Amethyst Rock Star
Amethyst Rock Star is the first album release by Saul Williams.
Track listing
All songs written by Saul Williams except where noted.
- "Lalala" – 2:40
- "Penny for a Thought" – 4:34 (Williams, Musa Bailey)
- "Robeson" – 4:21 (contains a sample of "Eraser" by Nine Inch Nails)
- "Tao of Now" (featuring Esthero) – 4:19 (Williams, Musa Bailey)
- "Fearless" – 3:12 (Williams, Thom Bahler)
- "Untimely Meditations" – 3:55
- "Om Nia Merican" – 3:06 (contains a sample of "Born of a Broken Man" by Rage Against The Machine)
- "1987" – 5:21
- "Coded Language" – 8:48 (Williams, Krust)
- "Our Father" – 7:06
- "Wine / Do You Know (Hidden Track)" – 11:04
- "Brown Bags (Japanese Bonus Track)" – 3:16
Reception
The album received mixed reviews.
Personnel
Adapted from Discogs.
- Saul Williams – vocals, arrangements, co–producer
- Rick Rubin – production
- Krust – additional production (9)
- Masu Bailey – DJ, additional programming, additional production (2)
- Esthero - vocals (4)
- Maximina Juson – bass
- Nioka Workman – cello
- Chris Eddleton – drums
- Jerome Jordan – guitar, backing vocals
- Kwame Brandt-Pierce – keyboards
- Maryam Nalo Blacksher – viola
- Russell Elevado – mixing, recording
- Greg Gordon – recording
- Lindsay Chase – album production coordinator
Artwork
- Mei Lei – journals
- Dorothy E. Wilcox – Penpal
- Marcia Jones – visual art
- Michael Crivello – visual art
- Brandy Flower – graphic design
- Michele Miller – photography
References
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| Studio Albums | |
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| EPs |
- Penny for a Thought / Purple Pigeons
- Not in My Name
- NGH WHT – The Dead Emcee Scrolls with The Arditti Quartet
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| Singles |
- "Elohim (1972)"
- "Coded Language"
- "List Of Demands (Reparations)"
- "Black Stacey"
- "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
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| Filmography | |
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| Bibliography |
- The Seventh Octave
- She
- ,Said the Shotgun to the Head
- The Dead Emcee Scrolls
- Chorus
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| Related | |
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