Unrest (Henry Cow album)

Infobox Album | Name = Unrest
Type = Studio album
Artist = 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
Reviews =
*"Allmusic" Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1g0e4jn70wai link]
*Piero Scaruffi (8/10) [http://www.scaruffi.com/vol3/henrycow.html link]
*Review-Christgau|A-|cgurl=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=579&name=Henry+Cow| Last album = "Leg End"
(1973)
This album = "Unrest"
(1974)
Next album = "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 ref|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.

Track listing

;Side One
#"Bittern Storm over Ülm" (Frith) – 2:44
#"Half Asleep/Half Awake" (Greaves) – 7:39
#"Ruins" (Frith) – 12:00;Side Two
#"Solemn Music" (Frith) – 1:09
#"Linguaphonie" (Henry Cow) – 5:58
#"Upon Entering the Hotel Adlon" (Henry Cow) – 2:56
#"Arcades" (Henry Cow) – 1:50
#"Deluge" (Henry Cow) – 5:52

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

ound 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

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.

Footnotes

# [http://www.ccutler.com/ccutler/bands/group02.shtml#henrycow Chris Cutler homepage]

ee also

*"Henry Cow Box" (2006)

External links

* [http://home.arcor.de/nyds-exp-discogs/frith.htm Fred Frith discography]