Belew Prints: The Acoustic Adrian Belew, Vol. 2

Belew Prints: The Acoustic Adrian Belew Volume Two is the eleventh solo album by Adrian Belew, released in 1998. A sequel to 1995's The Acoustic Adrian Belew, it reworks previous Belew songs via stripped-down arrangements for solo acoustic guitar and voice. Unlike its predecessor it sometimes expands the instrumentation - Belew also plays string bass, piano, drums and percussion at points on the record, and one song is arranged for an additional string quartet.

The album contains two reworked King Crimson songs which Belew co-wrote and performed with the band's 1990s incarnation ('Cage' and 'Dinosaur') and a Beatles cover ('Free as a Bird).

Track listing

"Men in Helicopters" (Belew) – 3:09
"Cage" (Belew/Bill Bruford/Robert Fripp/Trey Gunn/Tony Levin/Pat Mastelotto) – 2:25
"I Remember How to Forget" (Belew) - 3:36
"Young Lions" (Belew) – 3:07
"Never Enough" (Belew) – 3:31
"Things You Hit with a Stick" (Belew) – 2:05
"Everything" (Belew) – 2:56
"Big Blue Sun" (Belew) – 2:58
"Bad Days" (Belew) – 2:58
"One of those Days" (Belew) – 3:01
"Return of the Chicken" (Belew) – 1:36
"Dinosaur" (Belew/Bill Bruford/Robert Fripp/Trey Gunn/Tony Levin/Pat Mastelotto) – 5:44
"1967" (Belew) – 5:36
"Free as a Bird" (John Lennon) (Live at the Longacre Theater, NYC) – 3:19
"Nude Wrestling with a Christmas Tree" (Belew) – 2:08

The Japanese CD release running order is different and includes “Inner Revolution” and “Brave New World”, but not “Young Lions” and “Everything”.
The booklet contains a detailed diary of the work’s progress.

Personnel

Adrian Belew – acoustic guitars, piano, string bass, acoustic drums, percussion, vocals
David Davidson – first violin on “Men in Helicopters”
David Angell – second violin on “Men in Helicopters”
Kristin Wilkinson – viola on “Men in Helicopters”
John Catchings – cello on “Men in Helicopters”

Engineered by Ken Latchney

Adrian Belew

Studio albums	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) Side One (2005) Side Two (2005) Side Three (2006) e (2009)

Live albums	Side Four (2007) Live Overseas (2009)

Compilation albums	Desire of the Rhino King (1991) Coming Attractions (2000)

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