Supriya Ghosh (Editor)

The Missing Piece (Gentle Giant album)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Released
  
September 16, 1977

Artist
  
Gentle Giant

Label
  
Capitol Records

Genre
  
Progressive rock

Length
  
36:28

Release date
  
16 September 1977

Producer
  
Gentle Giant

The Missing Piece (Gentle Giant album) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenthumb7

Recorded
  
May 1977, Relight Studios, Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands

The Missing Piece (1977)
  
Giant for a Day! (1978)

Similar
  
Gentle Giant albums, Progressive rock albums

Gentle giant the missing piece full album


The Missing Piece is the ninth album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant which was released in 1977. After the Interview tour this return to the studio marked a change of direction for the band with the first side of the album exploring different musical directions than the band was previously known for, including pop music and punk rock, while the second side was more in the vein of Gentle Giant's signature progressive rock style. This was the last Gentle Giant album to chart in the United States.

Contents

Gentle giant two weeks in spain 1978 bbc hq


Track listing

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

Personnel

  • Gary Green – electric guitar (tracks 5, 6, 8), electric guitars (tracks 1-4, 7, 9), acoustic guitars (track 7)
  • Kerry Minnear – Hammond organ (tracks 1, 2, 5-9), electric piano (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7), piano (tracks 4-6, 8), synthesizer (tracks 1, 4, 7), Minimoog (tracks 3, 6, 8), Clavinet (track 6), percussion (track 8), vocals (track 6)
  • Derek Shulman – lead vocals on all tracks
  • Ray Shulman – bass, 12-string guitars (track 7), percussion (track 8)
  • John Weathers – drums (track 1-6, 8, 9), tambourine (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 9), cymbal crash (track 7), percussion (track 8), rhythm machine (track 8)

    • There are no official instrument credits listed on the album.

    Release Details

  • 1977, UK, Chrysalis Records CHR-1152, Release Date September 16, 1977, LP
  • 1977, UK, Chrysalis Records CHR-1152, Release Date ? ? 1977, Cassette
  • 1977, USA, Capitol Records ST-11696, Release Date September 20, 1977, LP
  • 1977, USA, Capitol Records ST-11696, Release Date ? ? 1977, Cassette
  • 1977, Brazil, Chrysalis Records 6307 604, Release Date ? ? 1977, LP
  • 1981?, USA, Capitol Records SN-16046, Release Date ? ? ?, LP (re-release)
  •  ?, USA, Capitol Records 18742, Release Date ? ? ?, CD
  • 1994, UK, Terrapin Trucking TRUCKCD006, Release Date 15 July 1994, CD (Re-Master)
  • 1996, USA, One Way CD 18469, Release Date 16 March 1996, CD
  • 1999, UK, Beat Goes On BGOCD435, Release Date 16 April 1999, CD (2 x CD with Giant for a Day!)
  • 2005, UK, DRT Entertainment/Pinnacle RTE356, Release Date 5 September 2005, CD (35th Anniversary Enhanced Re-Master)

    • Songs

    1Two Weeks in Spain3:00
    2I'm Turning Around3:54
    3Betcha Thought We Couldn't Do It2:30

    References

    The Missing Piece (Gentle Giant album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA