Gentle Giant (album)

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Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant cover
Studio album by Gentle Giant
Released 1970
Recorded  ?
Genre Progressive rock
Length 36:53
Label Vertigo
Producer(s) Tony Visconti
Professional reviews
Gentle Giant chronology
Gentle Giant
(1970)
Acquiring the Taste
(1971)


Gentle Giant was the first album of British progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1970.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Giant (D Shulman, P Shulman, R Shulman & K Minnear) – 6:22
  2. Funny Ways (D Shulman, R Shulman & K Minnear) – 4:21
  3. Alucard (D Shulman, P Shulman, R Shulman & K Minnear) – 6:00
  4. Isn't It Quiet And Cold? (K Minnear) – 3:51
  5. Nothing At All (D Shulman, R Shulman & Minnear) – 9:08
  6. Why Not (K Minnear) – 5:31
  7. The Queen (Trad Arr. D Shulman, P Shulman, R Shulman & K Minnear) – 1:40

[edit] Personnel

  • Kerry Minnear - keyboard, some bass, cello, synthesizer, lead vocals, backing vocals, some tuned percussion
  • Phil Shulman - sax, trumpet, recorder, lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Ray Shulman - most bass, violin, some guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Martin Smith - drums, percussion

Additional Musicians:

  • Paul Cosh (tenor horn) on Giant
  • Claire Deniz (cello) on Isn't It Quiet And Cold
Gentle Giant
Derek Shulman | Ray Shulman | Gary Green | Kerry Minnear | John Weathers
Phil Shulman | Martin Smith | Malcolm Mortimore
Discography
Main Albums: Gentle Giant | Acquiring the Taste | Three Friends | Octopus | In a Glass House | The Power and the Glory | Free Hand | Interview | Playing the Fool | The Missing Piece | Giant for a Day | Civilian
Other Releases: In Concert-BBC Radio 1 | Out of the Woods | Under Construction | Scraping the Barrel | Giant on the Box | GG at the GG
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