Interview (album)

It is a concept album conceived as a notional 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. The music is as complex and intricate as the group's previous work, with a somewhat larger sound due to keyboard fireworks of Kerry Minnear. The song "Give It Back" has a reggae feel, an indication that prog rock had begun to pass out of style. ==Track listing==

;Gentle Giant • Derek Shulman – vocals, saxes • Gary Green – guitars • Kerry Minnear – keyboards • Ray Shulman – bass, violin • John Weathers – drums ;Additional personnel • Phil Sutcliffe – interviewer ;Production • Paul Northfield – engineer • Ken Thomas – assistant • Geoff Allman – cover concept • Chris Clover – airbrush ==Charts==

• 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==