Conceived as the third part of an MOR trilogy that included
Peter Gabriel's second album and
Daryl Hall's
Sacred Songs,
Exposure is concerned with a marketplace that
Fripp saw as hostile to experimentation and hungry for product. Strangely, then,
Exposure is one of his most varied and successful rock albums, offering a broad selection of styles. "Water Music I and II" is pure Frippertronics; "Disengage" and "I May Not Have Had Enough of Me But I've Had Enough of You" are angular, jagged rock like he would make with the reformed
King Crimson; "North Star" is a soulful ballad led by
Daryl Hall on vocals, and a less bombastic version of "Here Comes the Flood" with
Peter Gabriel singing makes a melancholic ending.
Peter Hammill,
Terre Roche, and
Narada Michael Walden also add vocals to a pleasant experiment in pop,
Fripp style.