Desire of the Rhino King

Desire of the Rhino King
Compilation album by Adrian Belew
Released	November 5, 1991
Genre	Experimental rock, AOR
Length	71:58
Label	Polygram Records
Producer	Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew chronology
Young Lions (1990) Desire of the Rhino King (1991) Inner Revolution (1992)

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Desire of the Rhino King is a compilation album released in 1991 by experimental rock musician and guitarist Adrian Belew. It includes songs from Belew's first three solo albums for Island Records: Lone Rhino (1982), Twang Bar King (1983), and Desire Caught By the Tail (1986).

Track 18 is an outtake from the Desire sessions which makes its CD debut here. It was first released on a Flexi disc included with the March 1987 issue of Guitar Player magazine.

Track listing

All music composed by Adrian Belew except where noted.

1. "The Final Rhino" – 1:25
2. "The Lone Rhinoceros" – 3:59
3. "Big Electric Cat" – 4:52
4. "The Momur" – 3:48
5. "Hot Sun" – 1:30
6. "The Man in the Moon" – 3:47
7. "Swingline" – 3:29
8. "Adidas in Heat" – 2:45
9. "Fish Head" – 4:31
10. "The Ideal Woman" – 4:08
11. "Sexy Rhino" – :37
12. "Twang Bar King" – 1:26
13. "Paint the Road" (Belew, Janssen) – 3:21
14. "She Is Not Dead" – 4:42
15. "The Rail Song" – 5:38
16. "Ballet for a Blue Whale" – 4:45
17. "The Gypsy Zurna" – 3:06
18. "Joan Miro's Procession Through the Insides of a Purple Antelope Across a Sea of Tuna Fish" – 3:05
19. "Portrait of Margaret" – 3:58
20. "Laughing Man" – 5:31
21. "Guernica" – 2:18

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