Interview (album)

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Interview
Studio album by Gentle Giant
Released	April 30, 1976 (1976-04-30)
Recorded	February – March 1976 at Advision Studios, London
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	36:22
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Gentle Giant
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Piero Scaruffi link Rolling Stone (unfavourable) 1976 Sea of Tranquility link
Gentle Giant chronology
Free Hand (1975) Interview (1976) Playing the Fool (1977)

Interview is a concept album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant which was released in 1976. This is an interesting concept in the canon of Gentle Giant work in that it is conceived as a radio interview. Thus the narration or interviewer is an integral part of the overall soundscape.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 1.3 35th Anniversary reissue 2 Personnel 3 Release details

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed by Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman and Ray Shulman.

[edit] Side one

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

[edit] Side two

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

[edit] 35th Anniversary reissue

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

[edit] Personnel

• Gary Green – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar
• Kerry Minnear – keyboards
• Derek Shulman – vocals, alto sax
• Ray Shulman – bass, violin
• John Weathers – drums
• Phil Sutcliffe – interviewer

[edit] 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)
• 2005, UK, DRT Entertainment RTÉ 00357, Release Date 13 September 2005, CD (35th Anniversary Enhanced Re-Master)

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