again, again and again. Sublime.
Three Friends, I totally agree, and it was the first one I purchased.
When discussing Interview, I mistakenly referred to I Lost My Head as Peel The Paint which was obviously because the two were performed as a medley on the live album, Playing The Fool. Oops!!! My bad!!!
Lol caught that
I caught that. I was surprised because you were looking at the CD when you said it!
@@abrahamlincolnjones2922 He was looking at the vinyl album. Scot doesn't really do cds (unless he has to).
I also really don’t know what’s coming out of my mouth until I play it back…
That got me smiling…so glad you spotted the error👍. Really enjoyed this thank you!
Another of my all time fave rock bands. Have and love their albums from the first GG to Interview. Missing Piece has its moments. My #1 is a tie between Octopus and Glass House
Awesome!!! They are so good. Can still remember the first time I heard them!!!
Free Hand is my favorite GG album too, one of the things I love about it is it's accessible (IMO) to people that have never heard them and at the same time it's their pinnacle masterpiece of GG style prog. In a Glass House was practically impossible to get here in the US which turned out to be a good thing because it introduced me to "import record stores" which specialized in well...imports opened up a whole world of prog to me, one local store became my "go to" store for music.
The first “import” I ever bought!!!
"Peel the paint" is from "Three Friends" my friend not on "Interview " (great song )
it's hard to say witch is my favorite Gentle Giant album they are all so special
thanks !!
Yeah, I got confused because on the live album they do a medley of Peel The Paint and I Lost My Head!!!
@@TheProgCorner Haha I lost my head.., I have that all the time, but thats what makes music special.. Great Live album by Gentle Giant for sure one of the best live albums ever ! Cheers from Netherlands
@@elfensteen5222 Playing The Fool is my go-to GG album. Those guys were incredible!!!
I first heard of Gentle Giant in an interview with Nik Kershaw back in the 80s. It was what he was currently listening to at that time. Mind blown!
Wow!!! I love Nick Kershaw!!! Who knew he was a fan?!!!
Just finished transcribing the entirety of Ray Shulman’s bass parts off In A Glass House. My favourite album of theirs. On a MENTAL Gentle Giant trip, rn.. Probably might be my favourite of the big main Brit prog bands actually. As someone who’s always been a huge sucker for odd time signatures and polyrhythms, etc, Gentle Giant just gives me what I need 🚬😎 lol. I saw them live when I was 19, back in 2009. Same prog fest that I saw Le Orme at. Wasn’t under the GG name obv, was Three Friends. But I’ll never forget, the venue had a waiting hall which had a grand piano, outside the concert hall, so as we were all waiting to be let in to see Gentle Giant, some random dude sat at the piano and started playing “Think Of Me With Kindness” on the piano, and suddenly everyone in the waiting hall started singing along. Being a teen punk who was a HUGE 70s prog head, surrounded by mostly metal heads in those years, I had not even a single friend who was into prog rock. (Tbh to this day, my sis is the only person in my life IRL who’s into prog rock like I am lol), but ya… Being in a room where everyone was spontaneously singing along to fucking Gentle Giant, that gorgeous Kerry Minnear ballad… god damn. God fuckin’ dayum.. just such a special, MAGICAL moment in my life. I’ll never fucking forget it. 🥰🥰🥰
What a cool memory!!! GG forever!!!
In my collection I have the first 8 studio albums on cd. I prefer the first 4 albums especially. Three Friends which is my number 1. I also have the live album Playing The Fool on cd and lp.
That live album is just too good!!! UK Danger Money as your pic is sweet!!! Love that record.
I love GG. Only discovered them about 2 years back, and haven't heard the last 3 albums so far, but I have loved every album I've heard. My favourites are Acquiring..., Octopus and Three Friends.
I like your rankings and all the extra trivia you pack into these. Please do one for your favourite live albums, and cover Phish if you haven't already. Just found your channel, will be checking out your back catalog in the next few days. Thanks for making these. Cheers
Phish!!! Oh yeah. That will be a long episode!!!
Nalin X. Make sure to give Free Hand a careful listen, it's a complete masterpiece
Great job, great review! I dig you, man! Your ranking was surprising. But I like a fan who tells it how they see it. I like ALL their albums and make no apologies for it. Looking forward to more!
Thank you!!!
Giant for a Day! is an excellent pop rock album.
I love your energy!! And your musictaste ofcourse
Very good analysis. I liked your ranking.
Thank you!!!
Thanks. Have been a fan forever but I learnt some more here. Great presentation.
Thank you VERY much 68!!!
Your rankings are virtually the same as mine. We are definitely kindred spirits! The only ones I would swap would be The Missing Piece a little higher, Acquiring The Taste at number 10 (!...yep, I have never thought it that good), Power and The Glory #4, In A Glass House # 3, Octopus #2. But yes, Freehand, what an album, my Number 1 as well. I am so glad you like Civilian....too bad they called it quits after that.
And yes; Playing The Fool live album to me is the greatest live album ever recorded...alongside Live Dates by Wishbone Ash.
Brilliant rankings. Congratulations for having great taste!
Thank you, BG. I’m glad someone else sees the value of Civilian and the possible direction they could have gone into during the eighties. Oh well. They gave us all they had. They gave us enough. More than enough!!!
I agree with the ranking selection. Well done!!
Love what you are doing man... Just because of you I became an XTC fan. Thank you for this
Oh that’s awesome!!! They are just so great. I’m glad you checked them out. After Yes and Genesis they are probably my favorite band.
I listened a lot to prog music when i was a teenager '73 - '76. After that i started listening to other kind of music. To day i'm back on a full tour in prog music and buying all the records i did not have, like most of the Gentle Giant albums.
Every Gentle Giant album is worth owning - except Giant For A Day!!! A lot of us moved on to other genres after 1979 or so…
Great ranking!
Missing Piece was my very first introduction to GG. SO THAT WHAT GOT ME TWO GO ON VACATION TO SPAIN TWO WEEKS. 🇪🇸
Very luckily for Gentle Giant vinyl collectors, the Power and the Glory title track is included on the Steven Wilson remix of The Power and the Glory. It was also included on the 1976 compilation album Giant Steps
Yes!!!!
What a cool video! I loved it. I have my own ranking order, but I enjoyed listening to all the point you’ve made. The 3 piece Utopia shirt was the icing on the cake. I have the same one. Bought it in Cleveland back in 2018. I’m a Todd head as well.
Anyway, congratulations on the channel. I’m gonna be watching more of your stuff. Subscription ON! 😁
Sweet!!! I got mine at the Cincinnati show!!!
Just getting into Gentle Giant (obsessively) over the last several weeks. Love your list, and agree as far as I can… (haven’t heard any of the early or late ones.) Way of Life is definitely hell yeah!!! Right now In a Glass House is at the top. I’m just so in love with the run of those songs. All so spectacular, especially Way of Life. The first album I discovered was Power and the Glory which just bowled me over. It’s so muscular and original. I’ve delved as well into Octopus and Free Hand, both of which are amazing. I have a feeling my feelings for each of these albums will be shape-shifting in the same way that many of their songs do! Anyway, thanks for the awesome video!
Thank you!!! Gentle Giant was such an amazing band. Their music has always spoken to me. 👍👍👍
Congrats for discovering the greatest most legendary genius band ever
This guys plays like no other, what an amazing underrated band
They are definitely in my personal top ten. For sure. So unique!!! So amazing!!!
I agree with Scott in terms in accessibility with Freehand but as a seasoned Giant fan for years my favourite studio is In a Glass House
Good choice. Way Of Life!!!
What a great channel, my friend 👏😁
My list for Gentle Giant is always changing. A band that only have 5 Star albums is quite difficult to rank. As of today it would be like this:
1 Free Hand
2 The Power and The Glory
3 The Missing Piece
4 Three Friends
5 In a Glass House
6 Octopus
7 Giant For A Day
8 Interview
9 Acquiring The Taste
10 Civilian
11 Gentle Giant
Free Hand!!! That makes me happy.
A bang up job fer sher, Scott! There's always something that comes up, however, when discussing Gentle Giant albums. "Power and the Glory" is always near the top, but I can't stand it! B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b!
What a band. Just ridiculously talented.
One of my favorite bands of all time . ❤
They were beyond compare.
Cool story about Elton’s auditions..did not know that..I only have Gentle Giants debut album, which I love..Need to add to my catalogue..Great video..love your channel..glen
Thank you!!! It has been reported that when auditioning for Crimson, the future Sir Elton brought in a copy of his debut album. Robert Fripp was impressed and knew he would not be a good fit. It all worked out okay!!!
@@TheProgCorner I would say it did..I am just going to check out your King Crimson ranking..My favourite prog band…Good luck with your channel..I will give you a shout out when I can..Besides my own channel, I do a weekly live chat in the Canadian Studmuffin channel..
Will definitely talk about your channel on our next chat..glen
Nice!!! I’m going to check it out!!!
Very much agree with the debut album being low down on the list. It's ok and has its moments, but it only hints at what was to follow. Best track sounds like a Crosby, Stills and Nash homage.
Acquiring The Taste would be my number 1, with Free Hand close behind. That said, the 2nd to 7th album are very hard to separate in terms of quality, they're all fantastic.
I like it but it never really thrilled me!!!
@@TheProgCorner All the tracks on the first album are enjoyable, but it has no identity or cohesion. It always sounds to me like a record label compilation album featuring 5 or 6 different bands, lol. Worth a listen every now and again though.
Haha I know what you mean about the best track sounding like CSNY. Exactly what I thought when I first heard it. By the end, I heard the makings of early Queen in that track too. The album grows on me though
It’s a really good record but they were destined to be more than “really good.” They were destined for greatness!!!
Thanks for the post! G.G. was an amazing, talented band of musicians. Freehand is probably their best, but Octopus and "Power" are close contenders. Gary Green is an unsung guitar hero. He could both rock and deal with those confounding time changes!
Gary Green!!! Definitely underrated!!!
In my opinion the list could be:
1- The Power and the Glory
2- Three Friends
3- Octopus
4- In a Glass House
5- Acquiring the Taste
6- Free Hand
7- Gentle Giant
8- Interview
Don't know the others
You’re not missing a whole lot. The last three weren’t great…
Thanks for the awesome Gentle Giant ranking! Here's mine with my point system I used to rank them...
1. Interview - 4.7857
2. Free Hand - 4.7857
3. In A Glass House - 4.6666
4. Octopus - 4.0625
5. Three Friends - 3.75
6. The Power & The Glory - 3.625
7. Gentle Giant - 2.8571
8. Acquiring The Taste - 2.75
9. Civilian - 2.1875
10. The Missing Piece - 2.1111
11. Giant For A Day - 1.45
Wow!!!! That is awesome.
I appreciate that you change up the lower rankings a little bit away from the typical bottom triumvirate of Giant for a Day (100% their worst), Missing Piece, and Civilian, and instead included the debut which I love, but see as a weak GG album solely for the reason the band hasn't been fleshed out yet for the whole album. Instead of Civilian I would swap the Missing Piece which I saw as a possible template for the band moving forward if they wanted to include some more accessible hit-type material. Watching the live performance of Missing Piece from that tour (on UA-cam) they actually integrated that material really well into their larger sound and set lists. They could have woven some of those more simple tracks in between some more complicated tracks, like smashing something like Civilian together with something like Interview. Speaking of, Interview always seems to get defaulted to the lower echelons of fan rankings which I understand, but the more I listen to that particular album I feel it gets a bad rap because of it. It's so hard to rank anything before the Missing Piece though imo simply because all of those albums are SO strong, it's hard to know where to draw the line between sheer great playing on the albums and personal tastes. Great list
Such a great band and so very hard to rank. Like you said, their best records are all 10/10 affairs!!!
That's a tough one. Any of the top 5 can be # 1, though if I had to choose a best, I'd have to go with Octopus.
👍👍👍So good!!!
Wobbler
Yes!!! I love Wobbler!!! (I will do a Wobbler episode as soon as I get the first three on vinyl. Next month???
Saw GG in '72 backing up Yes and the Eagles were the third band.At the end of the night the Eagles were still the third best band.The next day my friend and myself picked up the first 3 GG albums.Aquiring the Taste is still my favorite album.The sad part of this we saw them at the Milwaukee arena which holds like 15000 people and there might of been 3000 people there.And when my friends tell me they paid 200 bucks to see the Eagles I tell them I saw them for $2.75 lol
My first Yes show was August 16, 1976 - Milwaukee Arena!!! Solo Album Tour!!! 💗
@@TheProgCorner i was there also.so you must live in or lived in the Milwaukee area?the Exclusive co is shutting their doors soon
I lived in Waukesha up until 1977!!! Great place to grow up!!!
@@TheProgCorner did you shop at 1812 overture and radio doctors
Radio Doctors, baby!!!
In the more or less strictly 'prog' canon, "Playing the Fool" is indeed the stand-out, on par for comparison across genres, with Humble Pie/Live at the Flimore, and V.S.O.P. (Hancock, Hubbard, Shorter, Carter, and Williams)/The Quintet, or Joni Mitchell/Shadows and Light.
You (obviously) are correct!!!!! 👍👍👍
No Other Band Could Touch The Giant!
So incredibly good.
Just getting into GG. I was recommended the live album, Playing the Fool. Now I'm hooked. Will probably get that one and Free Hand for sure. Octopus and the Roger Dean art. How can you go wrong. 😎
You can’t go wrong with the Giant!!! Such a talented band.
@@TheProgCorner Went to a record/cd collectors show today. I was looking for the live album, but no dice. Did get "Free Hand" Steven Wilson remix on CD. Happy days.
Just amazing!!! I love the SW GG remixes.
Here's my ranking :
1. Octopus
2. In a Glass House
3. Power & the Glory
4. Acquiring
5. Free Hand
6. 3 Friends
7. Debut
8. Interview
9. Missing Piece
10. Giant for a Day
11. Civilian
Octopus is a clear number 1 for me. I still listen to this album 3-4 times a month. One of the few perfect albums IMO.
Then, from 2 to 7, my order could change a bit any other day. All quality albums. 10 years ago, 3 Friends was probably my number 2 but it has changed a bit since.
The bottom 3 is pretty clear to me. I don't enjoy any of these albums. Many people told me I had to listen to Civilian more.. Meh. I have and I just don't get it at all.
Still, thier discography beats out many of the bigger prog bands.
Definetley the most underrated prog band it takes some time to truly love this band but after a while they are amazing every time I listen to a GG album they only get better (except for the late 70s albums)
1. Octopus 1972,
2. In A Glass House 1973,
3. Acquiring The Taste 1971,
4. Free Hand 1975,
5. Three Friends 1972,
6. Gentle Giant 1970,
7. The Power And The Glory 1974,
8. Interview 1976,
9. The Missing Piece 1977,
10. Civilian 1980,
11. Giant For A Day 1978, my personal ranking
Great list. Great band!!!
You gotta fold out the Acquiring the Taste album cover. It's just a peach. ;P
👍👍👍
Also about Reggie. He was also in a band briefly with Roger Hogdson. They had 2 singles and nothing else.
That I did not know!!!
Just got Free Hand on compact disc. My favorite!
Great album!!!
amazing records at your back like always...., the new wobbler is incredible..., tangent are fantastic, and goblin amazing staff...., roller is one of the best..., gentle giant is one of the best..., they are pure virtuosity..., but are not easy to hear..., like van der graaf..., is not for all...is not like yes or genesis..., being incredible are more easy to listen...., the giant are complicate and really dense..., all records are really good...., i have all dvds and the thing more amaze me is in the way some of the members can play diferent instrument at that top virtuosity level..., with this touch of gothic music and medieval folk influence..., till the vocal chorus are complicate as hell in setback...., you can hear think in giant albums before a band like queen use it in their albums.., of course with limitations...., you can hear about the schulman brothers but i cant believe people on prog dont speak more about the guitar player and the drummer..., they play impossible things man..., really gald you speak about giant..., they need still to be discober for a lot..., not so much people speak about them... great video scott...., ahhhhhh, to start to name live records of bands and dont named welcomeback my friends is for burn you like a heretic...., (just kidding...). giant was maybe the mosy hard influence in italian prog band and never were named for that.., maybe more than tull or elp..., in the ,70s they were bigger in italy than anywhere else....
Yes. Gentle Giant and Van Der Graaf Generator were bigger in Italy than in the US or UK so they don’t get the credit they deserve!!! Glad you like Wobbler. They are amazing.
Civilian is absolutely an artistic success. Sucks that it wasn't a commercial success. Great album.
Overall, we're very similar in our evaluation, except that I'd rank Interview a lot higher. Had a big ol' "thang" with it last summer. Love "Give It Back", and "Design" is just radical. "I Lost My Head" shows why Minnear was such a great, probably underrated keysman.
For now I'd place TPATG at #1, but really from 7-1, things are pretty much interchangeable. Hard to split hairs. Brilliance from front to back.
Such an amazing band. There will never be another…
Giant For a Day is my least favorite in the GG catalog, but I still appreciate it as a good pop album, which it is.
My favorite of their albums is a really tough call.
It is.
I feel the same about the Genesis pop albums. They are still really good, but can't compare to the Gabriel and early Phil albums. I'm the opposite of American Psycho lol
Acquiring the Taste #1
Okay!!! You are NOT alone.
Agree with the live album. Top of tops of all prog live albums. Another favourite of mine is Jethro Tull's Bursting out. Nice ranking list, thanks! My GG ranking:
11. Giant for a day
10. Civilian
9. Interview
8. The missing piece
7. The power and the glory
6. Gentle Giant
5. Acquiring the taste
4. In a glass house
3. Three friends
2. Octopus
1. Free hand
Awesome!!!
GG Rankings
11. A Missing Piece
10. Giant For a Day
9. Civilian
8. Interview
7. Gentle Giant
6.Acquiring the Taste
5. The Power and the Glory
4. Octopus
3. In a Glass House
2. Free Hand
1. Three Friends
1-7 changes periodically
A rock solid ranking.
that's true, Playng the Fool, best live lp. ad the power and the glory to
Amazing band!!!
My ranking (just my opinion, ranked by how much I enjoy the albums):
1. The Power and the Glory
2. Acquiring the Taste
3. Octopus
4. Free Hand
5. In a Glass House
6. Giant for a Day!
7. Gentle Giant
8. Civilian
9. Three Friends
10. The Missing Piece
11. Interview
Poor Interview!!!
RIP Ray Shulman
Such a loss.
Giant for a day has a couple of decent songs on it. Friends and Spooky Boogie are alright.
I like Spooky Boogie but the rest...
I love the songs: Spooky Boogie, Friends, Words From The Wise, Giant For A Day. I actually like these 4 songs.
I don't have a least favorite Gentle Giant album. As a Gentle Giant FANATIC, I LOVE All of their albums !!!
1. Free Hand
2. The Power and the Glory
3. Octopus
4. Acquiring the Taste
5. In a Glass House
6. Three Friends
7. Interview
8. Gentle Giant
9. Civilian
10. The Missing Piece
10. Giant for a Day
Free Hand!!!
I am still trying to get into Gentle Giant but from the albums I have heard I would ranked them
1. The Power and the Glory
2. Octopus
3. Three Friends
4. The Missing Piece
5. Interview
Nice!!!
My first jump off the deep end of prog was when I bought both The Power And The Glory, and King Crimson's Lizard, in the same purchase. That definitely, um... 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 me. I can not imagine either album with Elton John. No, please no.
Right?
Acquiring the Taste did receive a US release as I own an American copy, a later pressing on the spaceship Vertigo label. Their debut was never released here upon release. I also own the UK Vertigo swirl of Acquiring the Taste I bought in 2015 for only $20! Unbelievable given originals go for around ten times that much and finding rare LPs for ridiculously cheap is virtually unheard of these days. Plays a little crackly, no skips and someone wrote an "x" on the back cover and on label but great to own the original. The color shading on the cover is a bit different from the American pressing.
You got super lucky!!! The swirl costs $$$.
Acquiring the taste is by far and large the best GG album.
Their only one in the pinaccle of prog actually.
I like Three Friends, Octopus, In A Glass House, Power and The Glory and Free Hand more.
FYI: Alucard is Dracula spelled backward.
I hate you!!! I’ve been a GG fan for 45 years and I’m just now finding out about this!!!???
GG is a lot of fun to listen to: so many instruments appear at unusual times during these songs. Tasteful listening every time!
GG HAS PRODUCED 7 EXCELLENT ALBUMS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. It's rather rare!
Most bands produce 5 or 6 excellent albums only to be disappointing before/after. GG gets 7 great albums!
Here is my observation (ordered by group/album rating):
GENTLE GIANT (7):
1. Octopuses
2. In the glass house
3. Three friends
4. Acquiring the taste
5. Free hand
6. (First) Gentle Giant
7. The power & the glory
PINK FLOYD (6):
1. Dark side...
2. Animals
3. Wish you...
4. Meddle
5. Atom...
6. The wall
LED ZEPPELIN (6):
1. 4
2. 2
3. Houses...
4. Physical...
5. 1
6. 3
GENESIS (5):
1. Selling...
2. Foxtrot
3. The lamb...
4. Nursery cryme
5. A trick...
YES (5):
1.Close...
2. Relay
3. Tales...
4. Fragile
5. Yes album
KING CRIMSON (5):
1. In the court...
2. Red
3. Discipline
4. Lark's...
5. Starless...
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR (3):
1. Pawn hearts
2. Still life
3. Godbluff
JETHRO TULL (3):
1.Thick...
2. Aqualung
3. Passion play
SUPERTRAMP (3):
1. Crime...
2. Even...
3.Breakfast...
RUSH (3):
1. Moving pictures
2. Permanent waves
3. 2112
What do you think of this list or the comment preceding it?
I approach things in a very similar way - with slightly different results!!! For example: I think Rush had five 10/10 records and King Crimson had six but Gentle Giant I only rate four as 10/10…Still every album is different, interesting, unique and always entertaining. What a band!!!
I would like to know the album titles of each of them: 5 Rush, 6 KC, 4 GG...@@TheProgCorner
Rush (5): 2112 - Moving Pictures
KC (6): ITCOTCK, Lizard, LTIA, SABB, Red & Discipline
GG (4): Octopus - Free Hand
Yes (6): TYA - GFTO
Genesis (6): Nursery Cryme - W&W
Tull (5): Aqualung - APP, Minstrel & SFTW
Floyd (4): Meddle, TDSOTM - Animals
Kansas (4): The first four
Styx (4): Equinox - Pieces Of Eight
Fun game!!!
It's not a fun game for me, it's more a question of credibility. I like talking about music, but I like precision.
I asked you which albums you considered excellent... You answered:
Rush has 5 10/10 albums, while you only mention 2;
Gentle Giant has 4 10/10 albums and only mention 2;
Yes has 6 10/10 albums and only mention 2;
Genesis has 6 10/10 albums and only mention 2;
Jethro Tull has 5 10/10 albums and only mention 4;
Pink Floyd has 4 10/10 albums and only mention 3;
Styx has 4 10/10 albums and only mention 2!!!
Really, your assessment is so varied that I can't figure it out. I therefore invite you to adopt a certain professionalism which greatly harms your credibility. On this subject, I congratulate you for your constant responses in their publication, if not precise.
Know that I will happily continue my visit to your site despite everything, because the pleasure of talking about music will always prevail... and so I congratulate you on the publication of your site on progressive music.
Finally, the fact that you like Tales from topographic ocean by Yes so much, ranking it in your top 2, delights me.@@TheProgCorner
All opinions are welcome here!!!!!!!
Saw them on a double bill with Weather Report!!...
Wow!!!
PTF - Man, I agree.
Here are some topics for future videos:
1) Who are the top 5 RECORDINGS in terms of SOUND?
For me it's The wall and Dark side... followed by all the Steven Wilson remasters.
2) Who are the top 5 CONCEPT records?
For me it is: 1.The wall; 2.Thick as a brick; 3.The lamb...; 4.Tales from...; 5.Three friends.
3) Who are the top 5 bands from OUTSIDE the USA or England?
For me it is: 1.Rush; 2.Gong; 3.The Elm; 4.Harmonium; 5.Magma.
4) Who are the top 5 bands in term of LYRICS?
For me it is: 1.Genesis (PG area); 2.Van der Graaf; 3.Pink Floyd (RW area); 4.Gentle Giant (until Free hands); 5. Jethro Tull.
5) Who are the top 5 bands in terms of MUSICIANS?
For me it is: 1.King Crimson; 2.Gentle Giant; 3.Yes; 4.Pink Floyd; 5.Rush.
I’ve done 1) and 2) but the other three are excellent ideas!!! (Well, obviously all five are because I wouldn’t have done the first two otherwise!!!) THANK YOU!!!
Can you give me the UA-cam link of these 1) and 2) videos?@@TheProgCorner
Here’s the concept album episode:
ua-cam.com/video/0LUNq3S61VA/v-deo.htmlsi=So2nwWZYn_8ZRE3S
And here’s my Best Produced Prog Albums:
ua-cam.com/video/ElW4X0vdX6o/v-deo.htmlsi=2MpsNG_ajUmHf-hQ
Thanks!@@TheProgCorner
Wow! I didn’t know that about Derek Shulman. I love all those details! And yes, GFaD is truly awful and should be defaced! He he…
I always loved the live album, “Playing the Fool”, it’s the record that I used to introduce people to the band, and sometimes to prog in general. I’m kind of surprised that I never heard the last album. I’ll have to check it out.
Hey, Ohio! I’m in Pittsburgh and I’m very familiar with OH from my days as a motor sports photographer. I’ve been all over the state many times. (please forgive my spelling, dyslexia is always lurking around in my psyche)
I was actually born in Pittsburgh. Yeah, Civilian is a cool little record. They needed it after Giant For A Day!!!
Exactly the same as my ranking. I’m tempted to say Just the Same.
Excellent!!!!!!!
@@TheProgCorner but maybe listen to Giant for a Day again. I was really disappointed when it came out and it unquestionably belongs where you put it on the list, but it still has some good musicianship on it.
GG self titled UK i Three Friends US press miały tską samą okładkę,first press UK w Polsce(EX) do kupienia bez problemu! No i Simon Dupree&Big Sound Kites!
🇵🇱❤️🇺🇸
I would have put "The Power and the Glory" as number one and would have ranked Octopus above Free Hand but other than that I can kind of agree.
All the top ones are more or less interchangeable!!!
The live album is great, great playing and sound. But, for me, Power and the Glory is my personal favorite.
Probably the best live album ever!!!
@@TheProgCorner I was thinking that, too. At least one of the top best, and certainly underappreciated.
I have it at #1 here:
ua-cam.com/video/226WFN0Zpuo/v-deo.html
E.J was a fan of G.G.! I like Giant for a day at least the title track!
I don't believe there is a bad Gentle Giant album but my least favorite album is Civilian followed by Giant For A Day and The Missing Piece. Acquiring The Taste Is my favorite!
I took quite a bit of heat for placing ATT so low in my rankings! It’s not my fault GG has so many great albums!!! And I really do like it. But Free Hand is my Rosetta Stone.
@@TheProgCorner ATT is a masterpiece but I forgive you since you're a fan.
All GG is good GG!!!
My favorite too, their masterpiece if I had to pick just one.
ATT never hit me as hard as their next five…
Top albums for me personally are 1. GG debut to Free Hand. Everything in between. Top 3 are In a Glass House, Three Friends, Free Hand. Just for this moment.
I love them so much. Some people have difficulty with them but I loved them from the first time I heard them!!!
The debut below Civilian ??? LO Man.. Ok. I respect your opinion ✌
I just adore Civilian - it is like an alternate universe GG.
In A Glass House is my #1
Such a great album. Way Of Life kills me!!!
@@TheProgCorner I so agree with you some of the changes in Way of Life are really special
Bloody hell! I thought that was Rick Wakeman lol
Nah! Just little old me!!!❤️❤️❤️
Giant for a Day has some good songs
It’s okay but definitely their worst effort…
My favorites are: Words From The Wise, Giant For A Day, Friends, Spooky Boogie. I actually LOVE these 4 songs. I LOVE ALL of Gentle Giant albums !!! ✅✅✅
What a great band!!!!
@@TheProgCorner That's why I am a Giant For A Day " EVERYDAY " ! I just LOVE Gentle Giant !!! 💚💚💚💚
They are one of my favorite bands ever!!!
1 - Three Friends
2 - In A Glass House
3 - Octopus
4 - The Power And The Glory
5 - Gentle Giant
6 - Free Hand
7 - Interview
8 - Civilian
9 - The Missing Piece
10 - Giant For A Day
11 - Acquiring The Taste
Some people consider Acquiring The Taste to be their best. (Obviously I disagree with that and so do you!!!) 😎
@@TheProgCorner y'know i just dont really get it. Maybe it's my fault haha I'll keep at it one of these days. Thanks man haha subscribed!
@@TheProgCorner I don't understand why anyone wouldn't like Taste. It and GG were the only ones produced by Bowie himself.
Close…Tony Visconti!!!
Peel the Paint is on Three Friends, it's not the definite highlight of Interview. COME ON, MAN!
You know the Peel The Paint/Lost My Head medley on the live album messed me up…
Derek Schulman also signed Dream Theater.
I forgot about that!!! Yes, he did.
And Nickelback I'm pretty sure! I can forgive him though
And Slipknot. And Cinderella. And Men Without Hats!!!!
i agree. ptf is the greatest live album!
my list.
#10 giant for a day
missing piece
gentle giant
acquiring the taste
interview
civilain
three friends
octopus
in a glass house
power and glory
#1 freehand
Wow!!! Almost identical. You are obviously very intelligent. 😉
@@TheProgCorner thanks for the benefit of the doubt! i'll take it. i've been listening for a long time. saw them tower theatre for the interview, missing piece, gfad, and civilian tours. '76 tour hooked me! gfad tour almost turned me off but civilian was fresh. i hear it as one long song.
I never got to see them.
1 Octopus
2 Acquiring the Taste
3 The Power and the Glory
4 In a Glass House
5 Free Hand
6 Three Friends
7 Interview
Just like an XTC album ranking. No two are the same.
The band was too good.
Their decline was kinda inevitable in the late 70s. By 1976 the band was creatively exhausted. They never get good sales. Perhaps the best thing would be take a pause. Giant for a day unashamedly poppish album. The old fans were in fury and the new auditory never appeared. By the way John Weathers had good kinda McCartney style vocals. He needed to sing more. Playing the fool perhaps their best album ever. Cause it rocks. Proclamation, Advent of Panurge, On reflection I prefer them live. A sort of raw energy that somehow lacks ( for me anyway) on the studio albums.
Playing The Fool is my favorite live album!!!
@@TheProgCorner yes, fantastic album. That telepathy between Ray and Gary during Octopus medley is unbelievable.
There are some videos on UA-cam of them dueling away on acoustic guitars!!!! Amazing!
@@TheProgCorner yeah, a I owned a DVD Giant on the box 5 years ago. A must have for prog rock fans. All great musicians with hilarious mymics. Even an interview for Italian TV when Derek falls from his chair.
Nice!!! I haven’t seen that!!!
Did you miss the first g giant album in all that lot?
No, but it’s ranked near the bottom for me. The first two GG albums never hit me like everything from Three Friends to Interview…
‘Peel the Paint’ is on ‘3 Friends’, not ‘Interview’
Yeah, I got confused because the live version is a medley with I Lost My Head from Interview. Keep watching my videos. I conflate things often!!! 👍👍👍
@@TheProgCorner Sorry, I made my comment before I saw your correction you made a year ago. I agree that Giant for a Day is their weakest album but I wouldn’t call it a bad album. It’s actually a pretty well crafted pop album, considerably more so (pop, that is) than The Missing Piece which still had some prog elements. Disappointing for a band that made their name in prog, but then they never achieved the success of contemporaries like Yes and Genesis. They are certainly one of my favorite all time bands.
Definitely a Top Ten band for me!!!
IN THE GLASS HOUSE IS THE WOERST GENTLE GIANT ALBUM
It has an entirely different sound than their other albums but I love it.
I LOVE GENTEL GAINT AND OTHER PROG BAND AND HARDROCK BAND AND SPACE ROCK AND HRAUT ROCK AND STONER ROCK HEAVE A NICE DAY MIKAEL BRODIN
@@mikaelbrodin6180 Thank you and Prog on!!!
you remind me of someone id try to avoid at the after party.
Ouch!!!!
Imagine IAGHouse being released now! eh!
Wow. I can’t.
I hate Giant For A Day too. It's horrible. But Words To The Wise is a damn good tune I think. Side two of the Missing piece is a masterpiece if side one disappoints, more than just good -- As Old As You're Young is one of their greatest tunes of all time. My 2 cents
They set the bar so incredibly high!!!
GEntle giant is classical music like Bach. They're far ahead of almost everything, and ahead anyway of the rest. Difficult to convince people who've never heard of them (but of Jethro Tull, of Colosseum, of etc.)
I love GG!!!! 👍👍❤️❤️
IAGH #1, PTF #2, TPATG,......
"I hate every song on here." Come on, man, tell us what you *really* think.
I was perhaps a little harsh!!!!
I still can never get into this freaking band
They’re a bit out there!!! 👍👍👍
I like the cover of INTERVIEW, with the rainbow.
CIVILIAN isn't that great tbh....
And you could mistake THREE FRIENDS for Genesis or ELP.
I only like the graphics on Civilian!!!
Their first three albums are overrated as fuck and their last three albums are underrated as fuck. Don’t care what anybody says.
He signed all that garbage?