Stereotype Be

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

1. "My Sweet Lord" (George Harrison) – 4:32
2. "Shaping Space" – 4:05
3. "Deconstructing Venus" – 5:01
4. "Dead End Moon" – 5:23
5. "End of the Beginning" – 6:06
6. "Angel Without Wings" – 4:29
7. "Mojo Reckoning" – 5:05
8. "The Revolution" – 3:52
9. "Burn Me Up" – 4:43
10. "Leaving the Planet" – 4:10
11. "Dark Night" – 4:22
12. "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

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