The Missing Piece is the ninth album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant which was released in 1977. After the Interview tour this return to the studio marked a change of direction for the band with the first side of the album exploring different musical directions than the band was previously known for, including pop music and punk rock, while the second side was more in the vein of their signature progressive rock style. This was the last Gentle Giant album to chart in the United States. The Missing Piece is the ninth album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant which was released in 1977. After the Interview tour this return to the studio marked a change of direction for the band with the first side of the album exploring different musical directions than the band was previously known for, including pop music and punk rock, while the second side was more in the vein of their signature progressive rock style. This was the last Gentle Giant album to chart in the United States. false 2025-11-08 09:08:26 The Missing Piece 1977 1977-08-01 1977-08-01 37 Progressive Rock 114004 2128194 47ac7d75-0d18-4aed-bc28-24fe7cc12fa3 f795c501-1c41-4be2-bc2a-875eba75aa31 7ea5a189-2123-3bbc-8ca4-8bd387940bf1 /media/data/media4/Music/Gentle Giant/The Missing Piece/folder.jpg Gentle Giant Gentle Giant 1 1 Two Weeks in Spain 03:06 1 2 I’m Turning Around 04:01 1 3 Betcha Thought We Couldn’t Do It 02:25 1 4 Who Do You Think You Are? 03:36 1 5 Mountain Time 03:26 1 6 As Old as You’re Young 04:24 1 7 Memories of Old Days 07:20 1 8 Winning 04:17 1 9 For Nobody 04:03 Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band were known for the complexity and sophistication of their music and for the varied musical skills of their members. All of the band members were multi-instrumentalists. Although not commercially successful, they did achieve a cult following.The band stated that their aim was to "expand the frontiers of contemporary popular music at the risk of becoming very unpopular", although this stance was to alter significantly with time. Gentle Giant's music was considered complex even by progressive rock standards, drawing on a broad swathe of music including folk, soul, jazz, and classical music. Unlike many of their progressive rock contemporaries, their "classical" influences ranged beyond the Romantic and incorporated medieval, baroque, and modernist chamber music elements. The band also had a taste for broad themes for their lyrics, drawing inspiration not only from personal experiences but from philosophy and the works of François Rabelais and R. D. Laing. In 2015 they were recognised with the lifetime achievement award at the Progressive Music Awards.