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 that piece by editing many of these improvisations together, bookended by the "THRAK" theme.
Track 2, "Fearless and Highly Thrakked", also appears as track 12 on disc 2 of the 1999 live album On Broadway. An alternative version appears as track 11 on disc 1 of the 2001 live compilation album Vrooom Vrooom, retitled "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 – guitar
- Robert Fripp – 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)
