Interview (album) 3165639 225694627 2008-07-14T23:04:25Z Synesthetize 5830627 {{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Interview | Type = studio | Artist = [[Gentle Giant]] | Cover = Gentle Giant - Interview.jpg | Released = {{start date|1976|04|30}} | Recorded = February [[–]] March 1976 at Advision Studios, London | Genre = [[Progressive rock]] | Length = 36:22 | Label = [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]] | Producer = Gentle Giant | Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|2.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:u2ja7iojg74r link] *''[[Rolling Stone]]'' (unfavourable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/gentlegiant/albums/album/246096/review/5941383/interview 1976] *Sea of Tranquility {{rating|4|5}} [http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=3982 link] | Last album = ''[[Free Hand]]''<br />(1975) | This album = '''''Interview'''''<br />(1976) | Next album = ''[[Playing the Fool]]''<br />(1977) }} '''''Interview''''' is a [[concept album]] by [[United Kingdom|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. ==Track listing== All songs composed by [[Kerry Minnear]], [[Derek Shulman]] and [[Ray Shulman]]. ===Side one=== #"Interview" – 6:54 #"Give It Back" – 5:08 #"Design" – 4:59 ===Side two=== #"Another Show" – 3:29 #"Empty City" – 4:24 #"Timing" – 4:50 #"I Lost My Head" – 6:58 ===35th Anniversary reissue=== #<li value=8>"Interview" – 6:31 (recorded July 3, 1976 at Calderone Theater, Hempstead NY) ==Personnel== *[[Gary Green]] – [[electric guitar]], [[acoustic guitar]], [[12 string guitar]] *[[Kerry Minnear]] – [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]] *[[Derek Shulman]] – vocals, [[alto sax]] *[[Ray Shulman]] – [[bass guitar|bass]], [[violin]] *[[John Weathers]] – [[drum kit|drums]] *[[Phil Sutcliffe]] – interviewer ==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 (album)|Free Hand]]'') *2005, UK, DRT Entertainment RTÉ 00357, Release Date [[13 September]] [[2005]], CD (35th Anniversary Enhanced Re-Master) {{Gentle Giant}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Interview}} [[Category:1976 albums]] [[Category:Gentle Giant albums]] {{progressive-rock-album-stub}} [[it:Interview (album)]] [[ru:Interview]]