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GENTLE GIANT   

Acquiring The Taste

RELEASED
1971
TYPE
studio album
STYLES
rock, art, classical, jazz
TRACKS
01, Pantagruel's Nativity  (6:52)
02, Edge Of Twilight  (3:49)
03, The House, The Street, The Room  (6:07)
04, Acquiring The Taste  (1:39)
05, Wreck  (4:40)
06, The Moon Is Down  (4:48)
07, Black Cat  (3:54)
08, Plain Truth  (7:37)
DURATION
39:30
MUSICIANS
DEREK SHULMAN -vocals, saxophone, clivichord, cowbell
KERRY MINNEAR -vocals, piano, organ, mellotron, vibraphone,
      moog, harpsichord, celeste, percussion
PHIL SHULMAN -vocals, saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, piano,
      percussion
GARY GREEN -guitars, percussion, backing vocals
RAY SHULMAN -bass, violin, guitars, organ, tambourine, viola,
      backing vocals
MARTIN SMITH -drums, percussion
PAUL COSH -trumpet, organ
TONY VISCONTI -bass drum, triangle
CHRIS THOMAS -moog programming
PRODUCED BY
TONY VISCONTI
REVIEW
Gentle Giant byli vždy spíše originálními klenoty hudebních sbírek než bižuterií pro každého. Vybroušené propojení (dnes by se řeklo crossover) klasického rocku a artrocku s prvky artificiální hudby a jazzu je pro věrné fans dodnes uchvacující.