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KING CRIMSON
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| Average Rating: 8.36 |
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All the virtuosity without enough fire
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Reviewed on May 4th, 1998
Like many bands comprising highly accomplished musicians, King Crimson's studio recordings are polished and refined until they no longer adequately represent the improvisational genius and passion of the live performances. When what you have to offer primarily exists in the moment, then you must first kill whatever you want to freeze and preserve.All the elements are here - the double trio's dark thunder in the title track and Vroom, Adian Belew's Beatlesque vocals, Ballads like "Walking on Air", Robert Fripp's meditative soundscapes, and Belew making animal noises with his guitar (in this case, a Dinosaur). Everthing is impeccably played. We hold King Crimson to a higher standard, however. What's missing is the spontaneous magic only a live performance can conjure. For this, if you can't get to a Crimson show, you need live recordings like Thrakattak or Vroom. King Crimson is run somewhat democratically, and with six top flight musicians, they are pulled and pushed in six different directions. This was the undoing of the early 80s incarnation of King Crimson (then a quartet), which produced the splendid "Discipline," and then slowly dissipated in "Beat" and "Three of a Perfect Pair." However, the 90s Crimson is consciously combatting these tendencies, and so have lately been recording and touring in smaller sub units - Projekct One, Projekct tow, and B.L.U.E.
More "THRAK" reviews:
[2004-11-04] Tends to spiral down into a molten buzz (4)
[2003-05-19] Just a great CD by KC (10)
[2003-04-26] Wow....freakin' WOW! (8)
[2003-02-06] Welcome back to the court (8)
[2002-11-13] A Shockingly Good Effort (10)
[2002-07-23] KC Returns, At Long Last! (10)
[2002-06-06] Masterpiece of 90ies rock (10)
[2002-04-01] La era del doble trio (10)
[2002-01-11] Sensational (10)
[2001-12-26] Not Inspired and Overly Loud (6)
[2001-10-26] Break on through... to the Court of the Crimson King (10)
[2001-07-10] Dark, dangerous music (8)
[2001-03-17] Chop City (10)
[2001-02-11] Strangely Beatle-like tunes amid the ethereal metal (8)
[2000-10-04] Close encounters (8)
[2000-02-22] Best since Lark's Tounge in my humble opinion (10)
[2000-01-26] Crimso For The Nineties (6)
[1999-10-22] Progress, yet again. (8)
[1999-07-26] Grating (4)
[1999-06-23] King Crimson remains the same paradox its leader is... (10)
[1999-04-20] Thrak simply is one of the best King Krimson album (10)
[1999-04-20] One of the best King Krimson album (10)
[1999-02-11] Jazzz and trash (10)
[1999-01-25] The magic is gone (2)
[1998-10-31] Great intro to King Crimson's Music (8)
[1998-06-28] The King of Crimson (10)
[1998-05-04] Crimson is back, and better than ever! (10)
[1998-05-04] All the virtuosity without enough fire (6)
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