King Crimson - Cirkus

Title: Cirkus Artist: King Crimson Release Date: 5/1/2006 Re-Released On: 3/25/2002 Label: Discipline (UK), Caroline Distribution, Virgin Album Type(s): Greatest Hits, live, Enhanced CD-ROM UPCs: 017046756327, 4988013878730, 724384743123, 0724381214602 Genre: Rock Styles: Prog-Rock, Album Rock, Art Rock Moods: Austere, Complex, Epic, Rousing, Aggressive, Brooding, Fiery, Meandering, Poignant, Sprawling, Earnest, Gloomy, Intense, Ominous, Plaintive, Volatile, Wistful, Eerie, Energetic, Quirky, Reflective, Sophisticated, Paranoid, Trippy, Cerebral, Theatrical Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 4 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Dinosaur [#]
2. Thela Hun Ginjeet
3. Red [#]
4. B'boom [#]
5. Thrak [#]
6. 1 ii 2
7. Neurotica [#]
8. Indiscipline [#]
9. Vrooom Vrooom [#]
10. Coda: Marine 475 [#]
11. Deception of the Thrush
12. Heavy ConstruKction
13. Three of a Perfect Pair
14. Sleepless
15. Elephant Talk [#]

1. 21st Century Schizoid Man
2. Ladies of the Road [#]
3. A Man a City
4. The Court of the Crimson King
5. Fracture
6. Easy Money
7. Improv: Besancon [#]
8. The Talking Drum
9. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2 [#]
10. Starless

Year Type Label Catalog # 2002 CD Virgin 12 1999 CD Discipline (UK) 1356 1999 CD Caroline Distribution 7563

Cirkus: The Young Person's Guide to King Crimson - Live

There are so many King Crimson retrospective albums on the market that all but the most carefully attentive fans must to be hopelessly confused. Cirkus, great as it is in terms of content, doesn't help matters any. Pay attention now: whereas 1998's Absent Lovers (also a two-disc live album) documented King Crimson's 1984 tour (in support of Three of a Perfect Pair, the last album the band made before taking a ten-year break), Cirkus includes live material spanning the band's entire career, from its earliest 1969 lineup to its later double-trio configuration. That means that the material varies enormously in style; compositions from the late '60s and early '70s ("Ladies of the Road," "Starless," "21st Century Schizoid Man," etc.) tend toward that sprawling prog rock bombast that is thought of as typical of the era, complete with Mellotron and endless soloing. The early-'80s material is more tightly constructed and includes great live versions of "Neurotica" and the classic "Elephant Talk." There are also several performances of more recent tunes, on which the 1980s lineup has been augmented by another drummer and Chapman Stick player; the resulting sound combines some of the monstrous noise of the band's 1960s incarnations with the more disciplined structures of its 1980s phase, to good effect. Overall, the result will please fans, though newcomers may be bewildered by the huge variety of styles in evidence. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Name Credits Adrian Belew Vocals, Guitar, Drums Bill Bruford Drums, Drums (Electric), Percussion Boz Burrell Guitar (Bass), Bass, Vocals David Cross Violin, Mellotron David Singleton Producer Greg Lake Guitar (Bass), Vocals, Guitar Hugh O'Donnell Design Ian McDonald Saxophone, Vocals, Flute, Mellotron Ian Wallace Drums John Wetton Vocals, Bass, Guitar Mel Collins Flute, Saxophone Michael Giles Percussion, Vocals, Drums Pat Mastelotto Percussion, Drums Peter Sinfield Spoken Word, Writer, Illustrations Robert Fripp Producer, Mellotron, Guitar Ronan Chris Murphy Mixing Tony Levin Vocals, Synthesizer, Bass, Stick Trey Gunn Spoken Word, Guitar