Mr. Music Head - Adrian Belew

Adrian Belew's fourth album shows very few signs of the multi-talented, experimental musician's multi-talent or experimental tendencies, as although Belew plays all of the instruments including voice (with the exception of some bass work from Mike Barnett on two songs), this is largely commercially-oriented piano-driven pop music, reminiscent of David Bowie's early R&B era. Although the most explicitly commercial, it's the singles 'Oh Daddy' and 'Peaceable Kingdom' that end up the most successful, primarily because the other tracks fail to really distinguish themselves. The opener is catchy and inoffensive, with backing vocals from Belew's daughter Audie, ...  Read the complete review