Gentle Giant 
The best album credited to Gentle Giant is Octopus which is ranked number 1,984 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 857.
Gentle Giant is ranked number 562 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 3,206.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 10/08/2025 11:51 |  doombringer | 211 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2023 00:13 | SethGunde | 103 | 66/100 |
| ! | 01/28/2023 18:10 | Ntax | 146 | 83/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 3% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 79.8/100, a mean average of 80.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.9/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 15.4.
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Gentle Giant forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 5 days ago in Chart of the day (#5483): By Robert Anton WilsonView latest topic →
Lachapelle 08/11/2018 18:35 in Best 3 Year Album Run of Any ArtistGentle Giant comments
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Defago 09/26/2012 03:50 | #51232
I don't get how this guys aren't higher in the rankings. One of the best of the classic prog bands.
Robert Anton Wilson TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/07/2011 17:33 | #30028
For people who can stand prog and who love vocal harmonies this is the band.
Their melodies make absolutely no sense and I love it
Also they are groovy as hell
Definitely the most "progressive" of the prog bands in the 70s
Diverse and intriguing, Gentle Giant were one of the highlights of mid-70s prog.
This is the greatest band you have never heard of. As many virtuosos as King Crimson, as tuneful as the best of Genesis.
