The Acoustic Adrian Belew
The Acoustic Adrian Belew | ||||
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Studio album by Adrian Belew | ||||
Released | 1993 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 29:20 | |||
Label | DGM | |||
Producer | Adrian Belew | |||
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The Acoustic Adrian Belew is the seventh solo album by Adrian Belew, released in 1993.[2] While Belew is predominantly known as an experimental electric guitarist who usually utilizes electronic effects, this album was an effort to feature his skills as a solo performer/songwriter/interpreter. Belew plays all the songs on acoustic guitar (with very minimal overdubs). At under 30 minutes, it is Adrian Belew's shortest album.
The album features new versions of songs from Belew's past (including 'Matte Kudasai', which he originally recorded with King Crimson), and two cover versions (a Beatles song, and a Roy Orbison tune). Of the four new songs on the record, both 'Burned By the Fire We Make' and 'Dream Life' would appear in full electric versions on Belew's next album Here the following year; 'Peace On Earth' is a rearrangement of 'Tango Zebra' (from Belew's 1986 instrumental album Desire Caught By the Tail) with new lyrics; and 'Martha Adored' is a tape-reversed presentation of an earlier album track ('Dream Life'), with additional overdubs.
Track listing
- "The Lone Rhinoceros" (Belew) – 2:37
- "Peace on Earth" (Belew) – 2:49
- "The Man in the Moon" (Belew) – 2:12
- "The Rail Song" (Belew) - 3:42
- "If I Fell" (Lennon–McCartney) – 2:18
- "Burned by the Fire We Make" (Belew) – 2:50
- "Matte Kudasai" (Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin) – 2:18
- "Dream Life" (Belew) – 2:19
- "Old Fat Cadillac" (Belew) – 3:12
- "Crying" (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson) – 2:39
- "Martha Adored" (Belew) – 2:19
Personnel
Musician
- Adrian Belew – acoustic guitar, vocals
Technical
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)