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Gentle Giant is the first album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1970.

Gentle Giant
Studio album by Gentle Giant
Released	27 November 1970
Recorded	August 1970
Studio	Trident Studios, London
Genre	Progressive rock experimental rock
Length	37:00
Label	Vertigo
Producer	Tony Visconti
Gentle Giant chronology
Gentle Giant (1970) Acquiring the Taste (1971)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Releases

Since the LP was not originally released in the United States, the cover illustration was instead used for the Three Friends album.

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

Personnel

Musicians

• 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), 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

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

Production

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

References

• The Rough Guide to Rock (2nd ed.). Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 424.

External links

• "Gentle Giant – Gentle Giant (LP, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 1 September 2009.

На других языках

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[de] Gentle Giant (Album)

Gentle Giant ist das Debütalbum der gleichnamigen britischen Progressive-Rock-Band Gentle Giant. Es erschien am 27. November 1970 bei Vertigo Records.

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- [en] Gentle Giant (album)

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[es] Gentle Giant (álbum)

Gentle Giant fue el primer álbum de la banda británica de rock progresivo Gentle Giant, sacado a la venta en 1970. Fue el único álbum de la banda que figuró en la lista Billboard 200, ocupando el número 48.

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[ru] Gentle Giant (альбом)

Gentle Giant — дебютный альбом британской рок-группы Gentle Giant, выпущенный в 1970 году лейблом Vertigo Records.

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