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<H1>Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant (UK Import) -- Discipline Global Mobile Shopping Cart</H1> Debut Album <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/dgm/images/giantsm.JPG" ALIGN=right ALT="Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant (UK Import)" NAME="Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant (UK Import)" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> Review by Bruce Eder: Astonishingly daring debut album, not as focused or overpowering as King Crimson's first but still crashing down barriers and steamrolling expectations. The mix of medieval harmonies and electric rock got stronger on subsequent albums, but the music here is still pretty jarring. Kerry Minear was probably the only prog-rock keyboard player of the era who allowed his synthesizers to sound like themselves and not mimic orchestras; Gary Green's guitars are alternately loud and brittle or soft and lyrical, and always surprising; and the presence of saxes and trumpets (coutesy of Phil Shulman) was unusual in any rock band of the era — all of which explains how Gentle Giant managed to attract a cult following but hadn't a prayer of moving up from that level of recognition. "Funny Ways" was the softest prog-rock song this side of Crimson's "I Talk to the Wind," but a lot of the rest is pretty intense in volume and tempo changes. "Nothing At All" by itself is worth the price of the CD, the release of which marked the first appearance of this album in the U.S. catalog, 20 years after it was recorded Track Listing: 1. Giant 2. Funny Ways 3. Alucard 4. Isnt It Quiet And Cold 5. Nothing At All 6. Why Not 7. The Queen <LI>SKU: 8426242 Other products in the category <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/dgm/Category137" TITLE="Gentle Giant">Gentle Giant</A>: <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/dgm/Product691 TITLE="Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste">Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste</A> -- Their 2nd album. <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/dgm/Product692 TITLE="Gentle Giant - Free Hand/Interview (Import)">Gentle Giant - Free Hand/Interview (Import)</A> -- 7th and 8th albums together. <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/dgm/Product696 TITLE="Gentle Giant - In A Glass House">Gentle Giant - In A Glass House</A> -- 35th anniversary edition. <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/dgm/Product982 TITLE="Gentle Giant - Live in New York 1975">Gentle Giant - Live in New York 1975</A> -- Latest in the series of live recordings on the Glasshouse label. <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/dgm/Product682 TITLE="Gentle Giant - Octopus">Gentle Giant - Octopus</A> -- Fourth Album <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/dgm/Product683 TITLE="Gentle Giant - Playing The Fool/Civilian (Import)">Gentle Giant - Playing The Fool/Civilian (Import)</A> -- Remastered with additional sleeve notes. <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/dgm/Product839 TITLE="Gentle Giant - Sight & Sound in Concert (DVD/CD COMBO)">Gentle Giant - Sight & Sound in Concert (DVD/CD COMBO)</A> -- Live in London with a BONUS CD! <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/dgm/Product684 TITLE="Gentle Giant - The Missing Piece/Giant For A Day (Import)">Gentle Giant - The Missing Piece/Giant For A Day (Import)</A> -- Remastered with additional sleeve notes. RELATED PRODUCTS <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/dgm/Product677 TITLE="Gentle Giant - Giant On The Box - DVD">Gentle Giant - Giant On The Box - DVD</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/dgm/Product839 TITLE="Gentle Giant - Sight & Sound in Concert (DVD/CD COMBO)">Gentle Giant - Sight & Sound in Concert (DVD/CD COMBO)</A> <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/dgm" TITLE="Discipline Global Mobile Products">Discipline Global Mobile Products</A> <A HREF="http://www.dgmlive.com/shop.htm">Discipline Global Mobile</A> Discipline Global Mobile <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com" TITLE="ecommerce software">ecommerce software</A> powered by Nexternal