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Kings of Sleep

 
Album Review: Kings of Sleep

  • Artist: Stuart Hamm
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1989 12
  • Total Time: 39:05
  • Genre: Rock

Review

This album of great instrumental rock material puts the bass guitar in the spotlight. ~ Paul Kohler, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Black Ice Stuart Hamm Stuart Hamm (4:23)
Surely the Best Stuart Hamm Stuart Hamm (5:19)
Call of the Wild Stuart Hamm, Tony Martin, Tony Iommi, Geoff Nicholls, Cozy Powell, Lawrence Cotte Stuart Hamm (4:41)
Terminal Beach Stuart Hamm Stuart Hamm (3:57)
Count Zero Stuart Hamm Stuart Hamm (4:13)
I Want to Know Stuart Hamm Stuart Hamm (5:39)
Prelude in C Johann Sebastian Bach Stuart Hamm (2:30)
Kings of Sleep Stuart Hamm, Kim Bullard Stuart Hamm (8:23)

Credits

Scott Collard (Keyboards), Howard "Buzz" Feiten (Guitar), Richard Landers (Mixing), Stuart Hamm (Producer), Richard Landers (Engineer), David Bett (Art Direction), Stuart Hamm (Mixing), Stuart Hamm (Arranger), Stuart Hamm (Bass), Jonathan Mover (Drums), Dick Zimmerman (Photography), Harry Cody (Guitar), Amy Knoles (Percussion)
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Kings of Sleep
Studio album by Stuart Hamm
Released June 19, 1989
Recorded December 1988 – February 1989
Genre Instrumental Rock
Length 39:05
Label Relativity
Producer Stuart Hamm
Professional reviews
Stuart Hamm chronology
Radio Free Albemuth
(1988)
Kings of Sleep
(1989)
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.

  1. "Black Ice" – 4:23
  2. "Surely the Best" – 5:19
  3. "Call of the Wild" – 4:41
  4. "Terminal Beach" – 3:57
  5. "Count Zero" – 4:13
  6. "I Want to Know" – 5:39
  7. "Prelude in C" (J.S. Bach) – 2:30
  8. "Kings of Sleep" (Kim Bullard & Stuart Hamm) – 8:23

Personnel

  • Stuart Hamm - Bass guitar
  • Harry Cody - Electric Guitar on "Surely the Best", "Call of the Wild", "Count Zero" and "Kings of Sleep"
  • Buzzy Feiten - Electric Guitar on "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

 
 

 

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