Invisible Means

by John French, Fred Frith, Henry Kaiser & Richard Thompson

Invisible Means cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1990
  • Label: Windham Hill
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:08:23
  • Community rating: 3.21/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The second album by the quartet of John French, Fred Frith, Henry Kaiser and Richard Thompson, 'Invisible Means' was recorded over five days in March 1990 at Mobius Music in San Francisco and produced by Kaiser. It joins French's Beefheart-honed drumming and Frith's Henry Cow lineage to Thompson's folk rock guitar in an art rock of intricate, song-based interplay.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, guitars, storytelling, male-vocals, improvisational

Tracklist

  1. Peppermint Rock (3:37)
  2. To the Rain (4:49)
  3. Lizard's Tail (4:20)
  4. March of the Cosmetic Surgeons (5:09)
  5. Suzanne (2:56)
  6. Quick Sign (3:40)
  7. Begging Bowl (3:18)
  8. Kalo Takariva (1:20)
  9. Invisible Means (4:59)
  10. Loch Lomond (4:45)
  11. The Book of Lost Dreams (1:49)
  12. Days of Our Lives (5:15)
  13. The Evening News (3:37)
  14. The Nearsighted Heron (3:25)
  15. Now That I Am Dead (3:27)
  16. Hunting Sunsets (4:14)
  17. Killing Jar (7:43)

Credits

  • Fred Frith - bass, written-by
  • John French - drums, lead vocals, written-by
  • Richard Thompson - guitar, lead vocals, written-by
  • David Suff - illustration [front cover illustration]
  • EW - plated by
  • Oliver Dicicco - engineer
  • Jane Scolieri - engineer [assistant]
  • George Horn - mastered by
  • Clayton Call - photography by
  • Bob Adams - written-by
  • Donna Blair - written-by

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