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Generally considered to be the last must-have recording from these progressive rock giants. Recorded at a frenetic pace, the band had the impossible task of topping their classic, Free Hand. While they didn't surpass the success of previous efforts, they did continue to propel their unique brand of complex music into surprising new directions. Interview is actually a concept album centering on a fictitious interview based upon the music business…

This is a rare bit of funky jazz, written by the legendary European composer Janko Nilovic - Montenegran by birth, but best known to the world for his classic 60s and 70s recordings in Paris. Giant is an astounding batch of baroque funky jazz tracks - played with a complex sound that recalls the best MPS moments of the early 70s electric years, and filled with funky keyboards, wah wah guitars, and large complex rhythms that push way way past the usual funk album!

Civilian is the eleventh and final studio album by the British band Gentle Giant, released in 1980. It was recorded at Sound City Studios in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles with former Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick…

The Last Steps is a document of Gentle Giant's last show. By the time they packed it in, the band's music had begun to decline, making their departure less painful…

Returning to Gentle Giant's fourth album after any kind of lengthy absence, it's astonishing just how little Octopus has dated. Often written off at the time as a pale reflection of the truly gargantuan steps being taken by the likes of Jethro Tull and Barclay James Harvest, the band's closest relatives in the tangled skein of period prog, Gentle Giant often seemed more notable for its album art than its music. Octopus, however, marries the two seamlessly, with the cover speaking for itself, of course…