Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste (1971)

Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste (1971)

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Gentle Giant - Acquiring the taste

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Side one

1. "Pantagruel's Nativity"   6:53

2. "Edge of Twilight"   3:51

3. "The House, the Street, the Room"   6:05

4. "Acquiring the Taste" (instrumental; arr. by Minnear) (instrumental)   1:39

Side two

1. "Wreck"   4:39

2. "The Moon Is Down"   4:49

3. "Black Cat"   3:54

4. "Plain Truth" Derek Shulman (chorus) and ensemble (verses)   7:36

Gary Green – 6-string electric guitar (tracks 1, 3, 6), electric guitars (tracks 5, 8), 12-string electric guitar (track 1), 12 string electric wah-wah guitar (track 7), mandolin (track 3), bass guitar (track 3), donkey's jawbone (track 7), cat calls (track 7), voice on track 8

Kerry Minnear – Minimoog (tracks 1–5), piano (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8), Hammond organ (tracks 1–3), Mellotron (tracks 1, 5, 6), harpsichord (tracks 2, 5, 6), electric piano (tracks 2, 6), celeste (track 3), clavichord (track 3), xylophone (tracks 2, 3), vibraphone (tracks 1, 7), tympani (track 2), cello (tracks 2, 3, 7), maracas (track 7), tambourine (track 7), lead vocals (tracks 1, 2), vocals (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8)

Derek Shulman – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 6), clavichord (track 3), cowbell (track 3), lead vocals (tracks 3, 5, 6), vocals (tracks 1, 2, 7, 8)

Phil Shulman – clarinet (tracks 2, 3), trumpet (tracks 1, 3), alto (track 6) and tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 6), piano (track 3), claves (track 7), maracas (track 8), lead vocals (track 7), vocals (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 8)

Ray Shulman – bass (tracks 1–3, 5–8), violin (tracks 2, 3, 5), violins (track 7), viola (track 7), electric violin (track 8), Spanish guitar (tracks 2, 3), 12 string guitars (track 6), tambourine (track 5), skulls (track 7), organ bass pedals (track 6), vocals (tracks 1–3, 6)

Martin Smith – drums (tracks 1–3, 5–8), tambourine (track 1), gong (track 2), side drum (track 2)

Paul Cosh – trumpet (track 3), organ (track 3)

Tony Visconti – descant recorders (track 5), treble recorder (tracks 3, 5), tenor recorder (track 5), bass drum (track 7), triangle (track 7)

Chris Thomas – Moog programmer (tracks 1–5)

Acquiring the Taste is the 2nd album of English progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1971. It was the final album by the band to feature original drummer Martin Smith.