VROOOM
King Crimson
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Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promo, released in 1994 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Vrooom (single version) (7:16) - Adrian Belew / guitar, vocals, words Discipline (Global Mobile) DR-9401-2 Thanks to ProgLucky for the additionand to silentman for the last updates Edit this entry |
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KING CRIMSON Vrooom ratings distribution
(134 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(19%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(46%)
Good, but non-essential (27%)
Collectors/fans only (5%)
Poor. Only for completionists (2%)
KING CRIMSON Vrooom reviews
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SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog Folk

The opening Vrooom title track (and not thrak ;o))), in a fairly longer version than on the official album oozes of LTIA soundscapes, much more than the 80's sonics of the Discipline era. The Drink Dream quintet is not my entire philosophy, since the hear part is missing, but to be honest, this track is a bit too extreme to actually really listen to it. The short Cage interlude is only an introduction to the uberheavy Thrak monster piece, where Crimson ogles towards some UZ darkness. One of the reasons why the above choice is a difficult one is the Stop Continue track, not present on the album, an interesting ambient improv that highlights Bruford's drumming, while the gentle One Time closes the festivities.
Whether or not you actually chose the official album over the EP, this Vrooom release, while not ultra-essential, is quite an interesting variant to the Thrak album, and to be honest, I haven't yet bothered acquiring the full version, despite my preferring the 90's Mk4 Crimson to its Mk3 80's version. EDIT: that "flaw was "repaired" a few years back, and I finally reviewed Thrak and re-touched (slightly) the present review
PROG REVIEWER

It is true that THRAK, One Time, Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream, and VROOOM feature very little difference between the EP and the album versions. If you, like me, don't like multiple copies of the same song, there might be a slight problem here. But the deal is, Cage and When I Say Stop, Continue are both amazing tunes not available on any other King Crimson studio release. Cage is a fast paced, quirky bit with odd spoken bits and some really cool vocal moments when Adrian starts to sing. When I Say Stop, Continue is a nicely flowing improvisational piece with a very well done build-up. It ends in a bit of humor that gives the song its name.
Really, in the end, there's nothing terribly special about this release if you look at it in terms of proportions. But the two songs unique to this release are good ones for fans of modern King Crimson to give a listen to at least once.
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator

What makes this EP worth investing in if you already got the album is the two non-album tracks Cage and When I Say Stop, Continue. Cage is a fast and very short song ( 1:35 minutes). I enjoy this track and especially Adrian Belewīs fast spoken vocal parts but also his melodic ditto. Itīs not essential in any way though. When I say stop, continue is an instrumental song. Itīs not very interesting and not worth buying this EP for.
The musicianship and the production is excellent. Nothing to complain about there.
Vrooom is a fan release and allthough the music is generally great Iīll rate this EP 2 stars as I really donīt see anyone else but the diehard fans purchasing this one. You should purchase THRAK instead.
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog Metal Team

The music found a space inbetween their stylish 80's sound and the harsher approach of the Wetton-era. The instrumentals especially re-established a more prominent role for the musical development and have both heavy killer riffs and eerie clean guitar picking. Belew is in fine vocal form on Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream and One Time.
Only two tracks do not feature on the ensuing Thrak. Cage is a 1.30 minutes of neurotic weirdness with crazed Belew vocals, hardly necessary but sure fun for fans. The instrumental improvisation When I Say Stop, Continue is entirely different. It's a wonderful modern Crimson improvisation, very dark and brooding as always and building up tension around a one-note bass guitar pulse, rousing percussion and creepy guitar effects. Worth getting the EP for as far as I'm concerned.
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator

SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Crossover & JR/F/Canterbury Teams

Four of the six songs on this disk appear on the Thrak album. Three of the songs are labeled "single edit". This is funny, because two of the three, VROOOM and THRAK are each a few minutes longer than the Thrak versions.
Of the other two songs, Cage is the better one. Although it's very short, it is quite energetic, and better than the longer live version on Heavy Construction. When I Say Stop, Continue is good, but it is just a vehicle for a Fripp guitar solo.
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog Metal Team

The band took a wise hiatus during the second half of the '80s and returned to some excellent music making in the new decade. The fact that King Crimson was not around during the two influential eras of Punk, in the late '70s, and Grunge, in the early '90s, makes them quite a unique band that managed to overcome those periods with relative ease. Of course the new decade called for new sounds and the band weren't the ones to disappoint in that department. The early sounds of this EP's title track proved that King Crimson had, once again, managed to be ahead of their peers by creating some of the best music restrained only by technological limitations of the time.
The opening number is a combination of VROOOM and Coda: Marine 475, minus the vocals, from the follow up studio album. This track alone gives a very good representation of the music that we could expect from the band in the years to come, featuring mechanical soundscapes that would even put the Industrial Metal artists to shame! The next two tracks, titled Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream and Cage, are easily the highlights of this EP where the former is, from what I can tell, a carbon copy of its studio album version while Cage is highly enjoyable short tune that unfortunately wasn't included on the studio album.
We get a much longer version of THRAK which does in fact sound very long and loses its charm just around the mark where the studio take was so wisely trimmed. When I Say Stop, Continue is an atmospheric improve number that doesn't really appeal to me much and it's a definite black sheep of this compilation. Finally we get a softer side of the band with a shorter single version of One Time which closes the EP on a nice note that probably made people even more excited about the upcoming studio album.
Overall, VROOOM was basically THRAK in a nut shell. The EP might not have featured all of the hidden secrets that would later be uncovered on the much longer studio release but it did give us enough information of what to expect from the band later on in their career.
***** star songs: Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream (4:42) Cage (1:35)
**** star songs: VROOOM (7:16) THRAK (7:18) One Time (4:28)
*** star songs: When I Say Stop, Continue (5:18)
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator

Even though this is an EP, I enjoy it quite well as the music is well crafted - forget about the old days of King Crimson. Of course I cannot compare 'Easy Money' with 'One Time' even though I like the first more than the latter. But, "One Time" is not a bad track at all and in fact I always expect to see the band play this song during the live records. The opening track "Vroom" is also something that inspires my mind on how the members of the band pushed the envelope on the kind of music they had been playing so far.
It's a well deserved EP that all KC fans should have it. Keep on proggin' ...!!!
Peace on earth and mercy mild - GW
Latest members reviews
A 6 song EP released by King Crimson in 1994. The opener on this EP is "Vrooom"- typical
KC song from this era. Ripping beat and guitars. It is ok but not great. 3 stars. "Sex, Sleep,
Eat, Dream"- I have never been a big fan of the more "screaming" type of vocals on some King
Crimson pieces
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Report this review (#437173) | Posted by mohaveman | Thursday, April 21, 2011 | Review Permanlink
VROOM... ONE TIME: WHEN I SAY STOP, START!
From a sleevenotes in the booklet: "This was recorded between May 2-7th, 1994 during the first full rehearsals of this, the
double trio formation of King Crimson. We present 'VROOM' as a calling card, rater than a love letter, to those generous
enough
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Report this review (#137777) | Posted by Lady In Black | Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | Review Permanlink
VROOOM is a 1994 EP released as a "teaser" for fans who were anxiously awaiting the
new, long-rumored six-man lineup. The band broke up in 1984, with everyone going off
to do their own projects, but Fripp always had one eye towards getting King Crimson
back as a going concern in some form or fas
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Report this review (#60068) | Posted by Black Max | Saturday, December 10, 2005 | Review Permanlink
As a musician wandering aimlessly away in the suppossed melting pot of artistry in
Southern California (B.S.) and one who still strongly longs for the day when artistic ideas
are once again encouraged and supported by way of collectively assembling and letting it
flow improvisationally ra
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Report this review (#39266) | Posted by | Tuesday, July 12, 2005 | Review Permanlink
For being just an EP I must say that this work rocks a lot. At a first listening is unmistakably
a typical King Crimson work. The plots between guitars (Fripp and Belew), basses (Levin
and Gunn) and drums (Bruford and Mastelotto) could be only give birth from the genius of
the english, histori
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Report this review (#35725) | Posted by dodaro | Wednesday, June 8, 2005 | Review Permanlink
This is the best introduction to the "next phase" of King Crimson (actually the 3rd phase).
As a single, this album works great, beacuse is the first e.p. for them, so as an experiment
is great, also, the music shows a very nice develpment from it's previous incarnation, and
the addition of th
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Report this review (#15444) | Posted by arqwave | Wednesday, August 11, 2004 | Review Permanlink
This was a good introduction to the album Thrak. The cd made me buy the album Thrak
which I listen to often. I also enjoyed the postcard in the cd with the offer for
the "Discipline" poster for $2. I have still not yet received my poster but that is because I
mailed it only 4 days ago. But tha
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Report this review (#15443) | Posted by | Friday, June 25, 2004 | Review Permanlink
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