Prog Album of the Week - Week 27 (02/08/2014): Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool

As always, we encourage participation from everyone - if you've never heard the album, there's a YouTube link provided! Go check it out and report back!

Welcome to the twenty-seventh week of r/progrockmusic's Album of the Week! Last week we discussed Bacamarte's Depois do Fim and that - ehh, it was alright. If you'd like to peruse previous weeks' discussions, the threads are here:

1, 2, 3, [4] (http://www.reddit.com/r/progrockmusic/comments/1lg9vp/prog_album_of_the_week_week_4_08312013_genesis/), 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26.

We haven't covered enough live records, we haven't covered enough Gentle Giant. Best of both worlds? Probably.

http://i.imgur.com/Jp4oZbz.jpg

###Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool (1977)

Track Listing:

1. Just the Same/Proclamation; 2) On Reflection; 3) Excerpts from Octopus; 4) Funny Ways; 5) The Runaway/Experience; 6) So Sincere; 7) Free Hand; 8) Sweet Georgia Brown; 9) Peel the Paint/I Lost my Head.

• The album on YouTube
• Wikipedia article
• Progarchives review (4.53/5)
• Babyblaue Seiten Review (14/15)
• seaoftranquility Review (5/5)

####Potential Discussion Questions:

• Our third GG discussion and our first (second?) live album discussion. We've covered Proclamation and Octopus, so, of the tracks we've all now heard twice (or 200 times), which versions are superior? Live or Studio?

• How would you personally rate the album?

• Are there any moments on the album you consider particularly strong or particularly weak (i.e., favourite/least favourite moments)?

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