''Inner Revolution'' is the sixth solo album by Adrian Belew, originally released in 1992. Recorded in the wake of Belew's divorce from his first wife Margaret, the album is a collection of 1960s inspired pop songs. Along with his trademark guitar, Belew plays bass guitar, drums and occasional keyboards. Several other musicians appear, including

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drummer Chris Arduser, acoustic bassist Mike Barnett, and a string quartet on "Big Blue Sun". ''Inner Revolution'' was re-released in 2003 by

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Adrian Belew #"Inner Revolution" – 3:12 #"This Is What I Believe In" – 3:28 #"Standing In The Shadow" – 3:45 #"Big Blue Sun" – 3:49 #"Only A Dream" – 3:32 #"Birds" – 2:22 #"I’d Rather Be Right Here" – 3:08 #"The War In The Gulf Between Us" – 3:29 #"I Walk Alone" – 2:47 #"Everything" – 2:55 #"Heaven’s Bed" – 4:04 #"Member Of The Tribe" – 3:11

Personnel

Musicians

* Adrian Belew –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, percussion,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

, keyboards. * Mike Barnett –

double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow (music), bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox addit ...

(2) * Chris Arduser –

(2-3, 11-12) * Jean Dickinson –

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

(4) * Lizbeth Getman –

viola The viola ( , also , ) is a string instrument that is bow (music), bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of ...

(4) * Alison Lee Jewer – violin, string arrangement (4) * Martha Pickart –

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

(4)

Technical

* Adrian Belew –

producer Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...

* Ron Fajerstein, Stan Hertzman –

executive producers Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the making of a commercial entertainment product. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights o ...

* Rich Denhart –

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* Dan Harjung – assistant engineer *

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– mastering * Sotto Vocé – cover design * Michael Wilson –

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References

Adrian Belew albums 1992 albums Albums produced by Adrian Belew Atlantic Records albums {{progressive-rock-album-stub