title: I (A.R. Kane album)
text: # I (A.R. Kane album)
  
  "i" is the second album by A.R. Kane, released in 1989 on One Little Indian. The album engaged more overtly with pop, dance and electronic styles following the group's debut Sixty Nine. Like its predecessor, "i" was released to moderate sales figures and topped the UK independent charts.
  
  ## Reviews
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | Artforum | (mixed) |
  | The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
  | Pitchfork Media | 7.7/10 |
  
  In a mixed 1990 review, critic Greg Tate stated that the album "seems both more rudimentary and more calculating by comparison with the organic and uncontrived otherness of 69," noting their incorporation of "various received rock, reggae, and house song-forms" and opining that "the results are spotty." The AllMusic review by Jason Ankeny called the album "breathtaking in its scope and positively epic in its ambition," and concluded that, "largely overlooked upon its original release, i is still an underappreciated masterpiece."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks are written by A.R. Kane, except where noted.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * A.R. Kane – arranger, audio production, engineer, guitar, multi instruments, producer, string arrangements, vocals
  * Gini Ball, Sally Herbert, Jeremy Metcalfe – violin
  * Benny Di Massa – drums
  * Colin Cairns – bass
  * Sue Dench, Jocelyn Pook – viola
  * John Dent – cut, cutting engineer
  * The False Harmonies – strings
  * Lincoln Fong, Gerard Johnson, Paul Kendall, Nigel Kennedy, Gail Lambourne, Mick Roasty, Sam Smith, Ken Thomas, Jeff Ward – engineer
  * Girl, Lorna – vocals
  * Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah – percussion
  * Art Kane – arranger, engineer, instrumentation, producer, string arrangements
  * Maggie Tambala – bass, vocals
  * Martin McCarrick, Audrey Riley – cello
  * Billy McGee – string arrangements
  * Ray Shulman – bass, producer
  * Chris Tombling – balloon, violin
  * Halpin Grey Vermeir – cover design, design
  