Acquiring The Taste
by Gentle Giant
Listen & Collect
Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.
Gentle Giant bestography
Acquiring The Taste is ranked 6th best out of 18 albums by Gentle Giant on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Gentle Giant is Octopus which is ranked number 2067 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 807.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to Acquiring The Taste on YouTube
Acquiring The Taste track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Acquiring The Taste rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
RockyRaccoon
AAL2014
Patman360
Fischman
paladisiac
ExTeaSeaAcquiring The Taste collection
Showing latest 20 members who have this album in their collection | Show all 44 members
Acquiring The Taste ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 110 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/09/2026 17:40 | iann97 | 2,101 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 19:15 | emnasut | 153 | 87/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 23:41 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
| ! | 01/03/2026 20:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,436 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/28/2025 16:03 | duelek | 2,080 | 75/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
Acquiring The Taste favourites
Showing all 13 members who have added this album as a favourite
Acquiring The Taste comments
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
IlMala 01/23/2022 21:12 | #279923 | TOP COMMENT
Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I'd say my favourite album from Gentle Giant after Octopus. Very undervalued and forgotten. Deserves a listening. (Edited)
Probably their best record. (Edited)
Your feedback for Acquiring The Taste
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
