Civilian (Gentle Giant album)

Civilian
Studio album by Gentle Giant
Released February, 1980
Recorded August – November 1979
Studio Sound City in Van Nuys, California
Genre AOR, synthpop, new wave
Length 32:41
Label Chrysalis (UK)
Columbia (U.S.)
Producer Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant chronology
Giant for a Day!
(1978)Giant for a Day!1978
Civilian
(1980)
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Civilian is the eleventh and final studio album by British band Gentle Giant, released in 1980. It was recorded at Sound City Studios in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles with former Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick. Consisting mostly of short rock songs, it is closer to an AOR sound than the progressive style for which the band is best known. Soon after Civilian's release, the band played a final tour and then split up.

The album also marked a return to Columbia Records in the U.S. and Canada after an eight-year hiatus. Gentle Giant's last Columbia album had been Octopus (1972).

A previously unreleased track, "Heroes No More", has been included on some CD reissues of Civilian. Another track from the period, "You Haven't a Chance", appeared on Under Construction 17 years later.

Track listing

All tracks written by Kerry Minnear and Derek Shulman, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Convenience (Clean and Easy)" (G. Green, D. Shulman)3:13
2."All Through the Night"4:20
3."Shadows on the Street"3:18
4."Number One"4:38

All tracks written by Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, and Ray Shulman.

Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Underground"3:47
2."I Am a Camera"3:32
3."Inside Out"5:51
4."It's Not Imagination"4:03
Bonus track
No.TitleLength
9."Heroes No More" (available on later CD re-release from One Way)4:38

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References

  1. Little, Patrick (2011). "Civilian – Gentle Giant | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  2. Gentle Giant's website (www.blazemonger.com/GG/)

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