Desire of the Rhino King
1991 compilation album by Adrian Belew
Desire of the Rhino King | ||||
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Compilation album by Adrian Belew | ||||
Released | November 5, 1991 | |||
Genre | Experimental rock, AOR | |||
Length | 71:58 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | Adrian Belew | |||
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Desire of the Rhino King is a compilation album released in 1991 by experimental rock musician and guitarist Adrian Belew. It includes songs from Belew's first three solo albums for Island Records: Lone Rhino (1982), Twang Bar King (1983), and Desire Caught By the Tail (1986).[2]
Track 18 is an outtake from the Desire sessions, appearing for the first time on CD. It was first released on a Flexi disc included with the March 1987 issue of Guitar Player.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Adrian Belew except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "The Final Rhino" | Lone Rhino (1982) | 1:25 | |
2. | "The Lone Rhinoceros" | Lone Rhino | 3:59 | |
3. | "Big Electric Cat" | Lone Rhino | 4:52 | |
4. | "The Momur" | Lone Rhino | 3:48 | |
5. | "Hot Sun" | Lone Rhino | 1:31 | |
6. | "The Man in the Moon" | Lone Rhino | 3:48 | |
7. | "Swingline" | Lone Rhino | 3:29 | |
8. | "Adidas in Heat" | Lone Rhino | 2:46 | |
9. | "Fish Head" | Twang Bar King (1983) | 4:31 | |
10. | "The Ideal Woman" | Twang Bar King | 4:09 | |
11. | "Sexy Rhino" | Twang Bar King | 0:37 | |
12. | "Twang Bar King" | Twang Bar King | 1:27 | |
13. | "Paint the Road" | Belew, Bill Janssen | Twang Bar King | 3:21 |
14. | "She Is Not Dead" | Twang Bar King | 4:43 | |
15. | "The Rail Song" | Twang Bar King | 5:38 | |
16. | "Ballet for a Blue Whale" | Twang Bar King | 4:45 | |
17. | "The Gypsy Zurna" | Desire Caught by the Tail (1986) | 3:06 | |
18. | "Joan Miro's Procession Through the Insides of a Purple Antelope Across a Sea of Tuna Fish" | Guitar Player magazine (March 1987) | 3:05 | |
19. | "Portrait of Margaret" | Desire Caught by the Tail | 3:58 | |
20. | "Laughing Man" | Desire Caught by the Tail | 5:31 | |
21. | "Guernica" | Desire Caught by the Tail | 2:18 | |
Total length: | 71:58 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Adrian Belew – guitar, percussion, piano, drums, vocals,
- Audie Belew – piano
- Christy Bley – keyboards, vocals
- Larrie Londin – drums
- Clif Mayhugh – bass, vocals
- Bill Janssen – saxophone, vocals
Technical
- Adrian Belew – producer, liner notes, cover art concept
- Stan Hertzman – executive producer, photography
- Gary Platt – engineer
- Rich Denhart – assistant engineer
- Greg Calbi – remastering
- Christine Rodin – photography
- Margaret Belew – cover design, cover art
References
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- Lone Rhino (1982)
- Twang Bar King (1983)
- Desire Caught By the Tail (1986)
- Mr. Music Head (1989)
- Young Lions (1990)
- Inner Revolution (1992)
- The Acoustic Adrian Belew (1993)
- Here (1994)
- The Experimental Guitar Series Volume 1: The Guitar as Orchestra (1995)
- Op Zop Too Wah (1996)
- Belew Prints: The Acoustic Adrian Belew, Vol. 2 (1998)
- Salad Days (1999)
- Raven Songs 101 (2003)
- Side One (2005)
- Side Two (2005)
- Side Three (2006)
- e (2009)
- Dust (2014)
- Flux (2016)
- Flux II (2017)
- Flux III (2018)
- Pop-Sided (2019)
- Elevator (2021)
- Discipline (1981)
- Beat (1982)
- Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
- THRAK (1995)
- the construKction of light (2000)
- The Power to Believe (2003)
- The Bears (1987)
- Rise and Shine (1988)
- Car Caught Fire (2001)
- Eureka! (2007)
- Gizmodrome (2017)
- Gizmodrome Live (2021)
- Side Four (2007)
- Live Overseas (2009)
- On (and off) The Road (1981–1984) (2016)
- THRAK (Live And Studio Recordings 1994–1997) (2015)
- Heaven & Earth (Live And Studio Recordings 1997–2008) (2019)
- Desire of the Rhino King (1991)
- Coming Attractions (2000)