Giant (The Woodentops album)

Giant
Studio album by The Woodentops
Released	June 1986
Recorded	1985
Studio	The Roundhouse, Camden; Power Plant Studios, Willesden
Genre	Indie rock
Length	45:42
Label	Rough Trade
Producer	Bob Sargeant
The Woodentops chronology
Giant (1986) Wooden Foot Cops on the Highway (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]
The Village Voice	B[3]

Giant is the debut album by British rock band the Woodentops.

The album reached No. 35 on the UK Albums Chart, spending 4 weeks on the chart.^[4]

The album featured in the 1986 end of year critics polls in the NME and Melody Maker at numbers 36 and 16 respectively.^[5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Rolo McGinty.

1. "Get It On"
2. "Good Thing"
3. "Give It Time"
4. "Love Train"
5. "Hear Me James"
6. "Love Affair with Everyday Living"
7. "So Good Today"
8. "Shout"
9. "History"
10. "Travelling Man"
11. "Last Time"
12. "Everything Breaks"

Personnel

The Woodentops

• Rolo McGinty – vocals, guitar
• Frank de Freitas – bass, voice
• Simon Mawby – guitar, voice
• Benny Staples – drums, voice
• Alice Thompson – keyboards, voice

with:

• Chucho Merchan - double bass
• Jack Emblow - accordion
• Bob Sargeant - marimba
• Steve Sidwell - trumpet
• Danny Schogger - strings

References

1. Cleary, David. "Giant – The Woodentops". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
2. Considine, J. D. (1992). "Woodentops". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. p. 786. ISBN 0-679-73729-4.
3. Christgau, Robert (28 October 1986). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
4. "Woodentops". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
5. "Melody Maker Lists". Rocklist.net. Retrieved 17 October 2021.