Moss Side Story
by Barry Adamson
- Type: Album
- Released: 6 March 1989
- Label: Mute
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 54:00
- Community rating: 3.52/5 from 6 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
As Barry Adamson's debut solo effort, 'Moss Side Story' functions as an instrumental soundtrack for a non-existent neo-noir film. The album synthesizes elements of jazz, industrial soundscapes, and classical orchestration, utilizing extensive sampling to evoke the tense, cinematic atmosphere of urban decay.
Genres
Descriptors: leftfield, soundtrack, conceptual, atmospheric, experimental, orchestral, vocal
Tracklist
- On the Wrong Side of Relaxation (5:26)
- Under Wraps (4:27)
- Central Control (2:16)
- Round Up the Usual Suspects (0:37)
- Sounds from the Big House (6:24)
- Suck on the Honey of Love (2:13)
- Everything Happens to Me (2:42)
- The Swinging Detective (5:46)
- Auto Destruction (3:49)
- Intensive Care (2:42)
- The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (4:07)
- Free at Last (1:23)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (2:24)
- Chocolate Milkshake (4:24)
- The Man With The Golden Arm (5:13)
Credits
- Barry Adamson - primary artist, arranged by [strings], art direction, producer, performer [all other instruments and treatments by], sampler [samples], sequenced by, composed by
- Billy McGee - arranged by [strings], orchestrated by
- Joe Ewart - art direction
- Audrey Riley - cello
- Dave Graney - liner notes
- John Dent - mastered by [cut by], mastering
- John Fryer - mixed by
- Paul Kendall - mixed by, producer [producer assisted by], engineer [recording]
- Seamus Beaghen - organ [hammond], piano, rhythm guitar, marimba [top line], composed by
- Lawrence Watson - photography by, photography
- Assorted Images - sleeve
- Chris Tombling - violin
- Philippa Holland - violin
- Sonia Slany - violin
- Diamanda Gal谩s - voice
- Gary Barnacle - saxophone
- Anita Lane - choir [freedom choir]
- Jessamy Calkin - choir [freedom choir]
- Katy Beale - choir [freedom choir]
- Kid Congo Powers - choir [freedom choir]
- Mick Harvey - choir [freedom choir]
- Marcia Schofield - keyboards, saxophone [bass]
- Joe Sax - tenor saxophone
- Rowland S. Howard - electric guitar
- John Doyle - cymbal [hi hats], percussion [brushed snare]
- Annie Hogan - vibraphone [vibes], strings
- Chris Pitsillides - viola
- Charles Gounod - composed by
- Elmer Bernstein - composed by
- Enrico Tomasso - trumpet