Belew Prints: The Acoustic Adrian Belew, Vol. 2
| Belewprints | ||||
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| Studio album by Adrian Belew | ||||
| Released | 1998 | |||
| Recorded | December 9, 1996 – April 21, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 48:14 | |||
| Label | DGM | |||
| Producer | Adrian Belew | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
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, Bruford, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, 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
Musicians
- 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”
Technical
- Adrian Belew – producer
- Ken Latchney – engineer
- Julie Schrader – layout
- Michael Wilson – photography
- Stan Hertzman – photography