After terminating the firstly run of King Crimson inwards 1974, studying at the International Academy for Continuous Education through 1975-1976 together with assisting Peter Gabriel inwards both studio together with phase capacities, Fripp decamped inwards 1977 to the Hell's Kitchen neighbourhood of New York City. New York was thence a centre of punk rock together with what would come upward to live known as new wave, together with Fripp dived into the scene, playing together with recording amongst Blondie together with the Roche sisters, absorbing the sounds of the active downtown music scene. He envisioned a novel approach, together with incorporated elements of these NYC experiences into his electrical flow palette, including "Frippertronics", the technique he had developed amongst Brian Eno.
Originally, Fripp envisioned Exposure as the tertiary part of a simultaneous trilogy also comprising Daryl Hall's Sacred Songs together with Peter Gabriel's second album aka Scratch, both of which Fripp contributed to together with produced. Fripp's aim amongst the trilogy "was to investigate the 'pop song' as a agency of expression. I holler upward it's an incredibly proficient way of putting forwards ideas. I holler upward it's a supreme dependent area to know that you lot stimulate got 3 to 4 minutes to larn together all your lost emotions together with detect words of i syllable or less to position forwards all your ideas. It's a dependent area of shape that I don't holler upward is inexpensive or shoddy". The album was to live originally titled The Last Great New York Heartthrob together with characteristic a runway listing configuration unlike from that of the lastly release. Hall's management together with label resisted the project, fearing the music would harm Hall's commercial appeal, insisting as good that Exposure live as credited to Hall, initially Fripp's primary vocalist. Fripp instead used precisely 2 Hall vocals on his album, substituting Peter Hammill together with Terre Roche inwards various places.
The trilogy did non function out quite as intended, although all 3 albums eventually appeared inwards the marketplace. The vocal "Urban Landscape" appears on the Hall album as well, inwards add-on to "NYCNY" (which is "I May Not Have Had Enough of Me but I've Had Enough of You" amongst unlike lyrics written past times Hall). The Gabriel tape also features a version of "Exposure". "Here Comes the Flood" had previously appeared amongst a prog-rock scheme on Gabriel's first album, but Gabriel disliked the production, together with created a far simpler rendition of the vocal for Exposure. As dedication, Fripp stated inwards the liner notes that Exposure "is indebted to all those who took part inwards the hazardous serial of events culminating inwards this record, together with several who practice non seem but who helped create upward one's heed the lastly shape: Tim Cappella, Alirio Lima, Ian McDonald together with John Wetton".
The version of the album that was released, after the changes together with compromises that had to live made, was reconceptualized as part of a novel trilogy, "The Drive to 1981", marker the kickoff of three-year campaigns past times Fripp as a professional person musician, which would include an album of Frippertronics together with i of "Discotronics", to live released betwixt September 1979 together with September 1980. Both album concepts were released together as God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners, amongst each concept getting its ain followup－The League of Gentlemen for Discotronics together with Let the Power Fall for Frippertronics, making for a five-step trilogy. The terminate of The Drive to 1981 marked the kickoff of "the incline to 1984", Fripp's tenure amongst a reformed King Crimson, originally intended as Discipline.
The album was remixed inwards 1983, together with this 2nd "definitive edition" was released inwards 1985 featuring some alternate takes. In 2006, a 24-bit two-disc remaster appeared on Fripp's Discipline Global Mobile label. One disc contained the original 1979 album, together with the 2nd disc contained a tertiary version of Exposure amongst bonus tracks. The "definitive edition" version of "Chicago" is non included on the 2006 version, nonetheless the bonus track of the vocal on disc 2 is by together with large identical to the definitive edition version amongst tike variants.
Conceived as the tertiary part of an MOR trilogy that included artist/peter-gabriel-mn0000842802">Peter Gabriel's 2nd album together with artist/daryl-hall-mn0000957102">Daryl Hall's Sacred Songs, Exposure is concerned amongst a marketplace that artist/fripp-mn0000238440">Fripp saw as hostile to experimentation together with hungry for product. Strangely, then, Exposure is i of his almost varied together with successful stone albums, offering a wide alternative of styles. "Water Music I together with II" is pure Frippertronics; "Disengage" together with "I May Not Have Had Enough of Me But I've Had Enough of You" are angular, jagged stone similar he would brand amongst the reformed artist/king-crimson-mn0000076057">King Crimson; "North Star" is a soulful ballad led past times artist/daryl-hall-mn0000957102">Daryl Hall on vocals, together with a less bombastic version of "Here Comes the Flood" amongst artist/peter-gabriel-mn0000842802">Peter Gabriel singing makes a melancholic ending. artist/peter-hammill-mn0000843607">Peter Hammill, artist/terre-roche-mn0000821220">Terre Roche, together with artist/narada-michael-walden-mn0000314050">Narada Michael Walden also add together vocals to a pleasant experiment inwards pop, artist/fripp-mn0000238440">Fripp style.
When King Crimson co-founder/guitarist Robert Fripp disbanded the grouping inwards 1974, it seemed as though he'd grown tired of existence its de facto leader. But he remained active, performing amongst artists as various as Brian Eno, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Hall & Oates together with Blondie. While listeners who'd lost affect amongst him after King Crimson were undoubtedly shocked, those who continued next him were non at all surprised when his firstly solo album, Exposure, was released inwards 1979.
Although contractual issues demanded that Fripp excise 3 of vocalist Daryl Hall's 5 vocal tracks from the original vinyl release, he was able to include them on a remixed 1985 CD version. This novel double-disc 24-bit remastered edition finally puts both versions inwards i package, along amongst 5 alternate takes.
Fripp was i of precisely a handful of artists to emerge unscathed from the progressive/art stone arena, along amongst Gabriel together with Van der Graaf Generator vocalist Peter Hammill. With the New Wave motion inwards amount force, Fripp's musical background seemed also studied to represent inwards amongst the raw together with unschooled approach of a New York scene centered around the infamous CBGB's club. But amongst Exposure he managed to combine complex ideas amongst an aggressive punk sensibility.
Exposure is prescient inwards many ways. The powerful, metrically challenged instrumental "Breathless"—featuring bassist Tony Levin, who would move on to move a fellow member of hereafter Crimson incarnations—provides a clear link betwixt Crimson's Red (Island, 1974) together with THRAK (Virgin, 1995). Segueing into the as complex "Disengage, amongst Hammill's melodramatic, anguished vocals on the original together with alternate takes, the existent surprise is on the restored 1985 version, where Daryl Hall sings amongst unexpected abandon, as he does i time again on "NY3. The spoken letters of the hypnotically grooving championship runway predate the same conceit used on "Firepower, from Fripp's collaboration amongst David Sylvian on The First Day (Virgin, 1993).
"North Star gently sets the precedence for "Matte Kudasai from Crimson's Discipline (EG, 1981) together with THRAK's "Walking on Air, piece the ballsy blues-based "Chicago, sung past times Hammill, Hall and, on the alternate take, Terre Roche, demo that the Frippertronics tape looping technique request non live reserved exclusively for ethereal purposes. Still, on "Water Music I together with "Water Music II —bookending Peter Gabriel's solo version of "Here Comes the Flood, which is prescient inwards its ain way past times referencing global warming x years earlier the term was fifty-fifty coined—Fripp's gentle looping acts as the perfect intro together with coda.
"You Burn Me Up I'm a Cigarette is an unexpected slice of pure punk. After the opening "Preface, where Hall's vocalization is layered inwards a Ligeti-like interlude, it sure must stimulate got shocked Crimson fans to their really foundation. But that's the beauty of Exposure together with the primary argue why it remains a classic nearly xxx years later. Those who stimulate got followed Fripp's career know there's really niggling off his radar, together with Exposure fired a powerful volley into the globe showing at that spot was to a greater extent than to Fripp than anyone could peradventure stimulate got imagined.
Track listing:
Disc 1
01. "Preface" Fripp 1:16
02. "You Burn Me Up I'm a Cigarette" Hall, Fripp 2:24
03. "Breathless" Fripp 4:43
04. "Disengage II" Hall, Walton, Fripp 2:44
05. "North Star" Hall, Walton, Fripp 3:12
06. "Chicago" Hall, Walton, Fripp 2:18
07. "New York, New York, New York" Hall, Walton, Fripp 2:18
08. "Mary" Hall, Walton, Fripp 2:09
09. "Exposure" Gabriel, Fripp 4:26
10. "Hååden Two" Fripp 1:57
11. "Urban Landscape" Fripp 2:35
12. "I May Not Have Had Enough of Me but I've Had Enough of You" Walton, Fripp 3:38
13. "First Inaugural Address to the I.A.C.E. Sherborne House" Bennett 0:07
14. "Water Music I" Fripp, Bennett 1:19
15. "Here Comes the Flood" Gabriel 3:54
16. "Water Music II" Fripp 3:55
17. "Postscript" Fripp 0:40
Disc 2
01. Preface
02. You Burn Me Up I'm H5N1 Cigarette
03. Breathless
04. Disengage II
05. North Star
06. Chicago
07. New York, New York
08. Mary
09. Exposure
10. Haaden Two
11. Urban Landscape
12. I May Not Have Had Enough Of You
13. Frist Inagural Address To The I.A.C.E. Sherborne House
14. Water Music I
15. Here Comes The Flood
16. Water Music II
17. Postscript
18. Bonus Track: Exposure
19. Bonus Track: Mary
20. Bonus Track: Disengage
21. Bonus Track: Chicago
22. Bonus Track: NY3
Personnel:
Robert Fripp – guitars, Frippertronics, voice
Daryl Hall – vocals on "Preface", "You Burn Me Up", "North Star", "Disengage II", "Chicago" disc two, "New York" disc two, "Exposure" bonus track, "Mary" bonus track; pianoforte on "You Burn Me Up" together with "Chicago"
Terre Roche – vocals on "Mary", "Exposure", "I've Had Enough of You", "Chicago" bonus track
Peter Hammill – vocals on "Disengage", "Chicago", "I've Had Enough of You", "Disengage" bonus track, "Chicago" bonus track
Peter Gabriel – vocals together with pianoforte on "Here Comes the Flood"; vocalization on "Preface"
Brian Eno – synthesizer on "North Star", "Here Comes the Flood" vocalization on "Preface", "Postscript"
Barry Andrews – organ on "Disengage", "NY3", "I've Had Enough of You"
Sid McGinnis – beat guitar on "Exposure"; pedal steel guitar on "North Star"
Tony Levin – bass
Jerry Marotta Рdrums on "You Burn Me Up", "Chicago", "Exposure", "H̴̴den Two"
Narada Michael Walden – drums on "Breathless", "NY3", "I've Had Enough of You"
Phil Collins – drums on "Disengage", "North Star"
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