The Concise King Crimson

Artist: King Crimson
Label: Caroline
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 017046188722
EAN: 0017046188722
ASIN: B000000I1M

Release Date: 1993-10-19

The Concise King Crimson

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Tracks:

21st Century Schizoid Man
Epitaph
In The Court Of The Crimson King (Abridged)
Cat Food
Ladies Of The Road
Starless (Abridged)
Red
Fallen Angel
Elephant Talk
Frame By Frame
Matte Kudesai
Heartbeat
Three Of A Perfect Pair
Sleepless

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Customer Reviews:

I'm partial to the newer stuff.......2005-07-17

I attempted to wimp out and get all the good King Crimson songs on one CD, and I did, technically, I'm just partial to everything after Adrian Belew joined the band.

I would have been better off buying "Three of a Perfect Pair" and "Discipline" separately.

Still, I've learned to enjoy several of the older songs, just not quite as much.

A pocket edition for beginners.......2004-08-31

This is a pretty good album for those who want to be innitiated into King Crimsom music , this is a band not very easy to listen or to follow because of the complicated train of lyrics and musical variations wich is so rich that you need to dedicate several listening sessions; the order of the tracks is chronological wich helps to appreciate a lot more the creatve progression and evolution of this legends of progressive rock, the addition of elements that goes from blues, Heavy Metal, ambient music, and jazzy rythms are evident as you hear track by track, and you get fascinated for this unique creativity that still provides to this days new inspiration for new eclectic and non eclectic bands, a priceless musical document
HM

not the real deal!.......2004-07-23

get "the compact king crimson"used for the full versions of the songs,the abridged ones are good,but not as tripped-out!

King Crimson summarized in one-CD.......2003-10-05

In Fripp's words, this is a pocket edition of the 4-CD compilation Frame by Frame, and serves as an introduction to the studio work between 1969-1984. As you know, KC history is hard to follow, with amazing personnel changes (in who? and how many?), being founder Robert Fripp the only survivor. Sleepless is an excellent overview for the initiated, as I was when I purchased this CD. The songs have been cleverly selected and digitally remastered. Due to their prolific catalog, one song per album was chosen, except for their most relevant ones. 3 tracks from the debut In the court of the Crimson King, and other 3 from Red. In this CD you can appreciate how diverse and complex was (and still is) KC music. Going from the crazy jazz-driven 21st century Schizoid Man, to the mellotron-ballads Epitaph and Starless, through early hard rock in Red. After Red (the album, 1974), KC disbanded, being reformed in 1981. You can obviously notice the difference in the music after the 7-year intermission, going from the Starless to Elephant Talk. From 1981 to 1984, the band remained surprisingly without personnel change, and this is reflected in the tracks 9 to 14. My only complaints are the songs that could not fit in the CD. No songs from Lark's Tongue in Aspic, neither from the 90's era, when the band was reconstrukcted in the double-trio. Another complain is the lack of pictures of the different band members. Fortunately, it does have information of the band players for each song, and the albums where they come from. Nevertheless, these complaints do not subtract any star. This is only for the initiated, then it will make craving for more.

Hardly Concise, But Very Nice!.......2003-04-15

Garnering some of the best songs of King Crimson's history from 1969 to 1993, this package is barely a tittilating taste of what this band has accomplished. Half of the first album, "In The Court Of The Crimson King" is here with only one jazzy crackpot song from "In The Wake Of Poseidon" ("Cat Food").

The early seventies is well covered with the sexy, salacious "Ladies Of The Road" while "Starless", "Red" and "Fallen Angel" show the revolutionary spunk of the mid-late seventies. The latter three being some of the best work, but inexplicably missing anything from the tantamount "Larks Tongue In Aspic". That's a major point and one that shows the immense amount of work that is missing.

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