''Side One'' is the thirteenth solo album by

Adrian Belew Robert Steven "Adrian" Belew (born December 23, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. A multi-instrumentalist primarily known as a guitarist and singer, he is noted for his unusual approach to the instrument, his ...

, originally released in 2005. The album features bassist

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(from Primus) and drummer

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(from

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) on its first three tracks. The track "Beat Box Guitar" was nominated for a Grammy in the "Best Rock Instrumental Performance" category in 2005. (It lost to "69 Freedom Special" by

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& Friends.) "Ampersand" & "Beat Box Guitar" had new versions appear on '' Side Three'' (2006).

Track listing

All songs written by Adrian Belew, except where noted. # "Ampersand" – 4:23 # "Writing on the Wall" – 3:53 # "Matchless Man" – 2:32 # "Madness" (Adrian Belew,

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) – 6:54 # "Walk Around the World" – 4:58 # "Beat Box Guitar" – 5:08 # "Under the Radar" – 1:39 # "Elephants" – 2:15 # "Pause" – 1:20

Personnel

Musicians

* Adrian Belew – all instruments and

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

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bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

(tracks 1–3) *

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drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

(tracks 1–2),

tabla A ''tabla'' is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. Since the 18th century, it has been the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music, where it may be played solo, as an accompaniment with other instruments a ...

(track 3) * Gary Tussing –

cello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

(track 4) * Peter Hyrka –

violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

(tracks 4, 9) * Ian Wallace – "voice of the BBC"

Technical

* Adrian Belew – producer,

cover art Cover art is a type of artwork presented as an illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product, such as a book (often on a dust jacket), magazine, newspaper ( tabloid), comic book, video game ( box art), music album ( album ar ...

* Ken Latchney –

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who Invention, invent, design, build, maintain and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials. They aim to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while ...

, mixing * Andrew Mendelson – mastering * Julie Rust – layout design

References

{{Authority control Adrian Belew albums 2005 albums Albums produced by Adrian Belew Sanctuary Records albums