The Power And The Glory
by Gentle Giant
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Gentle Giant bestography
The Power And The Glory is ranked 2nd best out of 18 albums by Gentle Giant on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Gentle Giant is Octopus which is ranked number 1978 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 859.
(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 Power And The Glory track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Power And The Glory rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  sageamagoo | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 18/99 | 76 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 82 Music Albums of 1974 | 27/82 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 41 Music Albums of 1974 | 41/41 | 0 |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 91/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Progressive Rock #301-400 | 41/100 | - |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 21 Music Albums of 1974 | 18/21 | 1 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 49/100 | 50 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 21/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 99 Music Albums of 1974 | 4/99 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 101 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 552 | |||
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The Power And The Glory ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/25/2026 22:30 | iann97 | 2,228 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 19:16 | emnasut | 153 | 87/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 16:16 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
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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 76.9/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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The Power And The Glory forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/17/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5376): By bonnequestionView latest topic →
RoundTheBend 02/26/2021 05:21 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition
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The Power And The Glory comments
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Defago 09/23/2012 07:51 | #51012 | TOP COMMENT
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Great sound, and consistent too - no mediocre tracks here. One of those albums you don't want to end. Best track would have to be Proclamation: good keyboard riff on the intro, which gets better when the drums come in and shine best with the alternate rhythm after the middle part. (Edited)
This is another very consistent release by GG. What I like about this one is that it really works as a whole. Each and every song has a place among the others and serves the purpose of the album. It is also very well produced, just like "Free Hand". I think the best period production-wise for GG is 74-75. They really do sound great in that period. (Edited)
Jboy56 06/01/2023 07:22 | #297328 | TOP COMMENT
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From the last great days of Prog, this is a fine album. To me, the heydays of prog were mostly over around 1975.
the forthcoming punk effectively ended it. The bands remained, but their style and music went towards rock&jazz fusion and pop (Genesis) the last great prog record (that sold well) was probably "Wish You Were Here", but even that was a way different animal than "Meddle" or "Atom Heart Mother". The time of the plain virtuosity was effectively over. (Edited)
An overall consistent prog rock album which is extremely well produced. It is very easy to just stick this record on and enjoy. Very consistent and the quality on display is astounding. (Edited)
discojets1 10/09/2016 17:31 | #176611 | TOP COMMENT
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My personal favorite Gentle Giant album. A prog classic (Edited)
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