Interview (album)

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

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

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

(Copyright Clipchoice Ltd. & Moth Music, Inc.)

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

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

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[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/)

Gentle Giant
Gary Green Kerry Minnear Derek Shulman Ray Shulman Malcolm Mortimore Phil Shulman Martin Smith John Weathers
Studio albums	Gentle Giant Acquiring the Taste Three Friends Octopus In a Glass House The Power and the Glory Free Hand Interview The Missing Piece Giant for a Day! Civilian
Live albums	Playing the Fool In Concert The Last Steps Live On The King Biscuit Flower Hour In a Palesport House Live Rome 1974 In'terview in Concert Endless Life Prologue Playing the Cleveland Artistically Cryme The Missing Face Live in Santa Monica 1975 Live in New York 1975 GG At The GG - Sight And Sound In Concert Live in Stockholm '75 King Alfred's College, Winchester 1971 Live at the Bicentennial
Compilation albums	The Original Studio Gentle Giant - Vol. 1 The Original Studio Gentle Giant - Vol. 2 Giant Steps – The First Five Years Pretentious – For the Sake of It Circling Round The Gentle Giant Edge of Twilight Out of the Woods: The BBC Sessions Champions of Rock Out Of The Fire: The BBC Concerts The Essential Of Gentle Giant Totally out of the Woods: The BBC Sessions Way Of Life Giant On The Box Memories of Old Days Three Piece Suite
Boxsets	Under Construction Scraping the Barrel I Lost My Head – The Chrysalis Years Unburied Treasure
EPs	Playing The Fool - Gentle Giant On Tour
UK singles	"In A Glass House" / "An Inmates Lullaby" "The Power and the Glory" / "Playing the Game" "Two Weeks in Spain" / "Free Hand" "I'm Turning Around" / "Just the Same" "Words from the Wise" / "No Stranger" "Thank You" / "Spooky Boogie" "The Power And The Glory" / "Proclamation - Live 1977"
Bootlegs	Playing the Foole (Bootleg)