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Edge Of Twilight (1996)

About the Album

This 2-CD Gentle Giant anthology from Polygram UK contains material from Gentle Giant, Acquiring The Taste, Three Friends, Octopus, and The Power And The Glory. The recordings have all been remastered. The set comes with a 12-page booklet containing an original essay and several photos.

The album was originally going to be called "Dusky Voices," but this name was dropped. Nevertheless, some CD catalogs list "Dusky Voices" as a Gentle Giant album.

Some copies of the album have a sticker that states: "Includes many tracks previously unavailable on CD." I'm not completely sure what this means. All of the songs have previously been released on CD, but it's possible that some alternative master tapes were used. Most notably, this set is the only CD release containing a correct recording of Acquiring The Taste without the defective "bend" mentioned in my CD guide.

Dan Barrett (maintainer of this web site) selected the tracks, wrote the liner notes, and provided extensive production notes to the engineers.

Track List

Disc 1

1. The Advent Of Panurge
2. Funny Ways
3. Peel The Paint
4. Acquiring The Taste
5. Cogs in Cogs
6. The House, The Street, The Room
7. The Boys In The Band
8. Schooldays
9. Raconteur Troubadour
10. Wreck
11. Nothing At All
12. Why Not
13. Playing the Game
14. Mister Class And Quality?
15. Three Friends

Disc 2

1. Proclamation
2. A Cry For Everyone
3. Isn't It Quiet And Cold?
4. Plain Truth
5. Knots
6. Alucard
7. Aspirations
8. Pantagruel's Nativity
9. River
10. The Face
11. The Moon Is Down
12. Edge Of Twilight
13. No God's a Man
14. So Sincere
15. Think Of Me With Kindness
16. Valedictory