Kings of Sleep

Infobox Album |
Name = Kings of Sleep
Type = Album
Artist = Stuart Hamm


Released = June 19, 1989
Recorded = December 1988 – February 1989
Genre = Instrumental Rock
Length = 39:05
Label = Relativity
Producer = Stuart Hamm
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gvfuxq85ldhe link] |
Last album = "Radio Free Albemuth" (1988)
This album = "Kings of Sleep" (1989)
Next album = "The Urge" (1991)

"Kings of Sleep" is the second solo album released by bassist Stuart Hamm. It was released on June 19, 1989 on Relativity Records.

The title of the album and many of the songs were inspired by the novels and short stories of William Gibson, including the Neuromancer ("Black Ice" and "Terminal Beach" are both references from that novel), Count Zero (referring to the name of the novel as well as the hacker handle of one of the protagonists), and the short story The Winter Market ("Kings of Sleep" is the name of a fictional stim-album in that story).

Track listing

All songs written by Stuart Hamm, except where noted.
# "Black Ice" – 4:23
# "Surely the Best" – 5:19
# "Call of the Wild" – 4:41
# "Terminal Beach" – 3:57
# "Count Zero" – 4:13
# "I Want to Know" – 5:39
# "Prelude in C" (J.S. Bach) – 2:30
# "Kings of Sleep" (Kim Bullard & Stuart Hamm) – 8:23

Personnel

* Stuart Hamm - Bass guitar
* Harry Cody - Electric Guitar (On the songs "Surely the Best", "Call of the Wild", "Count Zero" and "Kings of Sleep")
* Buzzy Feiten - Electric Guitar (On the songs "Black Ice" and "I Want to Know")
* Jonathan Mover - Drums
* Amy Knoles - Percussion
* Scott Collard - Keyboards
* Dick Zimmerman - Photography
* David Bett - Art Direction
* Stuart Hamm - Producer