Stereotype Be

2001 studio album by Kevin Max

Stereotype Be

Studio album by

Kevin Max

Released

August 28, 2001

Recorded

2000–2001

Studio

Ocean Way, Nashville
The Bennett House, Franklin
Sound Kitchen, Franklin
Royaltone, Los Angeles
Channel-Land, Santa Rosa

Genre

Art pop
experimental rock

Length

60:59

Label

ForeFront

Producer

Kevin Max
Adrian Belew

Kevin Max chronology

At the Foot of Heaven: a Mini Audio Book]
(1994)

Stereotype Be
(2001)

Raven Songs 101
(2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christianity Today	favorable^[2]
Cross Rhythms	^[3]
Jesus Freak Hideout	^[4]
The Phantom Tollbooth	^[5]

Stereotype Be is the solo debut album of Kevin Max. The album blends progressive rock, world music (particularly Middle Eastern), spoken word, and traditional pop, with spiritual lyrics.

Track listing

Album release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Return of the Singer"	Kevin Max, Mark Lee Townsend	3:49
2.	"Existence"	Max, Townsend	4:13
3.	"Be"	Erick Cole, Max	3:47
4.	"Angel with No Wings"	Cole, Max	4:22
5.	"Shaping Space"	Max	4:00
6.	"Dead End Moon"	Max, Townsend	5:32
7.	"Union of the Soul"	Max	1:15
8.	"The Secret Circle"	Cole, Max	3:56
9.	"I Don't Belong"	Max	3:33
10.	"Blind"	Cole, Max	5:19
11.	"On and On"	Cole, Max	4:20
12.	"Her Game"	Max	4:08
13.	"Deconstructing Venus"	Cole, Max	5:11
14.	"I Went Over the Edge of the World" (includes hidden song "You")	Max	7:34
Total length:			60:59

Demo Sessions track listing

"My Sweet Lord" (George Harrison) – 4:32
"Shaping Space" – 4:05
"Deconstructing Venus" – 5:01
"Dead End Moon" – 5:23
"End of the Beginning" – 6:06
"Angel Without Wings" – 4:29
"Mojo Reckoning" – 5:05
"The Revolution" – 3:52
"Burn Me Up" – 4:43
"Leaving the Planet" – 4:10
"Dark Night" – 4:22
"You" - 4:24

The working title of the album was given as London Cowboy in February 2001 before its eventual renaming.^[6]

"End of the Beginning" was revamped by Max and used as the second track of his 2012 EP, Fiefdom of Angels-Side One.

In 2015 Kevin released Stereotype Be-Sides which included these tracks and others not before heard.^[7]

Personnel

Kevin Max – vocals, tambourine, backing vocals (1, 9), keyboards (4, 5, 12, 14.1), acoustic piano (10)
Mark Lee Townsend – programming (1, 2, 6)
Jamie Kenney – programming (11)
George Cocchini – guitars (1, 2)
J.R. McNeely – acoustic guitar (2)
Adrian Belew – sitar (2), guitars (3, 8, 10, 13, 14.1), pedal steel guitar (3), string arrangements (6, 8, 10, 12), koto (10), electric guitars (12), Roland V-drums (12), vibraphone (12)
Will Owsley – guitars (3, 4, 5, 9), acoustic guitar (4, 5, 11), backing vocals (9)
Erick Cole – acoustic guitar (4, 5, 11), guitars (10, 14.1), additional guitars (13)
John Mark Painter – guitars (6), theremin (6), baglama (6), string arrangements (6, 8, 10, 12), flugelhorn (10, 11), electric guitar (11), slide guitar (11), bass (11)
Tony Levin – bass (1-6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14.1), Chapman Stick (6)
Matt Chamberlain – drums (1-6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14.1), percussion
Scott Lenox – loops (8)
Lee Thornburg – trumpet, flugelhorn, French horn
Larry Norman – Jew's harp (11), backing vocals (11)
Alisa Gyse – backing vocals (1)
Stacy "Coffee" Jones – bridge rap (2)

Handclaps on "Blind"

Adrian Belew, Matt Chamberlain, Erick Cole, Graham Elvis, Tony Levin and Kevin Max

Production

Adrian Belew – producer
Kevin Max – producer, art direction
David Bach – A&R
Kevin Latchney – engineer
J.R. McNeely – engineer, mixing
Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
Susannah Parrish – creative coordinator
Scott McDaniel – art direction
Neal Ashby – design
Danny Clinch – photography
CL Entertainment, Inc. – management

References

^ Stereotype Be at AllMusic
^ "Stereotype be | Christian Music Today". Archived from the original on May 17, 2009. Retrieved April 16, 2009.
^ "Review: Stereotype Be - Kevin Max - Cross Rhythms". www.crossrhythms.co.uk. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
^ "Kevin Max, "Stereotype Be" Review". jesusfreakhideout.com. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
^ Lloyd, Shari. "Kevin Max - a Review of The Phantom Tollbooth". www.tollbooth.org. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
^ "JFH Music News Archive February, 2001". JesusFreakHideout. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
^ "Kevin Max: Starry Eyes Surprise". PledgeMusic. Retrieved October 19, 2017.