After terminating the foremost 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 together with thence a centre of punk rock together with what would come upward to endure known as new wave, together with Fripp dived into the scene, playing together with recording with 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 with Brian Eno.
Originally, Fripp envisioned Exposure as the 3rd purpose 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 with the trilogy "was to investigate the 'pop song' as a way of expression. I recall it's an incredibly adept way of putting forrard ideas. I recall it's a supreme dependent area to know that yous get got 3 to 4 minutes to teach together all your lost emotions together with notice words of i syllable or less to pose forrard all your ideas. It's a dependent area of shape that I don't recall is inexpensive or shoddy". The album was to endure originally titled The Last Great New York Heartthrob together with characteristic a rails listing configuration unlike from that of the finally release. Hall's management together with label resisted the project, fearing the music would harm Hall's commercial appeal, insisting as good that Exposure endure as credited to Hall, initially Fripp's primary vocalist. Fripp instead used simply 2 Hall vocals on his album, substituting Peter Hammill together with Terre Roche inwards various places.
The trilogy did non operate 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" with unlike lyrics written past times Hall). The Gabriel tape also features a version of "Exposure". "Here Comes the Flood" had previously appeared with a prog-rock organisation 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 purpose inwards the hazardous serial of events culminating inwards this record, together with several who practise non seem but who helped create upward one's heed the finally 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 endure made, was reconceptualized as purpose of a novel trilogy, "The Drive to 1981", mark the outset 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 endure released betwixt September 1979 together with September 1980. Both album concepts were released together as God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners, with 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 outset of "the incline to 1984", Fripp's tenure with a reformed King Crimson, originally intended as Discipline.
The album was remixed inwards 1983, together with this 2d "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 2d disc contained a 3rd version of Exposure with bonus tracks. The "definitive edition" version of "Chicago" is non included on the 2006 version, yet the bonus track of the vocal on disc 2 is to a greater extent than oftentimes than non identical to the definitive edition version with fry variants.
Conceived as the 3rd purpose of an MOR trilogy that included Peter Gabriel's 2d album together with Daryl Hall's Sacred Songs, Exposure is concerned with a marketplace that Fripp saw as hostile to experimentation together with hungry for product. Strangely, then, Exposure is i of his nearly 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 with the reformed King Crimson; "North Star" is a soulful ballad led past times Daryl Hall on vocals, together with a less bombastic version of "Here Comes the Flood" with Peter Gabriel singing makes a melancholic ending. Peter Hammill, Terre Roche, together with Narada Michael Walden also add together vocals to a pleasant experiment inwards pop, Fripp style.
When King Crimson co-founder/guitarist Robert Fripp disbanded the grouping inwards 1974, it seemed as though he'd grown tired of beingness its de facto leader. But he remained active, performing with artists as various as Brian Eno, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Hall & Oates together with Blondie. While listeners who'd lost touching on with him after King Crimson were undoubtedly shocked, those who continued next him were non at all surprised when his foremost solo album, Exposure, was released inwards 1979.
Although contractual issues demanded that Fripp excise 3 of vocalizer 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 with 5 alternate takes.
Fripp was i of simply a handful of artists to emerge unscathed from the progressive/art stone arena, along with Gabriel together with Van der Graaf Generator vocalizer Peter Hammill. With the New Wave motion inwards amount force, Fripp's musical background seemed likewise studied to check inwards with the raw together with unschooled approach of a New York scene centered some the infamous CBGB's club. But with Exposure he managed to combine complex ideas with 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 futurity Crimson incarnations—provides a clear link betwixt Crimson's Red (Island, 1974) together with THRAK (Virgin, 1995). Segueing into the as complex "Disengage, with 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 with unexpected abandon, as he does i time to a greater extent than on "NY3. The spoken letters of the hypnotically grooving championship rails predate the same conceit used on "Firepower, from Fripp's collaboration with 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, spell the ballsy blues-based "Chicago, sung past times Hammill, Hall and, on the alternate take, Terre Roche, demonstrate that the Frippertronics tape looping technique involve non endure reserved entirely 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 phonation is layered inwards a Ligeti-like interlude, it certainly must get got shocked Crimson fans to their real foundation. But that's the beauty of Exposure together with the primary argue why it remains a classic nearly 30 years later. Those who get got followed Fripp's career know there's real petty off his radar, together with Exposure fired a powerful volley into the basis showing in that location was to a greater extent than to Fripp than anyone could maybe get 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 Influenza A virus subtype 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"; phonation on "Preface"
Brian Eno – synthesizer on "North Star", "Here Comes the Flood" phonation on "Preface", "Postscript"
Barry Andrews – organ on "Disengage", "NY3", "I've Had Enough of You"
Sid McGinnis – musical rhythm 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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