Safety in Numbers (David Van Tieghem album)

Safety in Numbers
Studio album by David Van Tieghem
Released	1987
Recorded	Battery Sound, New York City.
Genre	Progressive Electronic, Techno-Tribal
Label	Private Music Records
Producer	David Van Tieghem, Roma Baran
David Van Tieghem chronology
These Things Happen (1984)These Things Happen1984 Safety in Numbers (1987) Strange Cargo (1989)Strange Cargo1989

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Safety in Numbers is the second studio album by American electronica musician & percussionist David Van Tieghem, released in 1987. Tony Levin, the longtime bassist for King Crimson, plays Chapman Stick on track 4. Safety in Numbers' music has been described as a "downtown" mix of pop, new-age, percussion music and electronic music.^[2]

Track listing

All music composed by David Van Tieghem.

1. "Galaxy" - 5:06
2. "Thunder Lizard" - 5:00
3. "Crystals" - 5:04
4. "Night of the Cold Noses" - 5:10
5. "Futures" - 4:54
6. "All Safe" - 5:49
7. "Skeleton Key" - 4:23
8. "Clear" - 4:31
9. "Deep Sky" - 2:43
10. "A Wing and a Prayer" - 3:34

Personnel

• Rebecca Armstrong: Vocals, Voices.
• Roma Baran: Producer.
• Knut Bohn: Assistant Engineer.
• Jo Bonney: Cover Design
• Bill Buchen: Percussion, Drums, Design.
• Paula Court: Photography.
• Sara Cutler: Harp.
• Derek Davis: Assistant Engineer.
• Barbara de Mauro: Assistant Engineer.
• Laura Demme: Vocals, Design
• Deborah Feingold: Photography.
• Robbie Kilgore: Additional Synth Programming
• Richard Landry: Flute.
• Dave Lebolt: Organ, Synthesizer, Keyboards, Realization.
• Tony Levin: Stick, Chapman Stick.
• Eric Liljestrand: Guitar, Programming, Engineer, E-Bow.
• Bob Ludwig: Mastering.
• Tatsuhiko Mori: Computers.
• Ryuichi Sakamoto: Synthesizer.
• Larry Saltzman: Guitar.
• Clive Smith: Programming.
• Howard Sochurek: Processing.
• Ned Sublette: Pedal Steel, Guitar (Steel).
• "Blue" Gene Tyranny: Piano.
• Leanne Ungar: Engineer, Mixing.
• David Van Tieghem: Piano, Cymbals, Drums, Gong, Marimba, Vocals, Multi Instruments, Producer.
• Richard J. Van Tieghem: Shortwave Radio.

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