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
| rev3 = MusicHound Rock
}}
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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