King's Lead Hat

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"King's Lead Hat"
Single by Brian Eno
from the album Before and After Science
B-side "R.A.F." (with Snatch)
ReleasedDecember 1977 (1977-12)
Recorded1977
Genre
Length3:56
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s) Brian Eno
Producer(s) Brian Eno
Official audio
"King's Lead Hat" (2004 Digital Remaster) on YouTube

"King's Lead Hat" is a song written by Brian Eno, released in 1977 as the fifth track from his album Before and After Science . The title is an anagram of "Talking Heads". [1] On 27 January 1978 a remixed version of the song was released as a single.

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Rock critic Lester Bangs described the song "King's Lead Hat" as a track that emphasises "Eno's affinities with new wave in its rushed mechanical rhythms". [2] Eno would later produce Talking Heads' second, third and fourth albums, including Remain in Light (1980). Guitarist Robert Fripp, a frequent collaborator with Eno, performs a solo on the track.

B-side

"R.A.F.", a collaboration with Snatch, is a non-album track that uses samples of Baader-Meinhoff terrorists recorded from a German telephone announcement. R.A.F. stands for "Red Army Faction". [3]

Personnel

Musicians [4]

Production [4]

Cover versions

References

  1. 1 2 Tamm, Eric (1995). Brian Eno: His Music and the Vertical Color of Sound. Da Capo Press. pp. 113–114. ISBN   978-0-306-80649-0.
  2. 1 2 Bangs, Lester (4 March 1978). "Eno Sings With the Fishes". Village Voice : 49.
  3. ↑ "Brian Eno - King's Lead Hat".
  4. 1 2 Before and After Science (Vinyl back cover). Brian Eno. Island Records. 1977. ILPS-9478.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ Gimarc, George (1997). Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982. St. Martin's Press. p. 82. ISBN   978-0-312-16968-8.



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