Lone Rhino [IMPORT] [LIMITED EDITION]

Adrian Belew

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 7, 2007)
• Original Release Date: July 1982
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Limited Edition
• Label: Universal Japan
• ASIN: B00007DXIG
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #308,126 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Japanese exclusive reissue, limited to 5,000 pieces, of 1982 album that's out-of-print domestically, packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Island. 2002.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does not need bonus tracks, March 13, 2003

By	Kara McGuire (Colorado Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews

Listening to this material after 10 years literally brought tears to my eyes. This is one I have been waiting for on CD ever since I wore out my cassette copy. This CD mastering job does the material justice, and the packaging (with lyrics!) is nothing short of top-notch.

For those of you not familiar with Adrian Belew's music, this is an ideal place to start. I recommend starting with track 2. Like a co-worker said upon hearing it for the first time, this is fun music you don't have to think about.

Then the track 7-8-9 segue is a religious experience!
Highly recommended. Now, on to that new Joe Jackson Band release...

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Strong first solo release from Crimson & Bears vocalist, July 23, 2003

By	Wayne Klein "If at first the idea is not absu... (My Little Blue Window, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

Yikes, this is dating me. I purchased Lone Rhino on vinyl when Island released it shortly after King Crimson's release came out. I still have the vinyl. I've been meaning to transfer it for some time and burn a decent copy. Now I don't have to. Belew's first solo album has some of his sharpest songs on it. The Zappa and Beatles influences are all over the place but it's still uniquely Ade. From the stomping Big Electric Cat with its yowling guitar and backward drumming to Man in the Moon Ade's (I assume)moving song about his father, Lone Rhino is top notch. So why only 4 Stars? It's not his best album. Meet The Beatles (or Please Please Me & With The Beatles if you're discussing the CD releases and/or vinyl releases throghout the world expect the US)wasn't The Beatles best. It was a remarkable blast of fresh air. So is Lone Rhino.

I know a number of Belew fans who dislike the instrumental pieces. I find them to be moving and melodic. Belew makes music do the talking here. The mournful Lone Rhino is an instrumental highlight. In many respects Lone Rhino reminds me of McCartney's first solo album. It's simple but never simplistic; it's direct but never blunt; it's melodic but doesn't meander.

It isn't a perfect album. It does have its flaws but those flaws seem less of an issue twenty years later. Occasionally Belew goes for the easy humor of Adidas in Heat. It's a bopping little tune that deserved better lyrics or, perhaps, deserved not to be on the album. Still, it's got charm and the brass band coda does make up for the shortcomings of the lyrics.

Lone Rhino sounds great. It has been remastered from the original analog masters using the 24 bit mastering popular now. The sleeve (and it is a sleeve)is an exact replica of the original one from 1982 except that there is no paper sleeve with the lyrics (they're printed on a folded one sheet in Japanese and English). Issued (if memory serves) right around the time of Beat, Lone Rhino proved that Belew had much more talent than was evident in Crimson.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars El primero, June 10, 2003

By	J. B. Fresno (Madrid, Spain) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Lone Rhino es el primer disco en solitario de Adrian Belew después de haber pasado por lo más granado del rock anglosajón: Bowie, Zappa, Talking Heads, King Crimson, etc. En este disco recoge todas esas influencias y las pasa por su propio tamiz. El resultado es un buen disco que, sin embargo, ha sido frecuentemente sobrevalorado. Posiblemente por su imposibilidad para conseguirlo en CD hasta este momento. Aún siendo bueno, aún esta lejos de otras joyas como "Here".