Giant for a Day is an album

Album

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 by British

United Kingdom

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 progressive rock

Progressive rock

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 band Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except the first two drummers, were multi-instrumentalists...

 which was released in 1978. The band's facility for counterpoint

Counterpoint

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 and medieval-themed arrangements had largely been abandoned by this stage in their career. Commercial success eluded them, while their original fan base began to grow restless. This album is generally acknowledged as the lowest point in the band's career.

Track listing

All songs composed by Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman and Ray Shulman except where noted.

Side One

1. "Words From The Wise" – 4:11
2. "Thank You" – 4:45
3. "Giant For A Day" – 3:48
4. "Spooky Boogie" – 2:52
5. "Take Me" (D Shulman, & J Weathers) – 3:34

Side Two

1. "Little Brown Bag" – 3:24
2. "Friends" (J Weathers) – 1:58
3. "No Stranger" – 2:28
4. "It's Only Goodbye" – 4:15
5. "Rock Climber" – 3:52

Personnel

• Gary Green
  Gary Green
  Gary Green is a British musician. During the 1970s, he was the guitarist for the progressive rock band Gentle Giant. Green was with the band from the debut album Gentle Giant all the way to the last album Civilian. Green's style was different from most of his peers, being a more "blues" based...
  
   – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, backing vocals
• Kerry Minnear
  Kerry Minnear
  Kerry Minnear is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist who played in the innovative progressive rock band Gentle Giant during the 1970s....
  
   – keyboards, bass, backing vocals
• Derek Shulman
  Derek Shulman
  Derek Shulman is a British musician and singer, multi-instrumentalist, and record executive...
  
   – lead vocals, alto sax
• Ray Shulman
  Ray Shulman
  Raymond Shulman is a British musician, and the youngest of three brothers in progressive rock band, Gentle Giant.Born in Portsmouth, Shulman's father was a trumpet player in a jazz band, and that was the first instrument he learned to play...
  
   – bass, backing vocals
• John Weathers
  John Weathers
  John Patrick 'Pugwash' Weathers is a drummer, best known for playing with the innovative progressive rock band Gentle Giant.-Early life:...
  
   – drums, backing vocals, percussion, lead vocals on "Friends"

Release details

• 1978, UK, Chrysalis Records CHR-1186, Release Date 29 September 1978, LP
• 1978, UK, Chrysalis Records CHR-1186, Release Date ? ? 1978, Cassette
• 1978, USA, Capitol Records SW-11813, Release Date 11 September 1978, LP
• 1978, USA, Capitol Records SW-11813, Release Date ? ? 1978, Cassette
• 1978, Brazil, Chrysalis Records 6307 636, Release Date ? ? 1978, LP
• ?, USA, Capitol Records SN-16045, Release Date ? ? ?, LP (re-release)
• ?, USA, Capitol Records 17892, Release Date ? ? ?, CD
• 1993, UK, Road Goes On Forever RGFCD 1007, Release Date ? ? 1993, CD (with lyric sleeve)
• 1994, UK, Terrapin Trucking TRUCKCD007, Release Date 18 July 1994, CD (Re-Master)
• 1996, USA, One Way CD 18470, Release Date 16 March 1996, CD
• 1999, UK, Beat Goes On BGOCD431, Release Date 16 April 1999 , CD (2 x CD with The Missing Piece)
• 2005, UK, DRT Entertainment RTE355, Release Date 5 September 2005, CD (35th Anniversary Enhanced Re-Master)