Gentle Giant (album) - Wikipedia
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| Gentle Giant | |||
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| Released | 27 November 1970[1] | ||
| Recorded | August 1970 | ||
| Studio | Trident Studios, London | ||
| Genre | Progressive rock | ||
| Length | 37:00 | ||
| Label | Vertigo | ||
| Producer | Tony Visconti | ||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Gentle Giant is the first studio album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1970.
Since the LP was not originally released in the United States, the cover illustration was instead used for the Three Friends album.
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.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Nothing at All" | 9:08 |
| 6. | "Why Not?" | 5:31 |
| 7. | "The Queen" | 1:40 |
- Gary Green – lead guitar, 12 string guitar (2, 4 & 5), backing vocals
- Kerry Minnear – Hammond organ (1–3 & 5–7), Minimoog (3, 5 & 7), Mellotron (1, 6 & 7), electric (5), 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 (1–3, 5 & 6) and backing vocals, bass (4)
- Phil Shulman – trumpet (1–3 & 7), alto (3) and tenor (5 & 6) saxophones, descant (6), treble (6) and tenor (6) recorder, backing and lead (2–5) vocals
- Ray Shulman – bass (1–3 & 5–7), electric (5–7) and acoustic (5) guitar, violin (1), violins (2 & 4), triangle (2), backing vocals
- Martin Smith – drums (tracks 1–3 & 5–7), brushed snare drum (track 4)
Additional musicians
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- Paul Cosh – tenor horn (1)
- Claire Deniz – cello (4)
- Roy Baker – recording engineer
- George Underwood – cover artist
- Tony Visconti – producer
- ^ "Gentle Giant Tour History - Part One: The Early Days".
- ^ Eder, Bruce (2011). "Gentle Giant – Gentle Giant | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ "Official IFPI Charts – Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Week: 19/2024)". IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on 16 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- The Rough Guide to Rock (2nd ed.). Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 424.
- "Gentle Giant – Gentle Giant (LP, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 1 September 2009.