Acquiring The Taste (studio album) by Gentle Giant

Acquiring The Taste by Gentle Giant
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 5,001st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 98 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (85th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (844th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,001st)
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GENTLE GIANT “ACQUIRING THE TASTE” LP/Vertigo VEL1005 (VG+) Reissue 1974
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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 1851 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 911.

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 98 votes)
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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 77.7/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.

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I'd say my favourite album from Gentle Giant after Octopus. Very undervalued and forgotten. Deserves a listening.
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Probably their best record.
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Best Albums of 1971
1. Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
2. Who's Next by The Who
3. Hunky Dory by David Bowie
4. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
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6. Blue by Joni Mitchell
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