Robert Fripp & The League of Crafty Guitarists - Show of Hands

Title: Show of Hands Artist: Robert Fripp & The League of Crafty Guitarists Release Date: 7/7/1991 Re-Released On: 10/1/1999 Label: EG Records, EMI Music Distribution Duration: 38:57 UPCs: 017046210225, 5012985210225 Genre: Rock Styles: Prog-Rock, Art Rock Moods: Complex, Difficult, Eccentric, Sophisticated, Uncompromising, Atmospheric, Cerebral, Elaborate, Refined/Mannered, Volatile, Clinical, Confident, Eerie, Elegant, Enigmatic, Indulgent, Intense, Meandering, Trippy, Austere, Detached, Unsettling, Hypnotic Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Listen
2. Eye of the Needle
3. Askesis
4. Bicycling to Afghanistan
5. Here Comes My Sweetie
6. An Easy Way
7. Scaling the Whales
8. The Moving Force
9. A Connecticut Yankee in the Court of King Arthur
10. This Yes
11. Are You Abel? (Ready and Able to Rock & Roll)
12. Spasm for Juanita
13. Hard Times
14. Burning Siesta
15. Empty Magazine
16. Circulation
17. Chiara
18. Asturias
19. Ease God's Sorrow

Year Type Label Catalog # 1999 CD EMI Music Distribution 21022 1991 CD EG Records EEG-2102-2

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Guitar wizard Robert Fripp joins forces with some of the finest six-string pickers around, offering up a truly intricate variety of music on Show of Hands. With 17 guitarists contributing to 19 tracks, the likes of Trey Gunn, Paul Richards, and Curt Golden (just to name a few) decorate the album with elaborate string arrangements that range from avant-garde to classical in nature. Anyone who is a guitar enthusiast will be astonished at how tight Fripp comes across with his unique style. From time to time, vocalist Patricia Leavitt displays her beautiful falsetto voice a cappella for a fresh change of pace. The music is shaped, bent, and twisted with guitar atop guitar to culminate thick layers of movements, suites, and passages. Some of the songs have a Latin flavor to them, some African, and some are just plain bewildering, representing a progressive rock angle. While no two songs sound the same, the onslaught of guitars may be a bit too much for some. Listening to each track as a whole results in some stunning mood music, and the pleasant addition of a viola and textured keyboards adds to the beauty. ~ Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bert Lams Guitar Cathy Stevens Viola David Pittaway Guitar David Singleton Mixing Eduardo Galimany Engineer Hernan Nuñez Guitar Hideyo Moriya Guitar Nigel Gavin Guitar Patricia Leavitt Vocals Paul Richards Guitar Ralph Gorga Guitar Robert Fripp Producer, Guitar Robert Fripp & the League of Crafty Guitarists Performer Steve Ball Guitar Steve Jolemore Guitar Tony Arnold Consultant, ? Tony Geballe Guitar Trey Gunn Guitar Victor McSurely Guitar