Belew Prints: The Acoustic Adrian Belew, Vol. 2

RELEASE
January 13, 1998
LABEL
Import
GENRES
Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Guitar Virtuoso, Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Art Rock

Album Review

This second volume of "unplugged" treatments of earlier Belew work is padded with questionable pieces of musique concrète. These studio experiments can be likened to the Beatles' "Revolution #9," both in their random snippets of sound and almost unlistenable quality. Only one of the three, "Things You Hit With a Stick," blends compositional ingenuity with structural integrity. This is a shame, because the rest of the stuff here is superior, including strong readings of "Young Lions" with charging guitar work and a loving live version of Lennon's "Free as a Bird" from a King Crimson date in New York.
Tim Sheridan, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Men in Helicopters
  2. Cage
  3. I Remember How to Forget
  4. Young Lions
  5. Never Enough
  6. Things You Hit With a Stick
  7. Everything
  8. Big Blue Sun
  9. Bad Days
  10. One of Those Days
  11. Return of the Chicken
  12. Dinosaur
  13. 1967
  14. Free as a Bird (Live at the Longare Theater, New York City)
  15. Nude Wrestling With a Christmas Tree