Gentle Giant (album)

Gentle Giant is the first studio album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1970.

Releases
Since the LP was not originally released in the United States, the cover illustration was instead used for the Three Friends album.

Legacy
American hip-hop duo Madvillain sampled "Funny Ways" on "Strange Ways" from their album Madvillainy, which was subsequently featured in an episode of the television show The Boondocks.

Musicians

 * Gary Green – lead guitar, 12 string guitar (2, 4 & 5), backing vocals
 * Kerry Minnear – Hammond organ (1-3 & 5-7), Minimoog (3, 5 & 7), Mellotron (1 & 6), electric (5), acoustic (2 & 5) and honky-tonk (4) piano, tympani (tracks 1 & 3), xylophone (4), vibraphone (3), cellos (2), bass (2), backing and lead (3 & 6) vocals
 * Derek Shulman – lead (1-3, 5 & 6) and backing vocals, bass (4)
 * Phil Shulman – trumpet (1-3 & 7), alto (3) and tenor (5 & 6) saxophones, descant (6), treble (6) and tenor (6) recorder, backing and lead (2-5) vocals
 * Ray Shulman – bass (1-3 & 5-7), electric (5-7) and acoustic (5) guitar, violin (1), violins (2 & 4), triangle (2), backing vocals
 * Martin Smith – drums (tracks 1-3 & 5-7), brushed snare drum (track 4)

Additional musicians

 * Paul Cosh – tenor horn (1)
 * Claire Deniz – cello (4)

Production

 * Roy Baker – recording engineer
 * George Underwood – cover artist
 * Tony Visconti – producer