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    Posted: September 14 2020 at 03:18
Which solo albums by Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford, Tony Levin, Adrian Belew, John Wetton, Mel Collins or any other member of the band are worth exploring?
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Bruford - All his solo work and all Earthworks.

Belew - Lone Rhino and Twang Bar King.

Fripp - Exposure.
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UK - obviously, is a must listen
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

UK - obviously, is a must listen
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Bruford - All his solo work and all Earthworks.

Belew - Lone Rhino and Twang Bar King.

Fripp - Exposure.


Good posting. I love all Earthworks before they went full into traditional jazz. Adrian Belew has a very varied discography. I like his Power Trio, Flux is fun, and also some of his solo guitar work is very interesting. I agree with Lone Rhino and Exposure.
Fripp's League of Gentlemen is very fresh "early 80s lean aesthetics" album and hugely underrated. I also like the League of Crafty Guitarists album.  
Much of the listed music is very unique and not for everyone though.
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I guess it would depend on what you're expecting: Bill Bruford played some jazz-rock music (from the 2 albums I listened of his solo project band Bruford), while Fripp's output can go from ambient to more straightforward rock music.
About Belew, I only listened to the 2 albums quoted by Grumpyprogfan: lovely, bouncy, funky, beatlesque at some times... In some ways, they are perfect examples of the most original 80's pop outputs, closer to, say, XTC than anything "Prog Rock".
Yet, I still prefer Fripp's material, even if you can hear evident stylistic repetitions between Exposure, the League of Gentlemen, or the 80's King Crimson albums. But "Let the Power Fall" is an essential listening.
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

UK - obviously, is a must listen

This.
The first UK is indeed an incredible album but it is not a solo album.

Do y'all not read the OP?
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

UK - obviously, is a must listen

This.
The first UK is indeed an incredible album but it is not a solo album.

Do y'all not read the OP?


Exactly. I know UK and I fripping love 'em. But they are not a solo project... right?
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Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

UK - obviously, is a must listen

This.
The first UK is indeed an incredible album but it is not a solo album.

Do y'all not read the OP?


Exactly. I know UK and I fripping love 'em. But they are not a solo project... right?

ok, ok! don't bite my head off... LOL
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I didn't read the OP. Embarrassed  But even if I did I would still suggest UK.
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Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

Exactly. I know UK and I fripping love 'em. But they are not a solo project... right?
Right. UK was a Jobson/Wetton idea. Wetton asked Bruford to play drums, and Bruford suggested Holdsworth to play guitar. Allan played guitar on Bill's first solo album, Feels Good to Me.

Because Holdsworth would not play his solo the same on tour every night, Jobson and Wetton axed him. They asked Bill if he wanted to continue without Allan. Bill said no and Bruford and Allan worked on Bruford's second solo album, One of a Kind. UK enlisted Bozzio to record a second album.


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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

UK - obviously, is a must listen

This.
The first UK is indeed an incredible album but it is not a solo album.

Do y'all not read the OP?


Exactly. I know UK and I fripping love 'em. But they are not a solo project... right?

ok, ok! don't bite my head off... LOL

LOL. Not gonna do it Tongue
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^^ To my knowledge, the first Bruford album predates the UK album (at least regarding recording dates). Anyway, if one likes UK then he will probably like Feels Good to Me and One of a Kind by Bruford.

Regarding Tony Levin, I quite like his Pieces of the Sun album, more than Resonator, but I prefer his collaborative work: Bozzio, Levin, Stevens (both albums are excellent) and Bruford, Levin Upper Extremities.

Fripps' 80s collaboration with Andy Summers deserves to be checked out (I Advance Masked - very appropriate for our times - and Bewitched) along with those already mentioned. And if you like the more ambient/soundscaping work, his work with Eno is quite interesting to.

For Belew, apart from those mentioned, I would also suggest the Side One, Side Two, Side Three albums, very much in the later KC-vein.


Edit: For Levin I forgot to mention the Levin Torn White album and the recent collaboration with Jerry Marotta and Phil Keagy, The Bucket List - both excellent albums too...


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Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

^^ To my knowledge, the first Bruford album predates the UK album (at least regarding recording dates).
You are correct. I updated my error. Thanks.
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

I love all Earthworks before they went full into traditional jazz.
The electronic drums Bill was using on the first three Earthworks albums was great. He was pushing the boundaries of music using new technology. He also used them for the ABWH project. Not many musicians/fans like electronic drums. I have no problem with them. Bill tuned them so he could play chords. Very clever.

I also love the traditional jazz offerings of Earthworks.

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Since I was a Yes fan first, I consider King Crimson a Bill Bruford side project.  At least, that was how I "discovered" King Crimson.  LOL
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Since I was a Yes fan first, I consider King Crimson a Bill Bruford side project.  At least, that was how I "discovered" King Crimson.  LOL
I know the feeling. Starting out with ItCotCK in 1969, I always considered ELP to be a Greg Lake side project. Shocked
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Trey Gunn's solo albums The Joy Of Molybdenum and Third Star are quite good and I love his Invisible Rays with Henry Kaiser & Morgan Agren.

Tony Levin's solo albums are fairly 'pleasant' gun I wouldn't go beyond that.
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Bruford - All his solo work and all Earthworks.

Belew - Lone Rhino and Twang Bar King.

Fripp - Exposure.

All those, and don't forget the two awesome Moraz/Bruford studio albums and live album!

If you must have only one John Wetton solo album, make it Battle Lines. Also, Live in Argentina is wonderful, and not just because the tracklist is close to the set I saw him perform at Prog Fest '97.
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I would recommend many of Fripp & Eno's collaborations, especially "Here Come the Warm Jets" and "Before and After Science."  Fripp plays amazing fuzz-tone leads on both.
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