Civilian (Gentle Giant album)

Civilian
Studio album by Gentle Giant
Released 1980
Recorded August – November 1979, Sound City in Van Nuys, California
Genre Hard rock, progressive rock
Length 35:07
Label Chrysalis (UK)
Columbia (U.S.)
Producer Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant chronology
Giant For A Day
(1978)
Civilian
(1980)
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Allmusic [1]
Piero Scaruffi [2]

Civilian is an album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant which was released in 1980. At this point a near total change of style was in evidence with only a trace of the original verve present. The band lasted only a short time after this outing. This album also marks the return to Columbia Records (the first album on this famous label since the 1973 release Octopus) in the U.S. and Canada. It was cut in the L.A. suburb of Van Nuys in 1979 with former Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick.

Contents

Track listing

All Words & Music by D Shulman, R Shulman, G Green, K Minnear & J Weathers

Side one

  1. "Convenience (Clean And Easy)" – 3:14
  2. "All Through The Night" – 4:20
  3. "Shadows On The Street" – 3:18
  4. "Number One" – 4:39

Side two

  1. "Underground" – 3:48
  2. "I Am A Camera" – 3:33
  3. "Inside Out" – 5:51
  4. "It's Not Imagination" – 3:59

Bonus track

  1. "Heroes No More" – 4:25
    • Bonus track - available on later re-release (from 'One Way')

Personnel

Release Details

References

  1. ^ Little, Patrick (2011 [last update]). "Civilian - Gentle Giant | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r38786. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 
  2. ^ Scaruffi, Piero (2010 [last update]). "The History of Rock Music. Gentle Giant: biography, discography, reviews, links". scaruffi.com. http://www.scaruffi.com/vol3/gentlegi.html#title. Retrieved 26 June 2011.