''Side Three'' is the fifteenth 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 ...

, released in 2006. It is the third installment of Belew's four-album series, each titled "Side" and their installment number in the series. The album features contributions from various other musicians including

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's Danny Carey on drums, Primus' Les Claypool on bass guitar and a single guest appearance by Belew's (at the time)

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bandmate Robert Fripp.

Track listing

All songs written by Adrian Belew. # "Troubles" – 3:14 # "Incompetence Indifference" – 5:02 # "Water Turns to Wine" – 3:47 # "Crunk" – 1:17 # "Drive" – 3:27 # "Cinemusic" – 1:37 # "Whatever" – 3:18 # "Men in Helicopters v4.0" – 3:07 # "Beat Box Car" – 4:30 # "Truth Is" – 1:34 # "The Red Bull Rides a Boomerang Across the Blue Constellation" – 4:34 # "&" – 3:18

Personnel

Musicians

* Adrian Belew –

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 ...

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

, instrumentation *

Robert Fripp Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is an English musician, composer, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has worked extensively as a session mu ...

– flute, guitar (track 3) *

Les Claypool Leslie Edward Claypool (born September 29, 1963) is an American rock music, rock musician. He is the founder, lead singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of the band Primus (band), Primus. Listed as one of the greatest bassists of all time by ...

–

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 7–8) *

Danny Carey Daniel Edwin Carey (born May 10, 1961) is an American musician who is the drummer for the progressive metal band Tool. He has also contributed to albums by artists such as Zaum, Green Jellö, Pigface, Skinny Puppy, Adrian Belew, Carole Kin ...

–

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 7–8) *

Mel Collins Melvyn Desmond Collins (born 5 September 1947, Isle of Man) is a British saxophonist, flautist and session musician. Collins has played in several progressive rock groups, having been a member of King Crimson on two occasions (the first from ...

–

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to p ...

(track 9),

flute The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...

(track 10) * The Prophet Omega – voice (track 1) * Martha Belew – telephone message (track 2)

Technical

* Adrian Belew – producer,

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* Ken Latchney –

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* Andrew Mendelson – mastering * Julie Rust – layout * Mark Coleman –

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References

{{Authority control Adrian Belew albums 2006 albums Albums produced by Adrian Belew Sanctuary Records albums