Gentle Giant United Kingdom

The best album credited to Gentle Giant is Octopus which is ranked number 1,813 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 928.

Gentle Giant is ranked number 528 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 3,481.

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Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant / Acquiring the Taste [New CD] UK - Import
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Gentle Giant best albums

The following albums by Gentle Giant are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:

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Year of Release:
1972
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928
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1974
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612
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1972
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418
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1970
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368
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1973
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336
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1975
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281
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1971
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261
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1977
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83
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1976
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69
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1980
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Total albums: 16. Page 1 of 2

This may not be a complete discography for Gentle Giant.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!

Gentle Giant bestography composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 0 0%
1970s 13 0%
1980s 1 0%
1990s 2 0%
2000s 1 0%
2010s 1 0%
2020s 0 0%
Compilation? Albums %
No 16 89%
Yes 2 11%
Live? Albums %
No 16 89%
Yes 2 11%

Gentle Giant best tracks

Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list.

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1.
Rating: 85 (33 votes)Comments: 2
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(from the album Three Friends)
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Rating: 85 (28 votes)Comments: 2
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(from the album Three Friends)
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Rating: 84 (40 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album The Power And The Glory)
4.
Rating: 84 (22 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Acquiring The Taste)
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Rating: 84 (25 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album In A Glass House)
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Rating: 82 (57 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Octopus)
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Rating: 82 (27 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Three Friends)
8.
Rating: 82 (20 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Acquiring The Taste)
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Rating: 82 (53 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Octopus)
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Rating: 82 (52 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Octopus)
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Rating: 82 (49 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Octopus)
12.
Rating: 82 (34 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album The Power And The Glory)
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Rating: 82 (27 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Three Friends)
14.
Rating: 81 (26 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album In A Glass House)
15.
Rating: 81 (26 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album In A Glass House)
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Rating: 81 (51 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Octopus)
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Rating: 81 (20 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Acquiring The Taste)
18.
Rating: 81 (21 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Free Hand)
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Rating: 81 (26 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Three Friends)
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Rating: 81 (19 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Free Hand)
N.B. Tracks must have received at least 3 ratings to appear in the above list.

Gentle Giant ratings

Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 37 votes)
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This artist is rated in the top 2% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 82.1/100, a mean average of 81.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.0/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 15.4.

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From 04/02/2022 07:18
This is the greatest band you have never heard of. As many virtuosos as King Crimson, as tuneful as the best of Genesis.
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From 09/24/2020 16:40
I don't believe this
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From 05/27/2020 23:00
Love this band
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From 10/22/2017 23:36
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
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90/100
From 09/26/2012 03:50
I don't get how this guys aren't higher in the rankings. One of the best of the classic prog bands.
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80/100
From 08/29/2012 08:48
Diverse and intriguing, Gentle Giant were one of the highlights of mid-70s prog.
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From 11/07/2011 17:33
For people who can stand prog and who love vocal harmonies this is the band.
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