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Exposure

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Exposure is the debut solo album by guitarist and composer Robert Fripp. Unique among Fripp solo projects for its focus on the pop song format, it grew out of his previous collaborations with David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, and Daryl Hall, and the latter two singers appear on the album. Released in 1979, it peaked at No. 79 on the Billboard Album Chart. Most of the lyrics were provided by the poet and lyricist Joanna Walton, who was later killed on Pan Am Flight 103. After terminating the first run of King Crimson in 1974, studying at the International Academy for Continuous Education through 1975-1976 and assisting Peter Gabriel in both studio and stage capacities, Fripp moved in 1977 to the Hell's Kitchen neighbourhood of New York City. New York was then a centre of punk rock and what would come to be known as new wave, and Fripp became part of the scene, playing and recording with Blondie and the Roche sisters, absorbing the sounds of the active downtown music scene. He envisioned a new approach, and incorporated elements of these NYC experiences into his current palette, including "Frippertronics", the tape-delay/looping technique he had developed with Brian Eno. At Eno's invitation, Fripp performed on David Bowie's "Heroes" single and album in 1977. Originally, Fripp envisioned Exposure as the third part of a simultaneous trilogy also comprising Daryl Hall's Sacred Songs and Peter Gabriel's second album aka Scratch, both of which Fripp contributed to and produced. Fripp's

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Preface

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You Burn Me Up I'm a Cigarette

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2:23
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Breathless

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4:46
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Disengage

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2:55
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North Star

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3:06
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Chicago

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2:11
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NY3

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2:18
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Mary

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2:07
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Exposure

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4:25
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Häaden Two

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3:12
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Urban Landscape

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2:35
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I May Not Have Had Enough of Me But I've Had Enough of You

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3:37
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First Inaugural Address To The I.A.C.E. Sherborne House

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Water Music I

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Here Comes the Flood

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Water Music II

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Postscript

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