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Latest revision as of 07:13, 15 September 2025
1976 studio album by Gentle Giant
Interview (stylized Än′terview) is the eighth studio album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1976.
This album was critically and commercially less successful than their previous album Free Hand. Despite this, it has charted more than any other Gentle Giant album.
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.[3]
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.[citation needed]
(Copyright Clipchoice Ltd. & Moth Music, Inc.)
All tracks are written by Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, and Ray Shulman.
| Title | Lead vocals | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Interview” |
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6:54 |
| 2. | “Give It Back” | D. Shulman | 5:12 |
| 3. | “Design” |
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5:00 |
| Title | Lead vocals | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 4. | “Another Show” | D. Shulman | 3:29 |
| 5. | “Empty City” |
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4:23 |
| 6. | “Timing” | D. Shulman | 4:52 |
| 7. | “I Lost My Head” |
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6:57 |
| Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8. | “Interview” (recorded on 3 July 1976 at Calderone Theater, Hempstead, NY) | 6:31 |
- Gentle Giant
- Gary Green – electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4–7), coral sitar (track 1), acoustic guitar (tracks 5, 7), Jew’s harp (track 3), backing vocals
- Kerry Minnear – Minimoog (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7), piano (tracks 1, 4–7), Hammond organ (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7), Clavinet (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5), electric piano (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6), synthesizer (tracks 1, 5), RMI Electra Piano (tracks 1, 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[4] (tracks 1, 3, 6, 7)
- 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)
- The Rough Guide to Rock (2nd ed.). Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 424.
