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| Released | 3 March 1980[1] | |||
| Recorded | August–November 1979 | |||
| Studio | Sound City, Van Nuys | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 32:41 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis (UK) Columbia (US) | |||
| Producer | Gentle Giant | |||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [4] |
Civilian is the eleventh and final studio album by the British band Gentle Giant, released in 1980.[3][5] It was recorded at Sound City Studios in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles with former Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick. Consisting mostly of short rock songs, it is closer to a traditional rock sound than the progressive style for which the band is best known. The album also marked a return to Columbia Records in the U.S. and Canada after an eight-year hiatus; the band's last album released with Columbia had been 1972's Octopus.
The album peaked at No. 203 on the Billboard 200.[6] Soon after the album's release, Gentle Giant played a final tour and then split up.
A previously unreleased track, "Heroes No More", has been included on some CD reissues of the album. Another track from the same period, "You Haven't a Chance", appeared on the compilation album Under Construction 17 years later.
- ^ "Gentle Giant Tour History".
- ^ Little, Patrick (2011). "Civilian – Gentle Giant | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 719.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. pp. 478–479.
- ^ The Rough Guide to Rock (2nd ed.). Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 407.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2010). Top Pop Albums (7th ed.). Record Research Inc. p. 307.