Artist: GENTLE GIANT
Album: ACQUIRING THE TASTE REMASTERED (DIGI)

Release date: 1971/ 2007
Media type: CD

When progressive rock boomed in the Seventies, Gentle Giant was rated alongside such contemporaries as King Crimson and Yes.

Acquiring The Taste’ was the Giant’s second album, first released on Vertigo in 1971. It has eight tracks written and performed by founder members Derek and Ray Shulman (vocals, guitars), previously known for their former soul band Simon Dupree And The Big Sound. Among the highlights of the album are such arrangements as ‘Pantagruel’s Nativity’, and ‘Edge Of Twilight’, which typify the Giant’s blend of hard rock and the classics.

A splendid reminder of the glory days, when bands believed in creating challenging music.

TRACKLIST:

1 Pantagruel's Nativity
06:50

2 Edge Of Twilight
03:47

3 The House, The Street, The Room
06:01

4 Acquiring The Taste
01:36

5 Wreck
04:36

6 The Moon Is Down
04:45

7 Black Cat
03:51

8 Plain Truth
07:37