Civilian (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Civilian
Type = Album
Artist = Gentle Giant


Released = 1980
Recorded = August – November 1979, Sound City in Van Nuys, California
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 35:07
Label = Chrysalis
Producer = Gentle Giant
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:45rn284c055a link]
*Piero Scaruffi rating|4|10 [http://www.scaruffi.com/vol3/gentlegi.html#title link]
Last album = "Giant For A Day" (1978)
This album = "Civilian" (1980)
Next album =
otheruses4|the Gentle Giant album|the Boy Kill Boy album|Civilian (Boy Kill Boy album)

"Civilian" is an album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant which was released in 1980. At this point a near total change of style was in evidence with only a trace of the original verve present. The band lasted only a short time after this outing. This album also marks the return to Columbia Records (the first album on this famous label since the 1973 release Octopus) in the U.S. and Canada. It was cut in the L.A. suburb of Van Nuys in 1979 with former Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick.

Track listing

#"Convenience (Clean And Easy)" – 3:14
#"All Through The Night" – 4:20
#"Shadows On The Street" – 3:18
#"Number One" – 4:39
#"Underground" – 3:48
#"I Am A Camera" – 3:33
#"Inside Out" – 5:51
#"It's Not Imagination" – 3:59
#"Heroes No More" – 4:25 #*Bonus track - available on later re-release (from 'One Way')

Personnel

*Gary Green - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar
*Kerry Minnear - keyboards, vocals
*Derek Shulman - vocals, alto sax
*Ray Shulman - bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
*John Weathers - drums, percussion, backing vocals

All Words & Music by D Shulman, R Shulman, G Green, K Minnear & J Weathers

Release Details

*1980, UK, Chrysalis Records CHR-?, Release Date ? ? 1980, LP
*1980, USA, Columbia Records SW-?, Release Date ? ? 1980, LP
*1994, UK, Terrapin Trucking TRUCKCD008, Release Date ? July 1994, CD (Re-Master)
*1997, USA, One Way CD 28591, Release Date 28 October 1997, CD
*1999, UK, Beat Goes On BGOCD435, Release Date 10 March 1999 , CD (2 x CD with "")