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Gentle Giant (album)

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Released
  
November 27, 1970

Label
  
Vertigo

Length
  
37:00

Producer
  
Tony Visconti

Recorded
  
August 1970, Trident Studios, London

Genre
  
Progressive rock, hard rock

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

Contents

Track listing

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

Personnel

  • 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

    • 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.

    References

    Gentle Giant (album) Wikipedia
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