Unrest (Henry Cow album)

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Unrest
Studio album by Henry Cow
Released	1974
Recorded	The Manor, Oxfordshire, England, February–March 1974
Genre	Avant-progressive rock
Length	40:08
Label	Virgin (UK)
Producer	Henry Cow
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Piero Scaruffi (8/10) link Robert Christgau (A-) link
Henry Cow chronology
Leg End (1973) Unrest (1974) Desperate Straights (1975)

Unrest is an album by British avant-garde rock group Henry Cow, recorded at Virgin Records' Manor studios in February and March 1974. It was their second album and was released later that year.

When Henry Cow began recording Unrest, they found they only had enough composed material to fill one side of the LP. Because of studio time constraints, they were forced to improvise and developed the studio composition process ^[1]. This enabled them to use the studio equipment (tapes, etc) to compose pieces for the second side.

The album cover art work was by artist Ray Smith and was the second of three "paint socks" to feature on Henry Cow's albums.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Sound and art work 3 CD reissues 4 Footnotes 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Track listing

Side One

1. "Bittern Storm over Ülm" (Frith) – 2:44
2. "Half Asleep/Half Awake" (Greaves) – 7:39
3. "Ruins" (Frith) – 12:00

Side Two

1. "Solemn Music" (Frith) – 1:09
2. "Linguaphonie" (Henry Cow) – 5:58
3. "Upon Entering the Hotel Adlon" (Henry Cow) – 2:56
4. "Arcades" (Henry Cow) – 1:50
5. "Deluge" (Henry Cow) – 5:52

[edit] Personnel

• Tim Hodgkinson – Organ, piano, alto saxophone, clarinet
• Fred Frith – Stereo guitar, violin, xylophone, piano
• John Greaves – Bass guitar, piano, voice
• Chris Cutler – Drums
• Lindsay Cooper – Bassoon, oboe, recorder, voice

[edit] Sound and art work

• Phil Becque – Recording engineer, Mixing engineer (Side 1)
• Andy Morris – Recording engineer
• Mike Oldfield – Recording engineer (part of "Ruins")
• Henry Cow – Mixing engineers (Side 2), Producers
• Ray Smith – Cover art

[edit] CD reissues

• East Side Digital issued a remixed version of Unrest on CD in 1991 with two extra tracks, "The Glove" and "Torchfire".
• In 1999 both East Side Digital and Recommended Records reissued Unrest on CD with the original mixing restored and the bonus tracks omitted.

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^  Chris Cutler homepage

[edit] See also

• Henry Cow Box (2006)

[edit] External links

• Fred Frith discography

v • d • e Henry Cow Lindsay Cooper • Chris Cutler • Fred Frith • Tim Hodgkinson • Dagmar Krause Georgie Born • John Greaves • Geoff Leigh Dave Attwood • Rob Brooks • Martin Ditcham • Joss Graham • Andy Powell • Sean Jenkins Discography Leg End (1973) • Unrest (1974) • Henry Cow Concerts (1976) • Western Culture (1979) with Slapp Happy: Desperate Straights (1975) • In Praise of Learning (1975) Box sets Henry Cow Box (2006) Related bands Slapp Happy • Art Bears See also Rock in Opposition