RADICAL ACTION TO UNSEAT THE HOLD OF MONKEY MIND

This album was like the awakening of the sleeping god, which now came in a seven-headed form.

This is probably the best live album KING CRIMSON has in its entire catalog. Three CDs filled with the most epic songs from almost all of their studio albums plus some new songs that were originally composed for this record. This new line-up of seven musicians (FRIPP-LEVIN-MASTELOTTO-RIEFLIN-HARRISON-COLLINS-JAKSZYK) is one of the most powerful line-ups that Crimson ever had.

The songs from "In the court of the Crimson King", "In the wake of Poseidon", "Lizard", "Islands", "Larks' tongues in aspic", "Red", "Discipline", "Thrak", "The construKction of light" and "The power to believe" are taken to a new level of experimentation while the new songs (and even the ones that came from "A scarcity of miracles") give a very fresh sound to the band.

There are just two songs whose performances didn't convince me: "Red" because the three amazing drummers of this line-up couldn't play as good as Bill BRUFORD in this particular piece and the drumline feels kind of poor and "Epitaph" in which the mellotron got lost and Jakko JAKSZYK sang it almost a cappella; out of that, the album is fantastic and also it was the Monkey Mind tour which brought KING CRIMSON to play in Mexico City so I'm very thankful for that.

Absolutely amazing!!

SONG RATING: Larks' tongues in aspic I, 5 Radical action, 4 Meltdown, 4 Radical action II, 4 Level five, 5 The light of day, 4 The hell hounds of Krim, 5 The construKction of light, 5 The talking drum, 5 Larks' tongues in aspic II, 5 Peace, 4 Pictures of a city, 5 Banshee legs bell hassle, 4 Easy money, 5 VROOM, 5 Suitable grounds for the blues, 4 Interlude, 3 The letters, 5 Sailor's tale, 5 A scarcity of miracles, 4 Red, 5 One more red nightmare, 5 Epitaph, 5 Starless, 5 Devil dogs of tessellation row, 4 The court of the Crimson King, 5 21st century schizoid man, 5

AVERAGE: 4.59

PERCENTAGE: 91.85

ALBUM RATING: 5 stars

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