Giant for a Day [LP]

In 1978 Gentle Giant, the most technically fearsome band in British progressive rock, did something nobody expected: they wrote short songs. Giant for a Day sets the odd meters and medieval counterpoint aside for ten tight, hook-first tracks, from the swaggering title song to the new-wave snap of "Spooky Boogie" and the aching "It's Only Goodbye", with Derek Shulman's vocals up front and Kerry Minnear's keyboards pulling toward the radio. Long an outlier in their catalog, it has aged well. This is its first official US vinyl pressing since 1980. From Alucard Records.

Track listing

1. Words from the Wise
2. Thank You
3. Giant for a Day
4. Spooky Boogie
5. Take Me
6. Little Brown Bag
7. Friends
8. No Stranger
9. It's Only Goodbye
10. Rock Climber