Gentle Giant (album)

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Gentle Giant
Studio album by Gentle Giant
Released	November 27, 1970 (UK only)
Recorded	August 1970, Trident Studios
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	36:53
Label	Vertigo
Producer	Tony Visconti
Professional reviews
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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

• Gary Green - lead guitar, 12 string guitar

• Kerry Minnear - keyboard, some bass, cello, synthesizer, lead vocals, backing vocals, some tuned percussion

• Derek Shulman - lead vocals, backing vocals, some bass

• 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?"

v • d • e Gentle Giant Derek Shulman · Ray Shulman · Gary Green · Kerry Minnear · John Weathers Phil Shulman · Martin Smith · Malcolm Mortimore Discography Studio 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