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Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant
Studio album by Gentle Giant
Released	27 November 1970
Recorded	August 1970
Studio	Trident Studios, London
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	37:00
Label	Vertigo
Producer	Tony Visconti
Gentle Giant chronology

Gentle Giant is the first studio album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1970.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]

Releases edit

Since the LP was not originally released in the United States, the cover illustration was instead used for the Three Friends album.

Legacy edit

American hip-hop duo Madvillain sampled "Funny Ways" on "Strange Ways" from their album Madvillainy, which was subsequently featured in an episode of the television show The Boondocks.

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, Phil Shulman, and Ray Shulman

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Giant"	6:24
2.	"Funny Ways"	4:23
3.	"Alucard"	6:01
4.	"Isn't It Quiet and Cold?"	3:53

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nothing at All"	9:08
2.	"Why Not?"	5:31
3.	"The Queen"	1:40

Personnel edit

Musicians edit

Gary Green – lead guitar, 12 string guitar (2, 4 & 5), backing vocals
Kerry Minnear – Hammond organ (1-3 & 5-7), Minimoog (3, 5 & 7), Mellotron (1 & 6), electric (5), acoustic (2 & 5) and honky-tonk (4) piano, tympani (tracks 1 & 3), xylophone (4), vibraphone (3), cellos (2), bass (2), backing and lead (3 & 6) vocals
Derek Shulman – lead (1-3, 5 & 6) and backing vocals, bass (4)
Phil Shulman – trumpet (1-3 & 7), alto (3) and tenor (5 & 6) saxophones, descant (6), treble (6) and tenor (6) recorder, backing and lead (2-5) vocals
Ray Shulman – bass (1-3 & 5-7), electric (5-7) and acoustic (5) guitar, violin (1), violins (2 & 4), triangle (2), backing vocals
Martin Smith – drums (tracks 1-3 & 5-7), brushed snare drum (track 4)

Additional musicians edit

Paul Cosh – tenor horn (1)
Claire Deniz – cello (4)

Production edit

Roy Baker – recording engineer
George Underwood – cover artist
Tony Visconti – producer

References edit

^ Eder, Bruce (2011). "Gentle Giant – Gentle Giant | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.