Also known as Cassette and Compact Disc, depending on the format.
What do people around here think?
Came out in '85, so falls just out of the purview of RIUSA, (there may well be a reference to Album in RIUSA, but I couldn't find it a moment ago when I looked).
It's an odd record, with an interesting cast of players. Atkins was gone at this point so Ginger Baker played drums. Ryuichi Sakomoto is on a bit of it. Steve Vai, then an unknown who'd worked for Zappa (and played on Zappa's Them or Us in '84) and self-released a couple of weird home recordings, is all over the record. Bill Laswell produced and according to some, played bass. Swedish bassist Jonas Hellborg, the 1980s fusion darling and John McLaughlin sideman/revamped-Mahavishnu bass player, also played fretless bass on the record.
The title provoked controversy. Legendary San Francisco band Flipper claimed that the generic title and cover art had been stolen from them, so titled their next release, a double live affair, Public Flipper Limited, haha.
I am guessing that most people around here hate the record or at best feel lukewarm, especially given the guitar playing. I bought the record as a kid b/c I had read at the time of its release that it was a weird one. Was curious what you thought, esp the UK people.
What do people around here think?
Came out in '85, so falls just out of the purview of RIUSA, (there may well be a reference to Album in RIUSA, but I couldn't find it a moment ago when I looked).
It's an odd record, with an interesting cast of players. Atkins was gone at this point so Ginger Baker played drums. Ryuichi Sakomoto is on a bit of it. Steve Vai, then an unknown who'd worked for Zappa (and played on Zappa's Them or Us in '84) and self-released a couple of weird home recordings, is all over the record. Bill Laswell produced and according to some, played bass. Swedish bassist Jonas Hellborg, the 1980s fusion darling and John McLaughlin sideman/revamped-Mahavishnu bass player, also played fretless bass on the record.
The title provoked controversy. Legendary San Francisco band Flipper claimed that the generic title and cover art had been stolen from them, so titled their next release, a double live affair, Public Flipper Limited, haha.
I am guessing that most people around here hate the record or at best feel lukewarm, especially given the guitar playing. I bought the record as a kid b/c I had read at the time of its release that it was a weird one. Was curious what you thought, esp the UK people.