Various Artists
Sometimes God Smiles
Discipline
DGM9808
(1998)
Rock/Pop
CD, 30
Tracks, 72:10
Length
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01 |
Three of a Perfect Pair |
Adrian Belew; Bill Bruford; Robert Fripp; Tony Levin |
King Crimson |
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04:18 |
02 |
Never Enough |
Adrian Belew |
Adrian Belew,
guitar
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02:12 |
03 |
Heavy ConstruKction |
Adrian Belew; Robert Fripp; Trey Gunn |
Projekct Two |
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02:11 |
04 |
Shipbuilding |
Elvis Costello |
Mr McFall's Chamber |
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01:42 |
05 |
Wild and Dizzy |
Bill Nelson |
Bill Nelson |
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01:22 |
06 |
Original Sin |
Bill Bruford; Tony Levin |
Bruford Levin Upper Extremities |
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02:31 |
07 |
Native of the Rain |
Tony Geballe |
Tony Geballe,
guitar
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02:09 |
08 |
Profaned Sanctuary of the Human Heart |
Bill Nelson |
Bill Nelson |
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00:42 |
09 |
Nothing Comes |
Peter Hammill |
Peter Hammill,
guitar
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02:06 |
10 |
Pie Jesu |
Robert Fripp |
Robert Fripp,
guitar
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02:55 |
11 |
Amethyst |
Eddie Gomez |
Bill Bruford,
drums
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02:59 |
12 |
Of Bow and Drum |
Adrian Belew |
Adrian Belew,
guitar
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03:05 |
13 |
Score With No Film |
Adrian Belew |
Adrian Belew,
guitar
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01:19 |
14 |
The Strangest Things, The Strangest Times |
Bill Nelson |
Bill Nelson |
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01:52 |
15 |
Shepherd's Song |
Bill Bruford; Steve Gorn; Tony Levin; Jerry Marotta |
Tony Levin,
bass
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02:39 |
16 |
Sabre Dance |
Robert Fripp; Pat Mastelotto; David Singleton |
Radical Dance |
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02:56 |
17 |
On the Approach of Doubt |
Robert Fripp |
Robert Fripp,
guitar
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00:28 |
18 |
Allegro Con Brio, Symphony No. 5 |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
California Guitar Trio |
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02:58 |
19 |
Allegretto |
Dmitri Shostakovich |
Mr McFall's Chamber |
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01:56 |
20 |
Prism |
Pierre Favre |
King Crimson |
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01:27 |
21 |
4 (i) |
Pierre Favre; ProjeKct One |
ProjeKct One |
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04:11 |
22 |
Space Groove 2 |
Projekct Two |
Projekct Two |
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02:44 |
23 |
Spinning Dizzy On the Dial |
Bill Nelson |
Bill Nelson |
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01:58 |
24 |
Toccata Seconda |
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Jacob Heringman |
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01:41 |
25 |
21st Century Schizoid Man |
Greg Lake; Ian McDonald; Michael Giles; Peter Sinfield; Robert Fripp |
Projekct Two |
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00:49 |
26 |
Interlude |
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Bruford Levin Upper Extremities |
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00:18 |
27 |
Easy Money |
Robert Fripp; John Wetton; Richard Palmer-James |
King Crimson |
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06:04 |
28 |
Dinosaur |
Adrian Belew; Bill Bruford; Robert Fripp; Trey Gunn; Tony Levin; Pat Mastelotto |
King Crimson |
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04:15 |
29 |
Lindisfarne |
Matt Seattle |
Matt Seattle |
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02:34 |
30 |
On My Mother's Birthday |
Robert Fripp |
Robert Fripp,
guitar
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03:49 |
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Packaging |
Jewel Case |
Spars |
DDD |
Sound |
Stereo |
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Producer |
David Singleton; Robert Fripp |
Cover by |
Peter Willis |
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Index |
#
3700 |
Owner |
Dave |
Tags |
Prog Rock |
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The second volume of Discipline Global Mobile's sampler of some of prog rock's most prominent guitar gurus is seven tracks richer than the first and is bettered by the jazz-infused likes of Projekct One and Projekct Two, a band made up of ex-King Crimson members. A slight bit jazzier and more full-colored than the first Young Person's Guide to Discipline, Sometimes God Smiles is bolstered by four amazingly attractive tracks from Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson, with "The Strangest Things, the Strangest Times" coming out on top. King Crimson's contributions of "Three of a Perfect Pair" and "Easy Money" are passable tracks, but they can't hold a candle to cuts like Matt Seattle's "Lindisfarne" or the trip-tinged outer layer of Mr. McFall's Chamber's "Allegretto." Covering all the angles of guitar-formulated rock, jazz, and ambient-based music, Sometimes God Smiles takes these genres to appeasable extremes, with each group working in bits of blanketed synthesizers and assorted instrumental washes to heighten each song's elemental makeup. Void of any self-absorbed showiness or blatant pretentiousness, the music that makes up this sampler is both tantalizingly obscure and modernly expressive, with something different to be heard with each listen. -- Mike DeGagne (allmusic.com)