Gentle Giant (album)

Gentle Giant

Studio album by Gentle Giant

Released

November 27, 1970

Recorded

August 1970

Studio

Trident Studios, London

Genre

Progressive rock, hard rock

Length

37:00

Gentle Giant chronology

Gentle Giant
(1970)

Acquiring the Taste
(1971)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic	^[1]

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

Releases

Since the LP was not originally released in North America, the cover illustration was not available, and it first appeared in the United States and Canada as the cover of Three Friends.

Legacy

American hip-hop duo Madvillain sampled "Funny Ways" on "Strange Ways" from their album Madvillainy, which was subsequently featured in an episode of the television show The Boondocks.

Track listing

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

Side one
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Giant"	Derek Shulman	6:24
2.	"Funny Ways"	Phil and Derek Shulman	4:23
3.	"Alucard"	Phil Shulman, Derek Shulman, Kerry Minnear	6:01
4.	"Isn't it Quiet and Cold?"	Phil Shulman	3:53

Side two
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Nothing at All"	Phil and Derek Shulman	9:08
2.	"Why Not?"	Derek Shulman, Kerry Minnear	5:31
3.	"The Queen"	(instrumental)	1:40

Personnel

Musicians

Gary Green – lead guitar, 12 string guitar (2, 4), backing vocals
Kerry Minnear – Hammond organ (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7), Minimoog (3, 5, 7), Mellotron (1, 6), electric (3), acoustic (2, 5) and honky-tonk (4) piano, tympani (tracks 1, 3), xylophone (4), vibraphone (3), cellos (2), bass (2), backing and lead (3, 6) vocals
Derek Shulman – lead (1, 2, 3, 5, 6) and backing vocals, bass (4)
Phil Shulman – trumpet (1, 2, 3, 6, 7), alto (3) and tenor (5) saxophones, descant (6), treble (6) and tenor (6) recorder, backing and lead (2, 3, 4, 5) vocals
Ray Shulman – bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7), electric (5, 6, 7) and acoustic (5) guitar, violins (2, 4), triangle (2), backing vocals
Martin Smith – drums (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7), brushed snare drum (track 4)

Additional musicians

Paul Cosh – tenor horn (1)
Claire Deniz – cello (4)

production

Roy Baker – recording engineer
George Underwood – cover artist
Tony Visconti – producer

References

↑ Eder, Bruce (2011). "Gentle Giant – Gentle Giant | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

External links

"Gentle Giant – Gentle Giant (LP, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
"Gentle Giant (album) – The Gentle Giant Home Page". www.blazemonger.com. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
"GENTLE GIANT Gentle Giant music reviews and MP3". www.progarchives.com. Retrieved 2009-09-01.

Gentle Giant
Gary Green Kerry Minnear Derek Shulman Ray Shulman John Weathers Phil Shulman Martin Smith Malcolm Mortimore
Studio albums	Gentle Giant Acquiring the Taste Three Friends Octopus In a Glass House The Power and the Glory Free Hand Interview The Missing Piece Giant for a Day! Civilian
Other releases	Playing the Fool In Concert-BBC Radio 1 Out of the Woods The Last Steps Under Construction King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Out of the Fire Totally Out of the Woods Live in Rome 1974 In'terview in Concert In a Palesport House Experience Artistically Cryme Endless Life The Missing Face Prologue Scraping the Barrel Playing the Cleveland Live in New York 1975 Live in Santa Monica 1975 Live in Stockholm '75 King Alfred's College Winchester Gentle Giant Live at the Bicentennial 1776-1976 Giant on the Box (DVD) GG at the GG (DVD)

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