Track Listing

1. No Pussyfooting
2. Lark's Tongues In Aspic
3. Lament
4. Exiles
5. Asbury Park
6. Easy Money
7. 21st Century Schizoid Man
8. Fracture
9. Starless

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27611 in Music
• Released on: 2006-01-02
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

The eighth wonder of the world
The best rock n roll always sounds wierd. Buddy Holly, the early Pere Ubu singles, Blonde on Blonde, Marquee Moon and The Stooges, for instance, all have an odd quality. It's not that they are trying to be unusual - they make the music they hear in their heads and it comes out sounding strange.
USA is just about the strangest of the lot. It sounds like Martians have landed on earth and decided to make some heavy metal music. Problem is they've got a violinist, the songs are too original and the ambition of the players is enormous. The music bursts out of any category you try to put it in.
This is really loud. Wetton's bass is positively industrial in volume. Fripp is always interesting as he flips between quirky solos and huge power riffs. Bruford's muscular drumming has never been bettered. Cross' violin (and Jobson's violin overdubs) and the mellotron always add a splash of colour to the sound. Wetton's singing is pretty good too.
This was recorded at the end of this line-up's life and relations between the players were somewhat strained. Whatever happened off stage is irrelevant because they simply smoke once they get on it. The power of this music is amazing.
The rest of the Crimson catalogue is fairly humdrum and this is the only music by the band that I own. I cannot recommend a CD more highly and this should be on everyone's shelf between Flowers of Evil by Mountain and Terminal Tower by Pere Ubu. Rock music simply does not get any better.

End of this Crimson's incarnation
This is the end of the road for the band that was KC mark two,starting with "Larks' Tongues" and finishing with "Red".The material on this CD was recorded on their last US tour,and it's great.Even though offstage the band were self-destructing,it dosen't seem to show.
The music is much darker and rockier than early Crimson(it even gives a brief view into Fripp's future with an excerpt from "No Pussyfooting"),and the versions of early Crimson songs,notably"21st Century Schizoid Man" are far more driving and bleaker than the originals.
My favourite is "Starless",from the then-unreleased "Red".Wonderful,especially the instrumental climax after the vocals.
Fripp and King Crimson have marched on into the 21st century,along with the schizoid man,but they've never been quite as good as this before or since.This and "Red" are well worth buying.

Truely Brilliant.
Most King Crimson fans prefer the John Wetton era; 'Larks Tounges in Aspic,' through to 'Red,' and this Live album comes right before 'Red.'
The tracklisting is therefor fantastic, containing primarily Wetton era material, with a preview of 'Starless,' from 'Red,' that pretty much steals the show.
The fantastic versions of 'Lament,' and 'Exiles,' are completely phenomenal, and the only early tune represented here, the fan favourite '21st Century Schizoid Man,' is expanded and arguably improoved.
The album also contains a jam/improv called 'Ashbury Park,' but rather than the spindly and sometimes throw away jams on other recordings, this is an astounding tune and well worth the money, rivaling even established songs.
Eveything about this CD is amazing, great tracklisting, atmosphere and general live 'feel,' all songs are more energetic and heavy, often expanded and improoved.
Seriuosly Fantastic and well worth the price. Buy Now, you won't regret it.