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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Op Zop Too Wah
| name = Op Zop Too Wah
| Type = [[Album]]
| type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Adrian Belew]]
| artist = [[Adrian Belew]]
| Cover =
| cover = Album_Op_Zop_Cover.jpg
| Released = September 24, 1996
| alt =
| Recorded = March, April & May 1996
| released = September 24, 1996
| Genre =
| recorded = March, April & May 1996
| Length = 56:00
| venue =
| studio = Adrian Belew's Home Studio, Williams Bay, Wisconsin<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Verna|first=Paul|title=Engineer Takes Belew To School|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SggEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22adrian+belew%22+%22home+studio%22&pg=PA86|magazine=Billboard|date=14 May 1994|access-date=3 June 2024}}</ref>
| Label =
| genre = [[Experimental pop]], [[electronic rock]]
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| Producer = Adrian Belew
| Last album =
| length = 56:04
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| label = Adrian Belew Presents
| This album =
| Next album =
| producer = Adrian Belew
| prev_title = [[The Experimental Guitar Series Volume 1: The Guitar as Orchestra]]
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = [[Belew Prints: The Acoustic Adrian Belew, Vol. 2]]
| next_year = 1998
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000079345}}</ref>
}}
}}


'''''Op Zop Too Wah''''' is the tenth solo album by [[Adrian Belew]]. The original title was ''On'' with a close-up of an on/off switch as the cover. However, Belew noticed an English band, [[Echobelly]], had released an album with the [[On (Echobelly album)|same title]]. ''Op Zop Too Wah'' comes from a series of nonsensical words Belew invented in high school with his friend, Mike Wilshire.
'''''Op Zop Too Wah''''' is a [[concept album]] and [[studio album]] by [[Adrian Belew]] and one of his most influential solo works in terms of guitar production, multidimensional songwriting and sonic resolution.

Following the indifferent reception given to Belew's previous album (the experimental ''The Guitar As Orchestra''), ''Op Zop Too Wah'' is a return to more traditional songwriting. The album's mood is reminiscent of the more avant-garde approach carried out by [[The Beatles]] in the late 1960s on albums such as ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''. "I Remember How To Forget" was originally recorded with [[King Crimson]] in 1994, but never released.

== Reviews<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1020562/a/Op+Zop+Too+Wah.htm |title=CD Universe page|accessdate=2008-12-09 }}</ref> ==

'''Musician (12/96, pp.&nbsp;89–91):'''<br />
"...his best overall `pop' album yet....besides the usual winning, Beatles-inflected rockers...and craftily melodic ballads...there are also strong hints of Belew's non-pop output....the bruising riffs of `I Remember How To Forget' recall his work with [[King Crimson]]..."


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==

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#"Of Bow and Drum" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
#"Word Play Drum Beat" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
All tracks written by Adrian Belew.

#"Six String" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
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#"Of Bow and Drum" – (4:34)
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#"Conversation Piece" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
#"Word Play Drum Beat" – (1:31)
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#"All Her Love Is Mine" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
#"Six String" – (3:30)
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#"I Remember How To Forget" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
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#"Conversation Piece" – (1:10)
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#"What Do You Know (Part I)" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
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#"All Her Love Is Mine" – (4:28)
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#"Op Zop Too Wah" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
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#"I Remember How To Forget" – (3:53)
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#"A Plate of Words" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
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#"What Do You Know (Part I)" – (1:01)
#"Time Waits" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
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#"Op Zop Too Wah" – (3:42)
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#"What Do You Know (Part II)" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
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#"A Plate of Words" – (0:50)
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#"Modern Man Hurricane Blues" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
#"Time Waits" – (3:09)
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#"In My Backyard" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
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#"What Do You Know (Part II)" – (1:11)
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#"A Plate of Guitar" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
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#"Modern Man Hurricane Blues" – (3:42)
#"Living in a Tree" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
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#"In My Backyard" – (0:56)
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#"Something to Do" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
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#"A Plate of Guitar" – (0:47)
#"Beautiful" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
#"Live in a Tree" – (1:05)
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#"High Wire Guitar" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
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#"Something to Do" – (2:40)
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#"Sky Blue Red Bird Green House" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
#"Beautiful" – (2:49)
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#"The Ruin After the Rain" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
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#"High Wire Guitar" – (3:43)
#"On" <small>(Adrian Belew)</small>
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#"Sky Blue Red Bird Green House" – (3:03)
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#"The Ruin After the Rain" – (3:51)
#"On" – (4:19)


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
===Musicians===
*Adrian Belew: Programming, Synthesizers, Guitars, Samplers, Bass, Vocals
* Adrian Belew – guitars, piano, bass guitar, synthesizers, samplers, electronics, vocals
*Ken Latchney and Noah Evens: Recording Engineers
* Martha Belew, Sherry Webb, Iris Belew, Ken Latchney, Stan Hertzman – voices (2)
*Glenn Meadows: Mastering Engineer

===Technical===
* Adrian Belew – [[music producer|producer]], [[artwork]], design
* Noah Evens – [[audio engineer|engineer]]
* Ken Latchney – engineer
* Glenn Meadows – [[mastering engineer]]
* Anna Valencia – [[art direction]]
* Grant Lovett – [[photography]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Adrian Belew}}

{{Authority control}}


[[Category:1997 albums]]
[[Category:1996 albums]]
[[Category:1990s concept albums]]
[[Category:Adrian Belew albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Adrian Belew]]

Latest revision as of 23:05, 28 July 2024

Op Zop Too Wah
Studio album by
Adrian Belew
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1996
RecordedMarch, April & May 1996
StudioAdrian Belew's Home Studio, Williams Bay, Wisconsin[1]
GenreExperimental pop, electronic rock
Length56:04
LabelAdrian Belew Presents
ProducerAdrian Belew
Adrian Belew chronology
The Experimental Guitar Series Volume 1: The Guitar as Orchestra
(1995) 		Op Zop Too Wah
(1996) 		Belew Prints: The Acoustic Adrian Belew, Vol. 2
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Op Zop Too Wah is the tenth solo album by Adrian Belew. The original title was On with a close-up of an on/off switch as the cover. However, Belew noticed an English band, Echobelly, had released an album with the same title. Op Zop Too Wah comes from a series of nonsensical words Belew invented in high school with his friend, Mike Wilshire.

Following the indifferent reception given to Belew's previous album (the experimental The Guitar As Orchestra), Op Zop Too Wah is a return to more traditional songwriting. The album's mood is reminiscent of the more avant-garde approach carried out by The Beatles in the late 1960s on albums such as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. "I Remember How To Forget" was originally recorded with King Crimson in 1994, but never released.

Reviews[3]

[edit]

Musician (12/96, pp. 89–91):
"...his best overall `pop' album yet....besides the usual winning, Beatles-inflected rockers...and craftily melodic ballads...there are also strong hints of Belew's non-pop output....the bruising riffs of `I Remember How To Forget' recall his work with King Crimson..."

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks written by Adrian Belew.

  1. "Of Bow and Drum" – (4:34)
  2. "Word Play Drum Beat" – (1:31)
  3. "Six String" – (3:30)
  4. "Conversation Piece" – (1:10)
  5. "All Her Love Is Mine" – (4:28)
  6. "I Remember How To Forget" – (3:53)
  7. "What Do You Know (Part I)" – (1:01)
  8. "Op Zop Too Wah" – (3:42)
  9. "A Plate of Words" – (0:50)
  10. "Time Waits" – (3:09)
  11. "What Do You Know (Part II)" – (1:11)
  12. "Modern Man Hurricane Blues" – (3:42)
  13. "In My Backyard" – (0:56)
  14. "A Plate of Guitar" – (0:47)
  15. "Live in a Tree" – (1:05)
  16. "Something to Do" – (2:40)
  17. "Beautiful" – (2:49)
  18. "High Wire Guitar" – (3:43)
  19. "Sky Blue Red Bird Green House" – (3:03)
  20. "The Ruin After the Rain" – (3:51)
  21. "On" – (4:19)

Personnel

[edit]

Musicians

[edit]
  • Adrian Belew – guitars, piano, bass guitar, synthesizers, samplers, electronics, vocals
  • Martha Belew, Sherry Webb, Iris Belew, Ken Latchney, Stan Hertzman – voices (2)

Technical

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Verna, Paul (14 May 1994). "Engineer Takes Belew To School". Billboard. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  2. ^ Op Zop Too Wah at AllMusic
  3. ^ "CD Universe page". Retrieved 2008-12-09.
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