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After a foray into instrumental improvisation in the modern classical mode (1995's THE GUITAR AS ORCHESTRA), idiosyncratic songwriter and guitar wizard Adrian Belew returned to the pop fold with renewed vigor on OP ZOP TOO WAH. The rocker "Six String" (a love song to his guitar), the Beatles-esque "Beautiful" and the carefree ditty "Something to Do" provide more of the bright, hook-stuffed songcraft that characterized most of Belew's late '80s and early '90s recordings.

But Belew is no average tunesmith. The astonishing range of his technical facility and all-around musicianship, and his fascination with varied sonic textures and dense polyrhythms, can generate savage, tribal trips through the jungle ("Of Bow and Drum") or ethereal, surreal impressions ("Sky Blue Red Bird Green House"). Belew's avant-garde sensibilities are in evidence too, especially on cuts such as "Word Play Drum Beat," which features voice samples over a lone rhythm track, the ethno-surf-boogie of the title cut and the ear-bending big top solo on "High Wire Guitar." Taken together, these accomplished experiments make OP ZOP TOO WAH Belew's most interesting and cohesive pop effort since MR. MUSIC HEAD.

Audio Mixers: Adrian Belew; Ken Latchney.

Photographer: Grant Lovett.

Unknown Contributor Role: Annalee Valencia.

Personnel: Adrain Belew (vocals, various instruments); Martha Belew, Sherry Webb, Iris Belew, Ken Latchney, Stan Hertzman (vocals).

Personnel: Adrian Belew (vocals).

Musician (12/96, pp.89-91) - "...his best overall `pop' album yet....besides the usual winning, Beatles-inflected rockers...and craftily melodic ballads...there are also strong hints of Belew's non-pop output....the bruising riffs of `I Remember How To Forget' recall his work with King Crimson..."
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Category Rock Albums, Alternative CDs, Rock/Pop, Art Rock
Label Adrian Belew Presents
Orig Year 1997
All Time Sales Rank   24058  
CD Universe Part number 1020562
Discs 1
Release Date Sep 24, 1996
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Adrian Belew
Engineer Ken Latchney; Noah Evens
Adrian Belew Op Zop Too Wah Songs


Adrian Belew Op Zop Too Wah Album Track Listing



1.Of Bow and Drum
2.Word Play Drum Beat
3.Six String
4.Conversation Piece
5.All Her Love Is Mine
6.I Remember How to Forget
7.What Do You Know?, Pt. 1
8.Op Zop Too Wah
9.Plate of Words, A
10.Time Waits
11.What Do You Know?, Pt. 2
12.Modern Man Hurricane Blues
13.In My Backyard
14.Plate of Guitar, A
15.Live in a Tree
16.Something to Do
17.Beautiful
18.High Wire Guitar
19.Sky Blue Red Bird Green House
20.Ruin After the Rain, The
21.On
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Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) 5 stars

5 stars A musical journey
The album is thrieving of complex rhythical patterns, flowing Stratocaster sounds and some odd surprises. Multi-instrumentalist Belew paints an acoustical landscape, stirs up long forgotten feelings, takes you by the hand and leads you out into this world of his - you just have to let it happen. Guitar-wizard Belew is also the 'voice' of the last few King Crimson albums and the distinct Crimson sound is shimmering through on multiple occasions - or is it that Crimson inherited the Belew sound? This is defenitely one of the best albums Belew did so far.
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