Exposure in Bloomington, MN

Conceived as the third part of an MOR trilogy that included
Peter Gabriel
's second album and
Daryl Hall
's
Sacred Songs
,
Exposure
is concerned with a marketplace that
Fripp
saw as hostile to experimentation and hungry for product. Strangely, then,
is one of his most varied and successful rock albums, offering a broad selection of styles.
"Water Music I and II"
is pure Frippertronics;
"Disengage"
and
"I May Not Have Had Enough of Me But I've Had Enough of You"
are angular, jagged rock like he would make with the reformed
King Crimson
;
"North Star"
is a soulful ballad led by
on vocals, and a less bombastic version of
"Here Comes the Flood"
with
singing makes a melancholic ending.
Peter Hammill
Terre Roche
, and
Narada Michael Walden
also add vocals to a pleasant experiment in pop,
style. ~ Ted Mills