The Missing Piece
by Gentle Giant
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Gentle Giant bestography
The Missing Piece is ranked 8th best out of 18 albums by Gentle Giant on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Gentle Giant is Octopus which is ranked number 1988 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 829.
(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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The Missing Piece track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 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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| 01/07/2026 07:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 8,316 | 70/100 | |
| 09/14/2025 11:37 | acoustic-horn | 216 | 75/100 | |
| 08/08/2025 03:03 |  AAL2014 | 3,672 | 75/100 | |
| 01/10/2025 10:05 | Fullsized | 163 | 85/100 | |
| 09/16/2024 19:38 | duelek | 1,756 | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.7/100, a mean average of 67.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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Of course this album marks a big change in Gentle Giant's sound, but that doesn't mean it's a bad album. Even though GG is trying to be more pop than ever before in this album, they sometimes succeed and create some great pop tunes (something they won't be able to do in "Giant For A Day"). "Mountain Time" is an amazing pop tune, it's as groovy as it gets. It makes sense, since Gentle Giant has always been the grooviest/funkiest prog band out there. "As Old As You're Young" is another one of those Kerry Minnear amazing songs. I've always liked his voice better than Derek's and this song is a great example why. "Memories Of Old Days" is an instant classic, a really beautiful song. "For Nobody" is another amazing track. There are a few weak moments on this album, but there are still many, many glimpses of the genius we know GG is capable of.
Lachapelle 12/21/2017 19:08 | #203680
Here seems to mark a change in sound for the group which unfortunately seemed to scare away much of their dedicated fans. An energetic and accessible album, which is well worth the listen.
Don't be put off by the numerous negative reviews out there and give this album a spin.
flamingyesdept 12/01/2017 00:06 | #202405
Very underrated. Brilliant AOR album - prog dialled way back in favour of high punk-ish energy and wonderful melodies
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