[Review] Talking Heads: Remain In Light (1980)
Afrobeat, ambient and avant-garde collide on Remain In Light, creating the quintessential college rock album.
Category: Adrian Belew
[Review] Jerry Harrison: The Red and The Black (1981)
Another impressive solo album from the now detachable Heads proves they all had something to say.
[Review] David Byrne: Songs from the Broadway Production of “The Catherine Wheel” (1981)
This is probably the most fun you’ll ever have listening to a ballet score.
[Review] Talking Heads: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982)
Live material from three different tours makes for the perfect Heads compendium.
[Review] Adrian Belew: Lone Rhino (1982)
With a curriculum vitae to kill for (David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Talking Heads, King Crimson), Belew slays on this surprisingly poppy debut.
[Review] Laurie Anderson: Mister Heartbreak (1984)
The more ear-opening (if less eye-opening) followup to Laurie’s first album.
[Review] Laurie Anderson: Home of the Brave (1986)
Que es mas macho, making music like this or dancing to it?
[Review] Adrian Belew: Mr. Music Head (1989)
The album that contained the likeable and oddly prophetic “Oh, Daddy,” plus the usual assortment of warped pop songs.
[Review] Adrian Belew: Young Lions (1990)
Even with a couple of cameos from The Thin White Duke himself, Belew couldn’t get arrested. Great album, though.
[Review] Jerry Harrison/Casual Gods: Walk on Water (1990)
The second coming of Casual Gods, although I wouldn’t expect any miracles.
[Review] Adrian Belew: Desire of the Rhino King (1991)
A mishmash of Adrian’s first three albums masquerading as a greatest hits compilation.