Octopus (Gentle Giant album)

Octopus
Studio album by Gentle Giant
Released	1 December 1972
Recorded	July 24 – August 5, 1972
Studio	Advision, London
Genre	Progressive rock[1][2]
Length	34:09
Label	Vertigo (UK) Columbia (US/Canada)
Producer	Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant chronology
Three Friends (1972) Octopus (1972) In a Glass House (1973)
Alternative cover
US and Canadian release.

Octopus is the fourth studio album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1972. It was the band's last album with founding member Phil Shulman and the first with new drummer John Weathers, who would remain with the band until their dissolution in 1980. Octopus remains a highly regarded example of the progressive rock genre and is generally considered to represent the start of the band's peak period.^{[citation needed]}