Interview (album)

Interview
Studio album by Gentle Giant
Released	April 23, 1976
Recorded	February – March 1976 at Advision Studios, London
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	36:22
Label	Chrysalis (UK) Capitol (Canada, U.S.)
Producer	Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant chronology
Free Hand (1975) Interview (1976) Playing the Fool (1977)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Sea of Tranquility
Progarchives	(3.8/5)

Interview (stylized ĭn′terview) is a concept album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant which was released in 1976. This is a unique concept in the canon of Gentle Giant work in that it is conceived as a radio interview. Three of the tracks integrate brief "interview" sections which were staged in the studio. The title song has lyrics derived from the type of question and answer dialogue they had encountered while talking to the music press. This album was less successful with critics and in the charts than their previous albums.

Track listing

All songs composed by Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman and Ray Shulman. (Copyright Clipchoice Ltd. & Moth Music, Inc.)

Side one

1. "Interview" – 6:54
2. "Give It Back" – 5:08
3. "Design" – 4:59

Side two

4. "Another Show" – 3:29
5. "Empty City" – 4:24
6. "Timing" – 4:50
7. "I Lost My Head" – 6:58

Bonus track - 35th Anniversary reissue

8. "Interview" – 6:31 (recorded July 3, 1976 at Calderone Theater, Hempstead, NY)

Personnel

• Gary Green – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, recorder, backing vocals
• Kerry Minnear – keyboards, lead vocals on tracks 3,7, backing vocals
• Derek Shulman – lead vocals, alto sax
• Ray Shulman – bass, violin, backing vocals
• John Weathers – drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals on track 1
• Phil Sutcliffe – interviewer

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1976	US Billboard 200	137

Release details

• 1976, UK, Chrysalis Records CHR-1115, Release Date 30 April 1976, LP
• 1976, U.S., Capitol Records ST-11532, Release Date 4 May 1976, LP
• 1976, U.S., Capitol Records ST-11532, Release Date ? April 1976, Cassette
• ?, U.S., Capitol Records SN-16047, Release Date ? ? ?, LP (reissue without picture sleeve)
• ?, U.S., Capitol Records CD 18732, Release Date ? ? ?, CD
• 1994, UK, Terrapin Trucking TRUCKCD005, Release Date ? July 1994, CD (Re-Master)
• 1996, U.S., One Way CD 18467, Release Date ? ? 1996, CD
• 1999, UK, BGO BGOCD421, Release Date 1 October 1999, CD (2 x CD with Free Hand) (This version is missing a few seconds of dialogue at the end of the "Interview" album.)
• 2005, UK, DRT Entertainment RTÉ 00357, Release Date 13 September 2005, CD (35th Anniversary Enhanced Re-Master)