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Acquiring The Taste (CD)

By: Gentle Giant (Artist)

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Gentle Giant Artist Snapshot:

Though never as commercially successful as some of their peers (like Yes and King Crimson), Gentle Giant was one of the greatest and most influential progressive rock bands of the 1970s. Their style was marked by a heavy classical influence and unique use of vocal counterpoint. Their early albums are among the most sophisticated and complex works in the genre. Later on, in an attempt to widen their audience, they simplified drastically, opting for a more commercial, heavy-rock sound. This ultimately worked against them by alienating their cult fanbase, and the band split apart in the early '80s. Brothers Ray and Derek Shulman went on to become successful in the music business, as producer and A&R man, respectively.

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DISC 1 for Acquiring The Taste (CD) Album By Gentle Giant (Artist)
1   Pantagruel's Nativity
2   Edge Of Twilight
3   House, The Street, The Room, The
4   Acquiring The Taste
5   Wreck
6   Moon Is Down, The
7   Black Cat
8   Plain Truth
 

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Q (5/97, p.138) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...the music had gone barmy: hard rock, string quartets and avant-gardist tendencies pulling the music into unrecognisable but wonderful shapes..."

Title Note

Issued in 1971, Gentle Giant's second album, ACQUIRING THE TASTE, finds the British prog-rock band honing its signature sound under the guidance of producer Tony Visconti (who would later collaborate with David Bowie on some of his finest records). While the ensemble justifiably garnered comparisons to contemporaries such as Yes and King Crimson, Gentle Giant often proved to be more whimsical than those acts, as revealed on the lilting "Pantagruel's Nativity," which is lined with medieval flourishes, and the bouncy title track. Though the group would become a bit more popular with a relatively straightforward sound, this outing showcases Gentle Giant in a wildly inventive and playful mode.

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