Gentle Giant - Octopus

From in UK

Eclectic Progressive Rock

Gentle Giant - Octopus - 1972

Tracks.

01. The Advent Of Panurge (4:45)
02. Raconteur Troubadour (4:03)
03. A Cry For Everyone (4:06)
04. Knots (4:11)
05. The Boys In The Band (4:34)
06. Dog's Life (3:13)
07. Think Of Me With Kindness (3:31)
08. River (5:52)
Total Time: 34:15

Members.

- Gary Green / guitars, percussion
- Kerry Minnear / all keyboards, vibraphone, percussion, cello, Moog, lead and backing vocals
- Derek Shulman / lead vocals, alto saxophone
- Philip Shulman / saxophones, trumpet, mellophone, lead and backing vocals
- Raymond Shulman / bass violin, guitar, percussion, vocals
- John Weathers / drums, percussion, xylophone
Many thanks to Martin Rushant for laugh coinspin and variable speed oscillator, and Mike Viccars, Moog operator.

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Peter Gabriel - Us

From in UK

Crossover Progressive Rock

Peter Gabriel - Us - 1992

Tracks.

01. Come Talk To Me (7:05)
02. Love To Be Loved (5:19)
03. Blood of Eden (6:38)
04. Steam (6:03)
05. Only Us (6:33)
06. Washing of the Water (3:52)
07. Digging in the Dirt (5:18)
08. Fourteen Black Paintings (4:38)
09. Kiss That Frog (5:20)
10. Secret World (7:01)
Total Time: 57:49 

Musicians.

- Peter Gabriel / bass, harmonica, keyboards, percussion, triangle, vocals
- Richard Blair / keyboards
- Bill Dillon / guitar, guitar (electric)
- N'Diaye Rose Doudou / drum loop
- Brian Eno / keyboards
- Kudsi Erguner / flute
- Babacar Faye / djembe, drums
- Tim Green / sax (Tenor)
- Reggie Houston / sax (Baritone)
- Gus Isidore / guitar
- Darryl Johnson / drums, percussion
- Manu Katche / drums
- Daniel Lanois / guitar, shaker, vocals
- Caroline LaVelle / cello
- Tony Levin / bass
- Marilyn McFarlane / vocals
- Levon Minassian / doudouk
- Leo Nocentelli / guitar
- Sinéad O'Connor / vocals
- Ayub Ogada / vocals
- Chris Ormston / bagpipes
- Renard Poché / trombone
- Hossam Ramzy / tabla
- David Rhodes / guitar
- Doudou N'Daiye Rose / loops
- Lakshminarayana Shankar / violin

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Can - Out of Reach

From in Germany

Kraut Rock

Can - Out of Reach - 1978

Tracks.

01. Serpentine (4:03)
02. Pauper's Daughter and I (5:51)
03. November (7:37)
04. Seven Days Awake (5:15)
05. Give me no Roses (5:17)
06. Like Inobe God (5:45)
07. One More Day (1:31)
Total Time: 35:19
CAN apparently do not consider this a real "CAN" album as it is the only one not reissued on their Spoon Label. Bassist Holger Czukay left the band before the recording sessions, and drummer Jaki Liebezeit has a very limited part. 

Members.

- Irmin Schmidt / keyboards, vocals
- Rebop Kwaku Baah / percussion, vocals, polymoog
- Rosko Gee / bass, vocals, Fender Rhodes, Flange bass
- Michael Karoli / guitar, violin
- Jaki Liebezeit / drums
- Holger Czukay / bass 

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