Soul Murder

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{{Infobox album

| name = Soul Murder

| type = studio

| artist = Barry Adamson

| cover = BAdamson_Soul_Murder.jpg

| alt =

| released = 6 April 1992

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Worldwide Studios, London; Konk Studios, London

| genre = Electronica, jazz

| length = 46:53

| label = Mute

| producer = Barry Adamson

| prev_title = Moss Side Story

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Oedipus Schmoedipus

| next_year = 1996

}}

{{album reviews

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/soul-murder-mw0000620506|title=Soul Murder - Barry Adamson | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=Soul+Murder+barry+adamson+1992&pg=PA1994|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|via=Google Books}}

| rev3 = MusicHound Rock

| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book|editor1-last=Graff|editor1-first=Gary|editor2-last=Durchholz|editor2-first=Daniel|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Farmington Hills, MI|year=1999|section=Barry Adamson|isbn=1-57859-061-2|page=8}}

}}

Soul Murder is a 1992 album by Barry Adamson.{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/barry-adamson-1798207942|title=Barry Adamson|website=The A.V. Club|date=12 August 1998 }} The album was nominated for the 1992 Mercury Prize.{{Cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/25566-barry-adamson-strange-world-of-biography-history|title=The Quietus | Features | Strange World Of... | Memento Mori: The Strange World Of… Barry Adamson|website=The Quietus}}

Reception

Trouser Press called the album "a sketchbook of often brilliant ideas — crime jazz, sinewy dance, smoky bossa nova — all peppered with strange samples . . . and spoken-word bits."{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=barry_adamson|title=TrouserPress.com :: Barry Adamson|website=www.trouserpress.com}}

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Barry Adamson; except where indicated

{{tracklist

| title1 = Preface

| note1 = featuring Robert Fripp

| length1 = 1:13

| title2 = Split

| length2 = 3:58

| title3 = The Violation of Expectation

| length3 = 3:04

| title4 = Suspicion

| writer4 = Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus

| length4 = 4:05

| title5 = A Gentle Man of Colour

| length5 = 3:50

| title6 = Trance of Hatred

| length6 = 0:59

| title7 = Checkpoint Charlie

| length7 = 6:32

| title8 = Reverie

| length8 = 4:51

| title9 = Un Petit Miracle

| writer9 = Barry Adamson, Pascale Fuillée-Kendall

| length9 = 2:55

| title10 = 007, a Phantasy Bond Theme

| writer10 = Monty Norman

| length10 = 3:57

| title11 = The Adamson Family

| length11 = 3:45

| title12 = Cool Green World

| length12 = 3:31

| title13 = On the Edge of Atonement

| writer13 = Barry Adamson, Atticus Ross

| length13 = 3:16

| title14 = Epilogue

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Personnel

  • Barry Adamson - bass, keyboards, vocals, narration
  • Kevin Armstrong - guitar (tracks 7, 12)
  • Lynn Baker - viola (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)
  • Malcolm Baxter - trumpet (tracks 2, 10)
  • Sarah Brown - choir vocals (track 13)
  • Patricia Knight - choir vocals (track 13)
  • Ann Lines - cello (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)
  • Billy McGee - conductor, string arrangements (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)
  • Arthur Nichols - narrator (track 10)
  • Audrey Riley - cello (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)
  • Marcia Schofield - narrator (track 5)
  • Enrico Tomasso - trumpet (tracks 2, 10)
  • Chris Tombling - violin (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)
  • Anne Berland - vocals (track 7)
  • Deloray Campbell - choir vocals (track 13)
  • Peter Francis - choir vocals (track 13)
  • Caron Richards - choir vocals (track 13)
  • Steve Shaw - trumpet (tracks 2, 10)
  • Maria Zastrow - narrator (track 6)
  • Jonathan Carney - violin (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)
  • Phil Brown - bass trombone (tracks 2, 10)
  • Clive Dobbins - violin (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)
  • Pete Whyman - alto & tenor saxophone (tacks 2, 10)
  • Chris Pitsillides - viola (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)
  • Joe Parker - violin (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)

;Technical

  • Stan Loubières - recording, mixing
  • Celia Johnstone - front cover photography

References

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Category:1992 albums

Category:Barry Adamson albums

Category:Mute Records albums

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