Gentle Giant (studio album)
by Gentle Giant
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Gentle Giant bestography
Gentle Giant is ranked 5th best out of 18 albums by Gentle Giant on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Gentle Giant is Octopus which is ranked number 1936 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 857.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Gentle Giant track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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90/100  | 09/14/2025 11:36 | acoustic-horn | | 76/100 |
70/100 | 08/22/2025 10:04 |  SomethingSpecial | | 82/100 |
80/100 | 08/10/2025 18:26 |  RockyRaccoon | | 84/100 |
95/100 | 02/11/2025 22:50 | MarkusKosmo | | 85/100 |
75/100 | 01/10/2025 10:05 | Fullsized | | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.5/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.
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"Why Not?" is Gentle Giant at its bluesiest.
This album is criminally underrated, even amongst Gentle Giant fans. To me, this is their fourth best, after Three Friends, Free Hand and Octopus. It is definitely their most "folkish" album (especially tracks 2,4 and 5) and I must admit I like it very much.
"Funny Ways" is simply amazing.
"Isn't Quiet And Cold" is a lovely tune, one of my favorite all time. I really like the scenery described in the poetry and the melody is just perfect with the arrangement.
"Nothing At All" is another strong moment, and the intro to this song reminds me of Stairway To Heaven, even though it was recorded before Stairway To Heaven.
"Why Not" is where guitarist Gary Green shines.
The two weakest tracks here would the first and last, but they don't compromise the quality of this album.
All in all, an amazing first album by a great band who went on to do even better albums next!
A classic in it's way. Not their best record but not their worst.
Nice prog rock album. Not bad, but you can find out better stuff of the same genre.
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