Under Construction (Gentle Giant album)


Under Construction was the first of two box sets of the English progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1997. Its purpose was to collect together all the unreleased material, demos, outtakes and the odd live recordings that the band had created during their career.

Track listing

All songs written by Shulman, Shulman, Shulman and Minnear and arranged by Gentle Giant.

Disc 1 - Entirely Unreleased Material (73:00)

  1. "Radio Bit" – 0:13
  2. "Freedoms Child" – 3:57
  3. "Hometown Special" – 4:24
  4. "Weekend Cowboy" – 3:46
  5. "Bringing Me Down" – 5:50
  6. "Nothing at All" – 8:23
  7. "Rondo-Playing the Game" – 1:33
  8. "DVS Guitars" – 6:28
  9. "Robin Hood" – 1:40
  10. "Interview Whispers" – 1:04
  11. "Interview " – 7:00
  12. "Timing " – 9:49
  13. "Unreleased Civilian Track" – 4:59
  14. "You Haven't a Chance" – 4:12
  15. "Sample Archive" – 9:18

    Disc 2 - Demos And Outtakes (73:18)

  16. "House, the Street, the Room" – 1:50
  17. "Prologue" – 0:40
  18. "Schooldays" – 2:54
  19. "Peel the Paint " – 0:22
  20. "Peel the Paint " – 4:22
  21. "Mr. Class and Quality" – 3:02
  22. "Advent of Panurge" – 0:56
  23. "SHH" – 0:15
  24. "Inmates Lullaby" – 3:37
  25. "Way of Life" – 7:07
  26. "Experience" – 6:51
  27. "So Sincere " – 3:30
  28. "So Sincere " – 3:28
  29. "Intro 74" – 2:23
  30. "Cogs in Cogs" – 1:43
  31. "Intro 76" – 1:40
  32. "Just the Same" – 1:42
  33. "Free Hand" – 2:58
  34. "Time to Kill" – 3:32
  35. "Interview Demo" – 2:02
  36. "Give It Back" – 2:23
  37. "Design" – 0:46
  38. "Another Show" – 2:24
  39. "Empty City" – 3:36
  40. "I Lost My Head " – 2:31
  41. "I Lost My Head " – 1:41
  42. "Convenience " – 1:03
  43. "Freedoms Child " – 3:18
  44. "Kerry" – 0:01

    Personnel