The Power and the Glory

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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. All music and lyrics by Minnear, Shulman and Shulman.
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  • 1974

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  • 2,233.507 s (37.22512 min )

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Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant was a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was notable for the particular complexity and sophistication of its musical material and for the diverse musical skills of its members (all of whom, bar the first two drummers, were accomplished multi...

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Vertigo Records

Vertigo Records today is a UK-based record label operated by Mercury Music Group (UK). Vertigo Records was the name Philips Records chose in the sixties for its record sub-label to counter the progressive labels of its rivals EMI with Harvest Records and Decca Records with Deram Records. Some of...

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