I have a bit of an odd relationship with Gentle Giant. I enjoy some of their stuff (e.g. In a Glass House is great) and yet some of their other highly rated albums leave me cold (e.g. Power and the Glory).
So they are neither a band that has clicked with me (thus inspiring me to buy up all of their albums in a short time) nor one that I have decided I just don't like and am not going to bother with further. Consequently, I have been picking their albums up very, very slowly over the last 10 years or more(!).
My latest purchase is Acquiring the Taste and I have to say that I am absolutely loving it. It's the first GG album that I have enjoyed the whole way through on first listen, and I have had it on constant repeat in the car this week to accompany my commute.
To be honest, it's a while since I last listened to the other albums that I have and I think I will now have to do something about that. Maybe my tastes have changed since I last listened to GG (probably about 2 years ago, in which time I have listened to quite a lot of new things). But I thought it would be interesting to ask fans how ATT is perceived in relation to the other albums. Is it just that this album is generally a bit more accessible? My main impression is that it is more melodic, and more is going on in the way of vocal harmonies than in other GG albums I have heard.
Given that this and In a Glass House are two GG albums I really like, are there any opinions as to what order I should (re)visit the other albums? I already have Octopus, Free Hand, Interview and Power and the Glory, but am happy to try others that I don't have. I feel like this is a band I ought to like more than I do and I just need to find a way to navigate their catalogue!
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