Album
Acquiring The Taste
1971 · Rock
8 collectors on Gatefold own this
Acquiring The Taste is a Rock album by Gentle Giant, originally released in 1971. On Gatefold: 84 pressings tracked, owned by 8 collectors.
About
Gentle Giant's second album, <i>Acquiring the Taste</i>, is where they really start showing off their eclectic gifts; the band up their game several levels here. Most members of Gentle Giant already played a multitude of instruments, but there are even more additions to the arsenal this time around, from celeste, harpsichord, viola, and clarinet to a donkey's jawbone—the better to realize their expanded ambitions. The compositions are exponentially more intricate, the parts more challenging, and the eclecticism amped up to an equal degree. The art-song feel of "Edge of Twilight" gives way to a mini percussion concerto featuring tympani and xylophone. The blistering rock riffs of "The House, the Street, the Room" are interrupted by a sort of modernist fugue. The title track is a baroque synthesizer interlude leading to the heavy-rock sea chantey "The Wreck," which includes an acoustic Renaissance interlude.
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Tracklist
- 1Pantagruel's Nativity6:50
- 2Edge Of Twilight3:47
- 3The House, The Street, The Room6:02
- 4Acquiring The Taste1:36
- 5Wreck4:36
- 6The Moon Is Down4:45
- 7Black Cat3:51
- 8Plain Truth7:36
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Prog Rock
- dense
- cerebral
- art school
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Chris ThomasPROGRAMMED BY SYNTHESIZER
- Derek ShulmanALTO SAXOPHONE, VOCALS, LEAD VOCALS, CLAVICHORD, COWBELL BASS, GUITAR, VOCALS KEYBOARDS
- Gary GreenBASS GUITAR GUITAR , GUITAR , BASS, GUITAR , VOICE, OTHER , VOICE
- Kerry MinnearCELLO ELECTRIC PIANO, ORGAN, MELLOTRON, VIBRAPHONE, SYNTHESIZER , PIANO, HARPSICHORD, TIMPANI, LEAD VOCALS ELECTRIC PIANO, ORGAN, MELLOTRON, VIBRAPHONE, SYNTHESIZER , PIANO, HARPSICHORD, TIMPANI, LEAD VOCALS, WRITTEN-BY
- Martin SmithDRUMS DRUMS, TAMBOURINE, GONG DRUMS, TAMBOURINE, GONG, DRUM
- Paul CoshKEYBOARDS TRUMPET TRUMPET , OTHER
- Paul KoshTRUMPET
- Philip ShulmanCLARINET KEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, SAXOPHONE, TRUMPET, CLARINET, VOCALS, WRITTEN-BY
- Ray ShulmanBASS BASS, GUITAR, VIOLA, VIOLIN, VOCALS, WRITTEN-BY BASS, PERCUSSION, VIOLIN, VOCALS
- Tony ViscontiPERCUSSION BASS DRUM BASS DRUM, TRIANGLE
8 collectors on Gatefold own this · 84 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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