Fred Frith – Speechless (full album)

Fred Frith – Speechless Label: RecRec Music – ReCDec 902 Format: CD, Album, Reissue Country: Switzerland Released: 1991 Genre: Jazz, Rock Style: Free Improvisation, Avantgarde, Experimental Speechless is a 1981 solo album by English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith of the group Henry Cow. It was Frith’s third solo album, and was originally released in the United States on LP record on The Residents’ Ralph record label. It was the second of three solo albums Frith made for the label. Speechless was recorded in France, Switzerland and the United States, and featured Frith with French Rock in Opposition group Etron Fou Leloublan on the first side of the LP, and Frith’s New York City band Massacre on the second. It is mostly a studio album with extracts from a Massacre concert mixed into four of the tracks on side two of the LP. Speechless has been described as a mixture of folk music, free improvisation, avant-rock and noise. AllMusic said that it is often reg