Interview (album)

Interview
Studio album by Gentle Giant
Released April 23, 1976
Recorded February – March 1976 at Advision Studios, London
Genre Progressive rock, experimental 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
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Interview (stylized ĭn′terview) is the eighth album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant which was released in 1976. A concept album, it 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.

The album was mixed in quadraphonic sound by the band in 1976 but the 4-channel mix was not released until 2012 when it finally appeared in DVD-Audio format.[2]

Track listing

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

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Interview"   6:54
2. "Give It Back"   5:12
3. "Design"   5:00
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Another Show"   3:29
2. "Empty City"   4:23
3. "Timing"   4:52
4. "I Lost My Head"   6:57
Bonus track - 35th Anniversary reissue
No. Title Length
8. "Interview" (recorded July 3, 1976 at Calderone Theater, Hempstead, NY) 6:31

Personnel

Charts

Year Chart Position
1976 US Billboard 200 137

Release details

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/)
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