The Acoustic Adrian Belew Vol.1 - Adrian Belew

What initially seems like an interesting idea ultimately turns out to be a disappointing waste of time, but considering it's only twenty-nine minutes of your time, I guess it could be worse. This brief and fairly lazy release sees Adrian Belew stripped down to the bare bones of his singing and acoustic guitar, performing acoustic renditions of his old material that was often acoustic in the first place, all delivered in the same breezy, quiet, tedious style with only a couple of exceptions. These songs all sound much the same, especially in the second half of the album, and there's nothing in the way of acoustic guitar theatrics that I was hoping for, the ...