[2022-05-20] Gentle Giant "Civilian" expanded remaster (Alucard UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Apr 03, 2022 10:33 pm

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Description
Gentle Giant's last album 'Civilian', was originally released in the spring of 1980, a little over a decade after the band's formation, and like all their alums defied categorization.'Civilian' was the final stage in Giant's move toward a more concise and direct approach while still maintaining its musical integrity. It was unique among their albums in that the material was written and recorded in North America.

The band recruited Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick to man the console at Sound City and Bijou Studios in Hollywood to record this final album. What emerged from these sessions was a comparatively straightforward high-energy rock album, with hook laden songs and clever choruses. Undoubtedly a musical vindication of Giant's decision to move further towards the 'progressive rock mainstream', and the logical conclusion of the work begun on 1976's 'Interview'. Despite having paired down earlier characteristic elements, Gentle Giant retained their quintessential brilliant musicianship moving forward into the new decade.

As a bonus on this, the newly mastered reissue of 'Civilian', and therefore its first official outing on CD, a rare previously unissued track is included. 'Heroes No More' was recorded during the 'Civilian' sessions but failed to appear only because of the need to keep running times down on the old vinyl format. Remastered it is a fantastic addition to the album.

'Civilian' was the last in a line of strikingly original albums, each with its own character, but each recorded with the same care and attention to detail. Gentle Giant were a unique proposition, five talented musicians with the ability to blend widely differing musical traditions into a coherent whole.

Decades after the initial release of 'Civilian' fans of the band old and new have come to realise what an incredibly strong and superbly written and produced album 'Civilian' really was. It is with this knowledge that we are proud to re-release the final album of a truly innovative and original band.

Tracklist
1. Convenience (Clean And Easy)
2. All Through The Night
3. Shadows On The Street
4. Number One
5. Underground
6. I Am A Camera
7. Inside Out
8. It's Not Imagination
Bonus Track:
9. Heroes No More

ranasakawa · 26 Jan 2007

I'm a big fan of Gentle Giant but definitely not this album.
It pales in comparison to their first 4 or 5 albums

Linda · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2022 11:41 am

To promote the remastered album, a new video for the track "Inside Out":

[2022-05-20] Gentle Giant "Civilian" expanded remaster (Alucard UK)

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