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Interview

A concept album built around an imaginary interview with the band, poking fun at the music business.
Gentle Giant, 1976

Released
30 April 1976
Label
Chrysalis (UK), Capitol (US)

Interview takes the form of an imaginary interview and pokes fun at the state of the music industry and at the questions rock stars are asked. It reached 137 in the United States. Derek Shulman, who was managing the band at the time, later said he thought Interview was the start of the erosion, with the creative juices starting to wane. The album was reissued in 2012 with a quadraphonic mix and new sleeve notes written by the band.

Track listing

  1. Interview6:54
  2. Give It Back5:08
  3. Design4:59
  4. Another Show3:29
  5. Empty City4:24
  6. Timing4:50
  7. I Lost My Head6:58

More from Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant (1970), Acquiring the Taste (1971), Octopus (1972), Three Friends (1972), In a Glass House (1973), The Power and the Glory (1974), Free Hand (1975), The Missing Piece (1977), Giant for a Day! (1978), Civilian (1980)

Sources

  1. Gentle Giant release groups, MusicBrainz
  2. Gentle Giant, Wikipedia