Interview (album)

Interview (stylized ĭn′terview) is the eighth album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant. The album was released in 1976.

Interview
Studio album by Gentle Giant
Released	23 April 1976
Recorded	February – March 1976
Studio	Advision Studios, London
Genre	Progressive rock jazz rock
Length	36:47
Label	Chrysalis (UK) Capitol (Canada, U.S.)
Producer	Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant chronology
Free Hand (1975) Interview (1976) Playing the Fool – The Official Live (1977)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

It is a concept album 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 critically and commercially less successful than their previous album Free Hand.

In addition to the usual stereo version the album was also mixed in 4-channel quadraphonic sound in 1976. The 4-channel mix was not used until 2012 when it finally appeared on DVD with encoding in multichannel LPCM, DTS and Dolby Digital surround sound formats.[2]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, and Ray Shulman.

Side one

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Interview"	Derek Shulman (verses), John Weathers (bridge)	6:54
2.	"Give It Back"	Derek Shulman	5:12
3.	"Design"	Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, John Weathers (in order of appearance); Kerry Minnear (verses)	5:00

Side two

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Another Show"	Derek Shulman	3:29
2.	"Empty City"	Derek Shulman and ensemble	4:23
3.	"Timing"	Derek Shulman	4:52
4.	"I Lost My Head"	Kerry Minnear (first half), Derek Shulman (second half)	6:57

Bonus track – 35th Anniversary reissue

No.	Title	Length
8.	"Interview" (recorded on 3 July 1976 at Calderone Theater, Hempstead, NY)	6:31

Personnel

• Gary Green – electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4-7), acoustic guitar (tracks 5, 7), alto recorder (track 7), backing vocals
• Kerry Minnear – Minimoog (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7), piano (tracks 1, 4-6), Hammond organ (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6), Clavinet (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5), electric piano (tracks 1, 2, 5), synthesizer (tracks 1, 5), RMI Electra Piano (tracks 2, 7), clavichord (tracks 2, 7), marimba (track 2), percussion (track 3), lead vocals on tracks 3, 7, backing vocals
• Derek Shulman – lead vocals, alto saxophone (tracks 5, 6), percussion (track 3)
• Ray Shulman – bass guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4-7), electric violin (tracks 5, 6), violin (track 7), 12 string guitar (track 5), percussion (track 3), backing vocals
• John Weathers – drums, tambourine (tracks 4, 7), percussion (track 3), finger cymbal (track 1), cowbell (tracks 1, 2), cabasa (track 2), güiro (track 2), gong (track 7), backing vocals, co-lead vocals (track 1)

Additional personnel

• Phil Sutcliffe – interviewer[3] (tracks 1, 3, 6, 7)

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1976	US Billboard 200	137

Release details

• 1976, UK, Chrysalis Records CHR-1115, release date 23 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)
• 2012, UK, EMI/Chrysalis Records CHRDX 1115, CD + DVD (DVD contains audio enhanced tracks of the album)

References

1. Taylor, Robert (2012). "In'terview – Gentle Giant | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 Feb 2012.
2. "Gentle Giant – In'terview". discogs.com.
3. Gentle Giant's website (www.blazemonger.com/GG/)