Op Zop Too Wah
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Op Zop Too Wah is a concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...

 and studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer...

. The album's mood is reminiscent of The Beatles'
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 "Sgt. Pepper"; a very avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....

 style album.

Reviews

Musician (12/96, pp.89-91):

"...his best overall `pop' album yet....besides the usual winning, Beatles-inflected rockers...and craftily melodic ballads...there are also strong hints of Belew's non-pop output....the bruising riffs of `I Remember How To Forget' recall his work with King Crimson
King Crimson
King Crimson are a rock band founded in London, England in 1969. Often categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, the band have incorporated diverse influences and instrumentation during their history...

..."

Track listing

All tracks written by Adrian Belew.
  1. "Of Bow and Drum" (4:34)
  2. "Word Play Drum Beat" (1:31)
  3. "Six String" (3:30)
  4. "Conversation Piece" (1:10)
  5. "All Her Love Is Mine" (4:28)
  6. "I Remember How To Forget" (3:53)
  7. "What Do You Know (Part I)" (1:01)
  8. "Op Zop Too Wah" (3:42)
  9. "A Plate of Words" (0:50)
  10. "Time Waits" (3:09)
  11. "What Do You Know (Part II)" (1:11)
  12. "Modern Man Hurricane Blues" (3:42)
  13. "In My Backyard" (0:56)
  14. "A Plate of Guitar" (0:47)
  15. "Live in a Tree" (1:05)
  16. "Something to Do" (2:40)
  17. "Beautiful" (2:49)
  18. "High Wire Guitar" (3:43)
  19. "Sky Blue Red Bird Green House" (3:03)
  20. "The Ruin After the Rain" (3:51)
  21. "On" (4:19)

Personnel

  • Adrian Belew: Programming, Synthesizers, Guitars, Samplers, Bass, Vocals
  • Martha Belew: Vocals
  • Sherry Webb: Vocals
  • Iris Belew: Vocals
  • Ken Latchney: Vocals
  • Stan Hertzman: Vocals

  • Ken Latchney and Noah Evens: Recording Engineers
  • Glenn Meadows: Mastering Engineer
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