Robert Fripp - Exposure (1979)

The King Crimson guitarist's first solo album is an unusual affair, in the sense that it's more about straight sonics than meandering "Frippertronics". Fripp actually takes a direct rock approach on the best tunes here, though there's nothing shabby about the quirkier compositions.

Guest vocalists Daryl Hall, Peter Gabriel, Terre Roche and Peter Hammill help to keep things strikingly varied, and while prog-rock fans will be somewhat disappointed by the lack of adventure (what, no KC-style noodling?), the music's mainly melody-driven, and hence, quite accessible.