King Crimson - Larks` Tongues In Aspic: 30th Anniversary Edition

Artist:

King Crimson

See Also:

Bad Company Belew, Adrian Fripp, Robert Gunn, Trey Bruford, Bill Dylan, Bob Giles, Giles & Fripp Haskell, Gordon Wetton, John

Description:

The initial pressing of LARKS` TONGUES IN ASPIC is packaged in a cardboard-stock gatefold sleeve.
King Crimson: John Wetton (vocals, bass); Robert Fripp (guitar, Mellotron, percussion); David Cross (violin, viola, Mellotron); Bill Bruford (drums); Jamie Muir (percussion).
King Crimson: John Wetton (vocals, electric bass); Robert Fripp (guitars); David Cross (violin, viola, Mellotron); Bill Bruford (drums); Jamie Muir (percussion).
After the transitional ISLANDS, LARK`S TONGUES began the third Crimson phase that ended with RED. The quartet of David Cross, John Wetton, Robert Fripp and Bill Bruford (augmented on LARK`S TONGUES by madman percussionist Jamie Muir) is regarded as the most innovative of Crimson`s many lineups, offering hard-edged improvisations on an unprecedented level. With founding member/lyricist Pete Sinfield departed, Robert Palmer-James stepped in with a more cutting, concise lyrical approach that matched the group`s uncompromising instrumental precision.
The album opens with part one of the title track and closes with part two, and it`s a tour de force that would become a KC milestone. Indicative of the band`s mid-`70s sound it features Fripp`s laser-like art-metal guitar crunch bobbing and weaving around Wetton`s thick, Jack Bruce-like bass lines, Bruford`s confounding polyrhythms and Cross` ethereal violin. Each member challenges the others as the band is collectively driven into uncharted, often surprising terrain. As always, there are a couple of beautiful ballads. "Book of Saturday" and "Exiles" benefit from elegant, soaring melodies and Wetton`s emotive Greg-Lake-after-50-cigarettes vocal style. LARK`S TONGUES marked a new direction for the band and is easily among their finest efforts.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Larks` Tongues In Aspic Part One
2. Book Of Saturday
3. Exiles
4. Easy Money
5. Talking Drum, The
6. Larks` Tongues In Aspic Part Two

Album Information

Release Date:

09/13/2005

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Progressive Rock

Label:

Discipline Global Mobile

Producer:

King Crimson

Catalog Number:

505

Original Release Year:

1973

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

AAD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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