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2	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Their first 8 albums qualify from start to finish. Some people also throw in ''The Missing Piece'', ''Giant for a Day!'', and ''Civilian''. As for live material, ''Playing the Fool'' is among the greatest prog live albums ever made.
3	* BrokenBase:
4	** The Gentle Giant fanbase is torn as to which of their eleven albums is considered their best. Popular choices include ''Acquiring the Taste'', ''Octopus'', ''In a Glass House'', ''The Power and the Glory'', ''Free Hand'', and occasionally ''Interview''.
5	** The quality of the band's last 3 albums. Some say that the new-wave influenced direction was the band selling out and putting fame over music, while others say the albums are quite good and reveal a unique side of the band that was never fully explored.
6	** ''Interview''. For some, it's the last great Gentle Giant record before their last three pop albums, while for others it's a mess of underdeveloped, derivative songs tied around a silly concept that showed the band struggling to rush an album out to sustain the momentum ''Free Hand'' had given them.
7	** Derek Shulman's voice. Fans either think he's a good vocalist who adds flair to the music, or a terrible singer who brings down the band's quality and wish that Kerry or Phil would take up the reigns of lead vocalist instead.
8	* EpicRiff: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTet3C_afKA The Boys in the Band]]" is a pretty good example.
9	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: They were most popular in Italy. This was the case with many prog bands; somehow Italy really took to the genre.
10	* HeAlsoDid:
11	** After the band broke up in 1980, Derek wound up as the president of Atco Records - meaning that he was responsible for signing a little-known Long Island band to the label in 1991. The band? ''Music/DreamTheater''.
12	** Kerry Minnear and Ray Shulman later went on to score ''VideoGame/AzraelsTear''.
13	* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The band, along with dozens of their biggest fans and progressive rock luminaries, came together to record a virtual collaboration of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYjFP8gildU "Proclamation"]] during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The sweetest part of all is seeing all seven members of the band singing "Hail!" on screen together at 2:07!
14	* NightmareFuel:
15	** The vocal bridge of "Pantagruel's Nativity".
16	** Also, the spooky "Alucard".
17	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: A case of self-plagiarism, as the title track off of ''Interview'' is often accused of sounding similar to "Proclamation" from ''The Power and the Glory''. Both tracks have a similar keyboard jig feel to them, with similar tempos and vocals.
18	* TearJerker: "The Moon Is Down", "Think of Me with Kindness", "His Last Voyage"

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