This came out when I was living in Bamberg, West Germany on active duty in the Army. I was informed by friends and family not to even bother with this one, it made The Missing Piece seem like Octopus. Wise advise, this. I never bought a copy, I have never owned this album, & I will make this short and sweet. This album is BAAAAAAD.
Of particular note, the STUPID album cover suggests that you are encouraged to destroy it to make a cardboard mask out of it. It would be vastly more entertaining than listening to it.
Side One
"Words From The Wise": Crap
"Thank You": Dreck
"Giant For A Day": Poo
The one, the ONLY kinda/sorta good song on this embarrassment, "Spooky Boogie"
"Take Me": Sh
it
Side Two
"Little Brown Bag": Just an inch better than the previous attempts at straight-up rock & roll, still horrid tho
"Friends": John "Pugwash" Weathers only song, not as terrible as most of this album, sounds a lot like pre-XTC actually. It's ok
"No Stranger": Excrement
"It's Only Goodbye": Meh
"Rock Climber": Nope, this doesn't work either. Thankfully it concludes this abortion of a Gentle Giant album
There is one album left to review, and while the members of Giant hate it I think it is the only successful attempt at Pop-Giant. Civilian is next