Gentle Giant
Acquiring The Taste
Vertigo
6360 041
(1971)
Rock/Pop
CD, 8
Tracks, 39:26
Length
|
|
|
01 |
Pantagruel's Nativity |
Kerry Minnear; Derek Shulman; Ray Shulman; Phil Shulman |
|
|
06:53 |
02 |
Edge Of Twilight |
Kerry Minnear; Derek Shulman; Ray Shulman; Phil Shulman |
|
|
03:51 |
03 |
The House, The Street, The Room |
Kerry Minnear; Derek Shulman; Ray Shulman; Phil Shulman |
|
|
06:05 |
04 |
Acquiring The Taste |
Kerry Minnear; Derek Shulman; Ray Shulman; Phil Shulman |
|
|
01:39 |
05 |
Wreck |
Kerry Minnear; Derek Shulman; Ray Shulman; Phil Shulman |
|
|
04:40 |
06 |
The Moon Is Down |
Kerry Minnear; Derek Shulman; Ray Shulman; Phil Shulman |
|
|
04:48 |
07 |
Black Cat |
Kerry Minnear; Derek Shulman; Ray Shulman; Phil Shulman |
|
|
03:54 |
08 |
Plain Truth |
Kerry Minnear; Derek Shulman; Ray Shulman; Phil Shulman |
|
|
07:36 |
|
Packaging |
Jewel Case |
Spars |
DDD |
Sound |
Stereo |
|
Vocals |
Derek Shulman |
Bass |
Ray Shulman |
Bass |
Phil Shulman |
Keyboards |
Kerry Minnear |
Drums |
Martin Smith |
Keyboards |
Paul Kosh |
Musician |
Gentle Giant |
Producer |
Tony Visconti |
|
Index |
#
1299 |
Owner |
Dave |
Tags |
Prog Rock |
|
|
The band's second album is a major advance on its first, featuring superior singing, playing, and songwriting, as well as a more unified sound, without sacrificing the element of surprise in the first record. Many of the melodies and even the riffs here (check out Gary Green's first guitar flourish on "Pantagruel's Nativity") have a pretty high haunt count, and all of the musicianship displays an elegance seldom heard even in progressive circles -- but the record also, amazingly enough, rocks really hard as well. Elements of hard rock and Gregorian chants mix freely and, amazingly enough, well throughout this album.