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complex) and utilizes a variety of different instruments, almost more so than Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, but even that People said Gentle Giant didn’t do that well, but it did okay,” Derek says. “It certainly wasn’t a big chart burner, but it got our name on the map and enabled us to make another record.” It was also time, thanks to their incredible work ethic, to return to the studio. The time with Visconti had been pleasurable, but, as Green says, “We could produce ourselves. Anything went.” Like Phil Collins in Genesis, Weathers was ideal for Giant. The band were booked to promote Three Friends in the US, but prior to that, WWA had got them the strange gig of supporting the new Jimi Hendrix film, Jimi Plays Berkeley, around the UK.

I had already listened to this work several times before, but as of the date of writing this, this is the moment in which IThe quieter "Think of Me With Kindness" is absolutely beautiful in its relative simplicity yet it isn't a The album has no fillers and the variety of styles and moods is proof of their great combination of musical

mentioned it again today. So, I felt compelled to listen to it again. After all, it's a very interesting piece of work.In Knots, on one of the early "verses" where they are all singing out of sync, listen to the lowest vocalist. The melody is the basis for the Crimson-ish instrumental section later on in the song. (Thanks to Eric Wohnlich.) Malcolm played incredible stuff,” says Green. “Everything, all the time, all in one song. He was the best of the bunch.” cannot recommend this album enough and even non-proggies could easily fall in love with the beauty of this album.