The Power and the Glory (album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Power and the Glory
Type = studio
Artist = Gentle Giant


Released = start date|1974
Recorded = December 1973 – January 1974, Advision Studios, London
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 37:08
Label = Vertigo/WWA, Capitol
Producer = Gentle Giant
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jm2zefqkhgf6 link]
*Progressive World rating|5|5 [http://www.progressiveworld.net/gentlegiant7.html link]
*Sea of Tranquility rating|4.5|5 [http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=3945 link]
Last album = "In a Glass House"
(1973)
This album = "The Power and the Glory"
(1974)
Next album = "Free Hand"
(1975)

"The Power and the Glory" is an album by the British progressive rock group Gentle Giant released in 1974. Both the title of the album and many lyrical themes were inspired by author Graham Greene's novel of the same name.The album was released in the US and Canada by Capitol Records, as would all albums for the remainder of the decade.

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Minnear, Shulman and Shulman.

#Proclamation – 6:48
#So Sincere – 3:52
#Aspirations – 4:41
#Playing the Game – 6:46
#Cogs in Cogs – 3:08
#No God's a Man – 4:28
#The Face – 4:12
#Valedictory – 3:21
#Proclamation (Live) - 4:54 (bonus track on 35th anniversary CD edition)
#The Power and the Glory – 2:53 (bonus track available on certain editions only)

Personnel

* Derek Shulman - Shulberry, vocals, saxophones
* Kerry Minnear - keyboards, vocals, cello
* Ray Shulman - bass, violin, vocals
* Gary Green - guitars
* John Weathers - drums, percussion, vocals