Salad Days (Adrian Belew album)

Salad Days
Studio album by Adrian Belew
Released Feb 9, 1999
Genre Rock
Label Thirsty Ear Recordings
Adrian Belew chronology

Belew Prints: The Acoustic Adrian Belew, Vol. 2
(1998)		 Salad Days
(1999)		 Coming Attractions
(2000)

Salad Days is the twelfth solo album by Adrian Belew, originally released on February 9, 1999. It is a recording of acoustic/unplugged compositions both old and new.

A mix of solo Belew songs together with a few from the King Crimson era ("Three Of a Perfect Pair," "Dinosaur," etc.), the versions focus on Belew's songwriting rather than his exceptional six-string skills.

Reviews

AcousticMagnet (4/99-5/99, p.62)
"...a delightful composite of 16 songs that gives an even-keeled introduction to his intelligent songwriting and smoothly honed skill on the guitar..."[1]
CMJ (2/1/99, p.26)
"...Belew's most penetrating pop songs may exude goofiness, tenderness or both....If Belew's altar wasn't so crowded with guitar geeks, singer-songwriter fans would be lining up to praise the guitarist's equally noteworthy talents with the pen."[1][2]

Track listing

  1. "The Lone Rhinoceros" (2:36)
  2. "Men In Helicopters" (3:08)
  3. "The Rail Song" (3:42)
  4. "Everything" (2:55)
  5. "Three of a Perfect Pair" (4:08)
  6. "Return of the Chicken" (1:34)
  7. "Never Enough" (3:30)
  8. "The Man in the Moon" (2:11)
  9. "I Remember How To Forget" (3:34)
  10. "Bad Days" (2:55)
  11. "Fly" (3:54)
  12. "Young Lions" (3:06)
  13. "Things You Hit With A Stick" (2:05)
  14. "Cage" (2:23)
  15. "Dinosaur" (5:43)
  16. "One of Those Days" (3:01)

Personnel

Performers

Crew

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "CD Universe page". Retrieved 2008-12-03. (In Description section; requires JavaScript.)
  2. ↑ Ciabattoni, Steve (1999-02-03). "Adrian Belew: Salad Days". College Music Journal. New York: CMJ Network, Inc.