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Acquiring the Taste | 
 enlarge | Artist: Gentle Giant
Label: Polydor
Category: Music
List Price: £15.99
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 58907
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.6 x 0.5
MPN: 842917
UPC: 042284291729
EAN: 0042284291729
ASIN: B000001FW9
Release Date: February 1, 1997
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| Tracks:
| • | Pentagruel's Nativity | | • | Edge Of Twilight | | • | House The Street The Room | | • | Acquiring The Taste | | • | Wreck | | • | Moon Is Down | | • | Black Cat | | • | Plain Truth |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Very Different April 8, 2008
AJ (Joburg, South Africa)
This album is very different to the debut album which I much prefer.There are some really good moments on this album but to be honest I found it very weird and strange on some tracks and not the easiest work to get in to, possibly take a few more plays before I can really decide,sure these guys can play there insruments and they play loads of differnt ones.I would suggest to anyone who is thinking of making a purchase of Gentle Giants albums is try and listen to them first before you buy because you might not like what you here, as already said they are not the easiest band to listen to and dont sound like any another conventional type of early prog bands like Genesis,Yes,ELP etc.
Can only give 3 stars here for this work but will give 5 stars for remastering work done here,sound quality is excellent well done to Reportoire I have bought Budgie cds on this label and the sound quality is superb these guys know what they are doing.
Hope this review has helped in some small way.
 Who is making music this original nowadays March 10, 2008
Peter Duff (london)
I agree wholeheartedly with the reviews that have been posted so far. These Repetoire releases of early Gentle Giant albums are really praiseworthy,both for the sound quality and the faithful reproduction of the original artwork. I was a fan of prog in the early seventies but found that a lot of it has dated somewhat and does sound a bit overblown and pompous. Not so Gentle Giant their music is timeless. Still my favourite band of all time.
camelot polyrhythms January 13, 2008
Dr. J. C. Halloran (Midlands, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Gentle Giant were a collection of polite, chin-stroking chaps who went on to sensible careers. I still don't understand why I like Gentle Giant in any way at all - but I really, really do. The picture of the band on the inside sleeve of the gatefold vinyl edition of `Acquiring The Taste' shows a lot of hairy guys listening intently to the monitors during playback. This isn't hairy in the crazed, discomfited way of the Edgar Broughton Band, but hairy in the brushed, cared-for, pre-glam commercial prog style. The sleevenotes, like the hairstyles, are earnest and lack insight. The pieces are full of tricksy shifts, self-conscious experiments with mediaeval sonorities and gaits. What exactly is there to like here? But all those doubts fade away the minute the needle hits the groove of the original Vertigo swirl vinyl (well, come on, it has to be): `Pentagruel's Nativity' is some sort of masterpiece of prog. It has a strong Camelot feel, a mellotron-driven floatingness, an English space and air. `Edge of Twilight' and `The Moon is Down' are both brilliant too: full of complex sensitivities that break through the salesmanesque demeanours.
Very Tasteful June 22, 2007
Gentle Giant Prog
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
All of Gentle Giant's early works are pretty much flawless, this is no exception. It is quite different from their debut, but no less magical. The album; their second, is perhaps the most blatantly progressive of their first few albums and is defiantly a grower. If you don't like it on first listen, with repeated spins you may well end up loving it.
The album opens with the slow and passionate 'Pantagruel's Nativity,' which boasts impressive lead guitar lines and moody keyboards.
'The Black Cat,' is a great soft song with violin and some funky bass guitar.
The two best songs however, are the rocking 'Wreck' and 'Plain Truth.'
'Wreck,' is a powerful sea song with amazing vocals and a catchy bass line, mixing rock and some quieter violin moments.
'Plain Truth,' also mixes rock and violin but in a different way, in terms of hard rock, the song is the closest the band ever came to sounding like Led Zeppelin, but features an astounding Wah Wah guitar solo... that on closer inspection is actually played on violin, the chorus is also phenomenal and will stick in your head for days.
The remaster is awesome, with great production and packaging; it shines of effort and care. Buy Now!
Taste Acquired September 30, 2006
P. S. Corney
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Repertoire have done a great job at repackaging and remastering this wonderful album. The whole thing looks great with some new sleeve notes written by Chris Welch.The sound is much cleaner than any previous releases although the slight bend at the beginning of the title track is still there. As for the music it is stunning! The opening track is classic Gentle Giant with the contrast of Kerry Minnear's beautifully angelic voice, Gary Green's biting guitar lines and wonderful harmonies during the choral bits. The Edge of Twilight and The Moon is Down are both dark,mysterious tracks, the latter quite jazzy in places. Wreck is a modern day sea shanty, lead guitar and moog working in unison in the verse, recorders in the chorus. The House, The Street, The Room is quite a heavy rocking track with a blistering guitar solo from Gary Green. Black Cat is very atmospheric with Phil Shulman singing lead with his light,sensitive voice. The album finishes wih Plain Truth which allows Ray Shulman to stretch out on his violin. This is a fairly straight forward number which I think was recorded during the recording sessions for the first album. If you like music with depth, contrast and integrity buy it! You will not be disappointed.
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