K-Scope
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| K-Scope | ||||
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| Released | December 1978 | |||
| Recorded | March–May 1978 | |||
| Studio | Sun Park Studios, Surrey | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 45:06 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Phil Manzanera | |||
| Phil Manzanera chronology | ||||
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K-Scope is the second studio album by Phil Manzanera, released in 1978.[1]
K-Scope was released by Polydor Records in December 1978.[1]
The album was re-released in 1991 featuring three bonus tracks.[2] In 2011, American hip hop artists Kanye West and Jay Z sampled the opening guitar riff from "K-Scope" for their song "No Church in the Wild" in their first collaborative album Watch the Throne (2011). In 2015, Manzanera covered their track for his album The Sound of Blue.[3]
Critical reception
The Globe and Mail called the album "more of the subtle rock riches former Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera is noted for," but noted that "new lead vocalist Tim Finn from New Zealand group Split Enz supplies a vocal style too wispy to match the musical elaboration and overall, the record suffers from feeling piecemeal."[4]
DownBeat assigned 4 stars to the album.[5] Reviewer Frank-John Hadley wrote that the album, "pursues Manzanera’s idiosyncratic musical vision; quirky instrumentals stand alongside derisive songs of societal malaise as mirrors of a technologically advanced world. This time around Manzanera’s penchant for hard-nosed, conventional rock comes to the forefront and interacts well with the pervasive weirdness . . ."[5]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| DownBeat |   [5] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "K-Scope" | Manzanera | 4:32 |
| 2. | "Remote Control" | Ian MacCormick | 2:37 |
| 3. | "Cuban Crisis" | Manzanera, Bill MacCormick | 6:02 |
| 4. | "Hot Spot" | Manzanera, Ian MacCormick | 5:02 |
| 5. | "Numbers" | Manzanera, John Wetton | 3:29 |
| 6. | "Slow Motion TV" | Manzanera, Bill MacCormick, Simon Ainley | 3:12 |
| 7. | "Gone Flying" | Manzanera, Bill MacCormick | 4:27 |
| 8. | "N-Shift" | Manzanera | 5:33 |
| 9. | "Walking Through Heaven's Door" | Manzanera, Bill MacCormick | 6:52 |
| 10. | "You Are Here" | Manzanera | 3:20 |
| Total length: | 45:06 | ||
