Interview (album)
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{{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)
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