BGO's 2013 double-disc set pairs two 1972 albums from Gentle Giant: their third album Three Friends and its successor, Octopus. Gentle Giant took the reigns of their own production on Three Friends, resulting in a slightly harder sound; "Peel the Paint" wails like hard rock while "Working All Day" works a nice slow grind. Octopus is much more characteristic of Gentle Giant: its heavier tracks feel as dense as jazz and its open-ended tunes feel teasingly complex. By definition, Gentle Giant did not make music intended to be ...
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BGO's 2013 double-disc set pairs two 1972 albums from Gentle Giant: their third album Three Friends and its successor, Octopus. Gentle Giant took the reigns of their own production on Three Friends, resulting in a slightly harder sound; "Peel the Paint" wails like hard rock while "Working All Day" works a nice slow grind. Octopus is much more characteristic of Gentle Giant: its heavier tracks feel as dense as jazz and its open-ended tunes feel teasingly complex. By definition, Gentle Giant did not make music intended to be sampled, but this two-fer isn't a bad way to hear the group at both its most direct and most elliptical. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
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Add this copy of Three Friends/Octopus to cart. $21.75, new condition, Sold by Importcds rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sunrise, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2013.
