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| Format: | LP |
| Label: | Panegyric |
| Catalogue Number: | KCLP9 |
Seven years after King Crimson had ‘ceased to exist’, King Crimson’s reinvention as a new quartet consisting of Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford, Adrian Belew and Tony Levin brought about a surprising new era, which delighted fans old and new.
Stylistically very different from the King Crimson of the 1970s, this new line-up incorporated rock with electronica, funk, pure pop, modern avant-garde, and a complex variety of musical textures and influences. The intricacies of the playing and details in the compositional style became a key influence on sub-genres such as math rock.
Beat was released eight months after Discipline and marked the first occasion where a KC line-up had remained intact for a two album stretch and the first album by the band to employ a separate producer, Rhett Davies.
Tracklist
A
1. Neal and Jack and Me
2. Heartbeat
3. Sartori in Tangier
4. Waiting Man
B
1. Neurotica
2. Two Hands
3. The Howler
4. Requiem (Extended)