''Side Three'' is the fifteenth solo album by

Adrian Belew Robert Steven "Adrian" Belew (born December 23, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. A multi-instrumentalist primarily known as a guitarist and singer, he is noted for his unusual and impressionistic approach to ...

, released in 2006. The album features contributions from various other musicians including

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's Danny Carey on drums, Primus' Les Claypool on bass guitar and a single guest appearance by Belew's

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bandmate Robert Fripp.

Track listing

All songs written by Adrian Belew. # "Troubles" – 3:14 # "Incompetence Indifference" – 5:02 # "Water Turns to Wine" – 3:47 # "Crunk" – 1:17 # "Drive" – 3:27 # "Cinemusic" – 1:37 # "Whatever" – 3:18 # "Men in Helicopters v4.0" – 3:07 # "Beat Box Car" – 4:30 # "Truth Is" – 1:34 # "The Red Bull Rides a Boomerang Across the Blue Constellation" – 4:34 # "&" – 3:18

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 withou ...

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 strin ...

, instrumentation *

Robert Fripp Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is a British musician, songwriter, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has worked extensively as a session ...

– flute guitar (track 3) *

Les Claypool Leslie Edward Claypool (born September 29, 1963) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and author. He is best known as the founder, lead singer, bassist, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the ro ...

– bass (tracks 7-8) *

Danny Carey Daniel Edwin Carey (born May 10, 1961) is an American musician and songwriter. He is the drummer for the American rock band Tool. He has also contributed to albums by artists such as Zaum, Green Jellö, Pigface, Skinny Puppy, Adrian Belew, Ca ...

– drums (tracks 7-8) *

Mel Collins Melvyn Desmond Collins (born 5 September 1947, Isle of Man) is a British saxophonist, flautist and session musician. Collins has played in several progressive rock groups, having been a member of King Crimson on two occasions (the first from ...

–

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of Single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed (mouthpi ...

(track 9) * The Prophet Omega – voice * Martha Belew – telephone message

Technical

* Adrian Belew – producer, artwork * Ken Latchney –

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limit ...

* Andrew Mendelson – mastering * Julie Rust – layout * Mark Coleman –

photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employe ...

References

{{Authority control Adrian Belew albums 2006 albums Albums produced by Adrian Belew Sanctuary Records albums