Released May 1990 | Length 37:55 Release date May 1990 | |
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Recorded 1989–90 at Royal Recorders Similar Mr Music Head, Inner Revolution, Desire Caught by the Tail, Op Zop Too Wah, Belew Prints: The Acoustic | ||
Adrian belew young lions
Young Lions, released in May 1990 (see 1990 in music), is the fifth solo album by Adrian Belew, and his second on Atlantic Records. Released by Atlantic while Belew was on tour with David Bowie, Belew serving as musical director as well as guitarist, the album features vocal assists from Bowie on two tracks ("Pretty Pink Rose", written by Bowie; and "Gunman", co-written by Bowie and Belew).
Contents
Two cover versions appear on the album: "Heartbeat", a song Belew had co-written for the King Crimson album Beat while he was a member; and "Not Alone Anymore", a Traveling Wilburys song from Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1.
The other songwriting collaboration on the album, however unwittingly, is with Nashville radio evangelist Prophet Omega. Working decades-old tapes of Prophet Omega's broadcasts into "I Am What I Am", Belew, "listed him as a co-author, so in case a couple of hefty guys drop by my place some day, I can say 'here's your money.' "
The album cover features a then five-year-old Steven Belew.
Track listing
All songs written by Adrian Belew unless noted:
- "Young Lions" – 3:42
- "Pretty Pink Rose" (David Bowie) – 4:43
- "Heartbeat" (Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin) – 3:59
- "Looking for a U.F.O." – 3:36
- "I Am What I Am" (Belew, Prophet Omega) – 4:11
- "Not Alone Anymore" (Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison) – 3:13
- "Men in Helicopters" – 3:17
- "Small World" – 3:45
- "Phone Call from the Moon" – 3:38
- "Gunman" (Belew, Bowie) – 3:51
Musicians
Production
Songs
1Young Lions3:42
2Pretty Pink Rose4:43
3Heartbeat3:59