Playing the Fool

by Gentle Giant

Playing the Fool cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 January 1977
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:36:44
  • Community rating: 4.41/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: John Weathers, Kerry Minnear, Gary Green, Derek Shulman, Ray Shulman

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded during a triumphant European tour, this live document showcases the highly eccentric progressive rock act flawlessly executing impossibly complex vocal polyphonies and rapid-fire instrumental shifts. The band's theatrical stage presence and virtuosic multi-instrumental abilities breathe aggressive new life into their dense studio material.

Genres

Descriptors: Live, progressive, complex, technical, polyphonic

Tracklist

  1. Just the Same - Live (5:57)
  2. Proclamation - Live (5:18)
  3. On Reflection - Live (6:25)
  4. Excerpts from Octopus - Live (15:38)
  5. Funny Ways - Live (8:30)
  6. The Runaway - Live (3:54)
  7. Experience - Live (5:36)
  8. So Sincere - Live (10:20)
  9. Free Hand - Live (7:38)
  10. Breakdown in Brussels - Live (1:20)
  11. Peel the Paint / I Lost My Head - Live (7:25)
  12. Just the Same - Radio Session, 1975 (6:02)
  13. Excerpts from Octopus - Radio Session, 1973 (12:36)

Credits

  • Gentle Giant - primary artist
  • Chris Clover - artwork [airbrush]
  • John Weathers - drums, vibraphone, vocals, percussion
  • Eddy Gorecki - plated by
  • Ben Bernie - written-by
  • Kenneth Casey - written-by
  • Maceo Pinkard - written-by

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