Unrest (Henry Cow album)
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- For other uses, see Unrest (disambiguation).
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| Studio album by Henry Cow | ||
| Released | 1974 | |
| Recorded | The Manor, Oxfordshire, England, February-March 1974 |
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| Genre | Avant-progressive rock | |
| Length | 40:08 | |
| Label | Virgin Records (UK) Red Records (USA) |
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| Producer(s) | Henry Cow | |
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| Henry Cow chronology | ||
| Leg End (1973) |
Unrest (1974) |
Desperate Straights (1975) |
Unrest is an album by British avant-garde rock group Henry Cow, recorded at Virgin Records' Manor studios in February and March 1974. It was their second album and was released later that year.
When Henry Cow began recording Unrest, they found they only had enough composed material to fill one side of the LP. Because of studio time constraints, they were forced to improvise and developed the studio composition process 1. This enabled them to use the studio equipment (tapes, etc) to compose pieces for the second side.
The album cover art work was by artist Ray Smith and was the second of three "paint socks" to feature on Henry Cow's albums.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
Side One
- "Bittern Storm over Ülm" (Frith) – 2:44
- "Half Asleep/Half Awake" (Greaves) – 7:39
- "Ruins" (Frith) – 12:00
Side Two
- "Solemn Music" (Frith) – 1:09
- "Linguaphonie" (Henry Cow) – 5:58
- "Upon Entering the Hotel Adlon" (Henry Cow) – 2:56
- "Arcades" (Henry Cow) – 1:50
- "Deluge" (Henry Cow) – 5:52
[edit] Personnel
- Tim Hodgkinson – Organ, piano, alto saxophone, clarinet
- Fred Frith – Stereo guitar, violin, xylophone, piano
- John Greaves – Bass guitar, piano, voice
- Chris Cutler – Drums
- Lindsay Cooper – Bassoon, oboe, recorder, voice
[edit] Sound and art work
- Phil Becque – Recording engineer, Mixing engineer (Side 1)
- Andy Morris – Recording engineer
- Mike Oldfield – Recording engineer (part of "Ruins")
- Henry Cow – Mixing engineers (Side 2), Producers
- Ray Smith – Cover art
[edit] CD reissues
- East Side Digital issued a remixed version of Unrest on CD in 1991 with two extra tracks. The fact that the original tracks had been remixed was not well received by Henry Cow aficionados.
- In 1999 both East Side Digital and Recommended Records reissued Unrest on CD with the original mixing restored and the bonus tracks omitted.
