''Stereotype Be'' is the solo debut album of

Kevin Max Kevin Max Smith (born August 17, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, and poet. He is best known for being a member of the Christian pop group dc Talk. As a solo artist following the band going on hiatus, he has recorded 12 full-length studi ...

. The album blends

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

, world music (particularly Middle Eastern), spoken word, and traditional pop, with spiritual lyrics.

Track listing

Demo Sessions track listing

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My Sweet Lord "My Sweet Lord" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released in November 1970 on his triple album ''All Things Must Pass''. It was also released as a single, Harrison's first as a solo artist, and topped charts worldwide; it was the ...

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George Harrison George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian c ...

) – 4:32 # "Shaping Space" – 4:05 # "Deconstructing Venus" – 5:01 # "Dead End Moon" – 5:23 # "End of the Beginning" – 6:06 # "Angel Without Wings" – 4:29 # "Mojo Reckoning" – 5:05 # "The Revolution" – 3:52 # "Burn Me Up" – 4:43 # "Leaving the Planet" – 4:10 # "Dark Night" – 4:22 # "You" - 4:24 The working title of the album was given as ''London Cowboy'' in February 2001 before its eventual renaming. "End of the Beginning" was revamped by Max and used as the second track of his 2012 EP, ''Fiefdom of Angels-Side One''. In 2015 Kevin released ''Stereotype Be-Sides'' which included these tracks and others not before heard.

Personnel

* Kevin Max – vocals, tambourine, backing vocals (1, 9), keyboards (4, 5, 12, 14.1), acoustic piano (10) *

Mark Lee Townsend Mark Lee Townsend is an American multi-instrumentalist and record producer best known as guitarist for the Christian rock band dc Talk and as the long-time producer for Christian rock band Relient K. Townsend's career started as a member, s ...

– programming (1, 2, 6) * Jamie Kenney – programming (11) * George Cocchini – guitars (1, 2) * J.R. McNeely – acoustic guitar (2) *

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 ...

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sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in medieval India, flourished in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in ...

(2), guitars (3, 8, 10, 13, 14.1),

pedal steel guitar The pedal steel guitar is a Console steel guitar, console-type of steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings to enable playing more varied and complex music than any previous steel guitar design. Like all s ...

(3), string arrangements (6, 8, 10, 12),

koto Koto may refer to: * Koto (band), an Italian synth pop group * Koto (instrument), a Japanese musical instrument * Koto (kana), a ligature of two Japanese katakana * Koto (traditional clothing), a traditional dress made by Afro-Surinamese women * K ...

(10), electric guitars (12),

Roland V-drums V-Drums (Virtual Drums) are a line of electronic drums by Roland Corporation Introduced originally in 1997. Trigger types V-Drums trigger devices are of four major types: mesh-head drum pads, rubber pads, cymbal pads and acoustic drum t ...

(12),

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,' ...

(12) * Will Owsley – guitars (3, 4, 5, 9), acoustic guitar (4, 5, 11), backing vocals (9) * Erick Cole – acoustic guitar (4, 5, 11), guitars (10, 14.1), additional guitars (13) *

John Mark Painter John Mark Painter (born c. 1967) is an American multi-instrumental musician, composer and arranger. He is best known for his role, with his wife, singer Fleming McWilliams, in the rock duo, Fleming and John. Painter grew up in Miami, and beg ...

– guitars (6),

theremin The theremin (; originally known as the ætherphone/etherphone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox) is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the performer (who is known as a thereminist). It is named afte ...

(6), baglama (6), string arrangements (6, 8, 10, 12), flugelhorn (10, 11), electric guitar (11),

slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos tha ...

(11), bass (11) *

Tony Levin Anthony Frederick Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an American musician and composer, specializing in electric bass, Chapman Stick and upright bass. He also sings and plays synthesizer. Levin is best known for his work with King Crimson (since 198 ...

– bass (1-6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14.1),

Chapman Stick The Chapman Stick is an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. A member of the guitar family, the Chapman Stick usually has ten or twelve individually tuned strings and is used to play bass lines, melody lines ...

(6) *

Matt Chamberlain Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967) is an American session musician, drummer, producer and songwriter. Biography Life and career Chamberlain was born in San Pedro, California on April 17, 1967. He began learning how to play the drums ...

– drums (1-6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14.1), percussion * Scott Lenox – loops (8) * Lee Thornburg – trumpet, flugelhorn,

French horn The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most ...

Larry Norman Larry David Norman (April 8, 1947 – February 24, 2008) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of Christian rock music and released more than 100 albu ...

– Jew's harp (11), backing vocals (11) * Alisa Gyse – backing vocals (1) * Stacy "Coffee" Jones – bridge rap (2) Handclaps on "Blind" * Adrian Belew, Matt Chamberlain, Erick Cole, Graham Elvis, Tony Levin and Kevin Max

Production

* Adrian Belew – producer * Kevin Max – producer, art direction * David Bach – A&R * Kevin Latchney – engineer * J.R. McNeely – engineer, mixing *

Ted Jensen Ted Jensen (born September 19, 1954) is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings, including the Eagles' ''Hotel California'', Green Day's '' American Idiot'' and Norah Jones' ''Come Away with Me''. Biography Ted ...

– mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York) * Susannah Parrish – creative coordinator * Scott McDaniel – art direction * Neal Ashby – design *

Danny Clinch Danny Clinch (born 1964) is an American photographer and film director. Biography Born in Toms River, New Jersey, Clinch graduated from Toms River High School East in 1982. After attending Ocean County College, he attended the New England S ...

– photography * CL Entertainment, Inc. – management

References

Kevin Max albums 2001 albums ForeFront Records albums Albums produced by Adrian Belew {{2001-rock-album-stub