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INTERVIEWGentle GiantEclectic Prog3.75 | 676 ratings |
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![]() The music is unmistakebly Gentle Giant with all the features that we know from the previous seven albums. Jazz, Rock, polyrythmic choir arrangements and avant garde virtoso playing. Many of the earlier reviews have said that Interview is like a twin album to Free Hand and the style is very similar to that great album. Gentle Giant themselves werenīt very satisfied with Interview as they didnīt feel they had developed their sound further like they had on each of the previous albums. I hear plenty of development though. Just listen to the reggae rhythm in Give It Back. Thatīs something Gentle Giant hadnīt done before. I donīt think there are any weak points on the album, but it is true that Gentle Giant just donīt seem as inspired as they used to. Songs like the aforementioned Give it Back, the title track and the avant garde like Design are all very good tracks though. Another Show needs to be mentioned as it is a powerful song. The remaining three songs are also very good. The musicianship is one of the main attractions on any Gentle Giant album and as usual itīs outstanding on Interview. The production is a bit colder than usual from Gentle Giant and does ruin a bit of the listening pleasure. Itīs still pretty good though. Interview is definitely an above average progressive rock album even though itīs not a favorite of mine from Gentle Giant. I canīt bring myself to give Interview a big 3 star rating so itīll be a small 4 star rating. Out of the eight first albums from Gentle Giant this should be the last one you purchase though. There are traces on Inverview as to what would come on the next Gentle Giant album called The Missing Piece but no one could have imagined that the change in sound would be as significant as it would be. The downfall had started. Sadly.
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