Thrakattak
| Thrakattak | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 21 May 1996[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1995 | |||
| Venue | Various | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, experimental rock, free improvisation | |||
| Length | 57:14 | |||
| Label | Discipline Global Mobile | |||
| Producer | Robert Fripp and David Singleton | |||
| King Crimson chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable)[3] |
Thrakattak (written with consonants capitalized as THRaKaTTaK on the album cover) is a live album by the band King Crimson released in 1996 and recorded during their 1995 THRAK tour of the United States and Japan.
Each night the band would perform a collective improvisation in the middle of the instrumental piece "THRAK". This album presents an hour-long version of the piece, created by editing many of these improvisations together, bookended by the "THRAK" theme.
Track 2, "Fearless and Highly Thrakked", also appears on the 1999 live album On Broadway. An alternative version appears on Disc 1 of the 2001 live compilation album Vrooom Vrooom as "Biker Babes of the Rio Grande".
Track listing
[edit]All music by Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Bruford and Mastelotto
- "Thrak" – 2:20
- Recorded at:
- Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 21 November 1995
- Recorded at:
- "Fearless and Highly Thrakked" – 6:35
- Recorded at:
- Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 20 November 1995
- Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 21 November 1995
- Recorded at:
- "Mother Hold the Candle Steady While I Shave the Chicken's Lip" – 11:18
- Recorded at:
- Nagoya Shimin Kaikan, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, 8 October 1995
- Hitomi Kinen Kōdō, Tokyo, Japan, 10 October 1995
- Omiya Sonic Hall, Saitama, Saitama, Japan, 12 October 1995
- Recorded at:
- "Thrakattak (Part I)" – 3:42
- Recorded at:
- Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 2 October 1995
- Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 3 October 1995
- Festival Hall, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, 9 October 1995
- Recorded at:
- "The Slaughter of the Innocents" – 8:03
- Recorded at:
- Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 14 October 1995
- Paramount Theater, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, 17 November 1995
- Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, 8 November 1995
- Roxy Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 11 November 1995
- Recorded at:
- "This Night Wounds Time" – 11:16
- Recorded at:
- Tupperware Convention Center, Kissimmee, Florida, United States, 9 November 1995
- Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 22 November 1995
- Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 24 November 1995
- Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 25 November 1995
- Palace Theatre, Columbus, Ohio, United States, 27 November 1995
- Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont, Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 29 November 1995
- Recorded at:
- "Thrakattak (Part II)" – 11:08
- Recorded at:
- Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, 16 November 1995
- Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 22 November 1995
- Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 25 November 1995
- Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont, Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 29 November 1995
- Recorded at:
- "Thrak (Reprise)" – 2:52
- Recorded at:
- Nakano Sun Plaza, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, 5 October 1995
- Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 20 November 1995
- Recorded at:
Personnel
[edit]King Crimson
- Adrian Belew – electric guitar
- Robert Fripp – electric guitar
- Trey Gunn – Warr guitar
- Tony Levin – Ned Steinberger upright bass
- Bill Bruford – drums, percussion
- Pat Mastelotto – drums, percussion
Technical personnel
- George Glossop – live sound engineer
- Noah Evens – ADAT recording
- David Singleton – arrangement, editing and mastering
- Steve Jennings – cover photography
- Tony Levin – burning house and guitar photography
- Bill Smith Studio – design
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] | 87 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Official site".
- ^ Thrakattak at AllMusic
- ^ Rolling Stone
- ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
External links
[edit]- Thrakattak at Discogs (list of releases)
