Octopus (album)

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Octopus
Studio album by Gentle Giant
Released	1972
Recorded	?
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	34:24
Label	Vertigo
Producer(s)	Gentle Giant
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Gentle Giant chronology
Three Friends (1972)	Octopus (1972)	In a Glass House (1973)
Alternate cover
US release.

Octopus is an album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1972.

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Advent Of Panurge" – 4:40
2. "Raconteur Troubadour" – 3:59
3. "A Cry For Everyone" – 4:02
4. "Knots" – 4:09
5. "The Boys In The Band" – 4:32
6. "Dog's Life" – 3:10
7. "Think Of Me With Kindness" – 3:33
8. "River" – 5:54

All songs composed by Shulman, Shulman, Shulman and Minnear.

[edit] Personnel

• Gary Green - Guitars, percussion

• Kerry Minnear - All keyboards, vibraphone, percussion, cello, Moog, lead and backing vocals

• Derek Shulman - Lead vocals, alto saxophone

• Phil Shulman - Saxophones, trumpet, mellophone, lead and backing vocals

• Ray Shulman - Bass, violin, guitar, percussion, vocals

• John Weathers - Drums, percussion, xylophone

[edit] Miscellanea

• The UK release of the album featured art by Roger Dean, but the US release featured a different cover by Charles White.

• The song "The Advent of Panurge" is inspired by the books of Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais.

• The song "A Cry For Everyone" on the album is inspired by the work and beliefs of the Algerian-French writer Albert Camus.

• The song "Knots" is inspired by the book "Knots" by Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing.

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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