Gentle Giant (album)

Gentle Giant
Studio album by Gentle Giant
Released	November 27, 1970
Recorded	August 1970, Trident Studios, London
Genre	Progressive rock, hard rock
Length	37:00
Label	Vertigo
Producer	Tony Visconti
Gentle Giant chronology
Gentle Giant (1970) Acquiring the Taste (1971)Acquiring the Taste1971

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Gentle Giant was the first album of British progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1970.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, Phil Shulman, and Ray Shulman, except where noted. 

Side one
No.	Title	Lead Vocals	Length
1.	"Giant"	Derek Shulman	6:24
2.	"Funny Ways"	Phil and Derek Shulman	4:23
3.	"Alucard"	Phil Shulman, Derek Shulman, Kerry Minnear	6:01
4.	"Isn't it Quiet and Cold?"	Phil Shulman	3:53

Side two
No.	Title	Lead Vocals	Length
1.	"Nothing at All"	Phil and Derek Shulman	9:08
2.	"Why Not?"	Derek Shulman, Kerry Minnear	5:31
3.	"The Queen" (P. Shulman, R. Shulman, Minnear)	(instrumental)	1:40

Personnel

• Gary Green – Lead guitar, 12 string guitar (2, 4), backing vocals
• Kerry Minnear – Hammond organ (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7), Minimoog (3, 5, 7), Mellotron (1, 6), electric (3), acoustic (2, 5) and honky-tonk (4) piano, tympani (tracks 1, 3), xylophone (4), vibraphone (3), cellos (2), bass (2), backing and lead (3, 6) vocals
• Derek Shulman – Lead (1, 2, 3, 5, 6) and backing vocals, bass (4)
• Phil Shulman – Trumpet (1, 2, 3, 6, 7), alto (3) and tenor (5) saxophones, descant (6), treble (6) and tenor (6) recorder, backing and lead (2, 3, 4, 5) vocals
• Ray Shulman - Bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7), electric (5, 6, 7) and acoustic (5) guitar, violins (2, 4), triangle (2), backing vocals
• Martin Smith – drums (tracks 1,2, 3, 5, 6,7), brushed snare drum (track 4)

Additional Musicians:

• Paul Cosh – Tenor horn (1)
• Claire Deniz – Cello (4)

Notes

"Alucard" is Dracula, spelled backwards.

Production

• Roy Baker - Recording Engineer
• George Underwood - Cover Artist
• Tony Visconti - Producer

Releases

Since the LP was not originally released in North America, the cover illustration was available, and it first appeared in the United States and Canada as the cover of Three Friends.

Legacy

American hip-hop duo Madvillain sampled "Funny Ways" on "Strange Ways" from their album Madvillainy, which was subsequently featured in an episode of the television show The Boondocks.