The Power to Believe
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Category: Progressive Music Lounges
Forum Name: Prog Recommendations/Featured albums
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Topic: The Power to Believe
Posted By: Nick Dilley
Subject: The Power to Believe
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 14:09
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Oh Lord, I love The Power to Believe by King Crimson!! I just sort of re-discovered it. Does anyone have any fun stories about this album, or observations about it? I think it would be awesome to be a teenager again and make out to "level 5" whilst under the influence of something. lol anyway....brilliant stuff. ------------- Progging the Rock, Rocking the Prog. soundcloud.com/withinareverie withinareverie.blogspot.com facebook.com/withinareverie Twitter: @WithinaReverie |
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Posted By: PabstRibbon
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 14:18
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Yeah it's an amazing album. I really love it and for me it's another 5 stars album from KC discography
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 14:38
If it turns out to be King Crimson's last, they finished it all off well.  ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Tubes
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 14:41
| @Nick Dilley, You wish you were a teenager making out with another teenager to The Power to Believe? Have you had a disappointing life or something, my friend? |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 14:48
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Amazing album indeed ! To these ears, it easily ranks in my top 5 KC albums.
Sorry though, no salacious tales to tell in relation to it !  ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 14:53
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I'm with you. It's one of my favorite King Crimson albums. There's just something special about it. But then again, there's something special with every King Crimson album. Oh well, I'm just a fanboy. -------------  |
Posted By: Nick Dilley
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 15:13
Ha ha, no, not at all  . I don't know why, but when level five came on, I was wondering what kind of whacky make out session it would be with that soundtrack. haha. Anyway, I was already out of my teens when this album came out. just some creative thinking, lol.------------- Progging the Rock, Rocking the Prog. soundcloud.com/withinareverie withinareverie.blogspot.com facebook.com/withinareverie Twitter: @WithinaReverie |
Tubes wrote:Posted By: Chozal
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 16:37
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Easily my favourite Belew album. I discovered the post-90's KC quite recently and was very pleasantly surprised by both this one and The ConstruKction of Light, although Power to Believe has more coherence.
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 16:51
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A good album, though I'm in the minority that prefers The Construkction of Light.
------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005  |
Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 17:13
Big fan of this one. The instrumentals on it are among their best tracks in my book. My favorite is Elektrik. Think I'm gonna go listen to it now! 
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 18:08
How is that? I still haven't listened  ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 18:36
Instead of 5-star, it's Level 5 . . . |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 19:01
| Love this album too, beginning with Level 5. Indeed, my favourite album since the 70's, and like it better than some 70's albums too. |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 19:52
ProzaKC Blues is  . Shame on you Horizons------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 20:07
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Terrific album, a fitting end to Crimson. I didn't get the chance to see them before 2000 but I saw them three times across the Construkction & TPTB tours. Wonderful wonderful memories, I was absolutely transfixed see one of my favorite bands and hearing tracks like Red, LTiA and the like live.
------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 21:51
There's another album followed it.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 22:13
------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 22:16
| easily one of their best |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: April 18 2013 at 23:11
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After not buying a Crimson album in 15+ years I got TCoL a few months ago. Will have to get TPTB the next time I see it.
------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: April 19 2013 at 00:37
A KC project.  |
Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: April 19 2013 at 09:03
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Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: April 19 2013 at 09:17
| Terrific album, amazing instrumentals, blowing up my mind every time I listen to it. |
Posted By: Larree
Date Posted: April 19 2013 at 09:58
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Definitely love this album. ------------- http://larree.ws" rel="nofollow - The Larree (dot) Website |
Posted By: Argonaught
Date Posted: April 19 2013 at 17:30
| I can't formulate what I don't like about this album, but there is "something wrong". The tone? The dynamics? The vocals? I don't know .. just a three-star album for me, unfortunately. |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: April 19 2013 at 18:26
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: April 19 2013 at 21:09
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Posted By: Master of Time
Date Posted: April 19 2013 at 21:46
| I just got this album and listened about a week ago and absolutely love it. It motivated me to get the rest of the King Crimson discography that I had yet to acquire, and a Scarcity of Miracles, and those motivated me to get as much of Adrian Belew's solo material as I could acquire. |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: April 19 2013 at 22:21
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Top 3 King Crimson album for me. Sometimes, I think it's the best one.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: April 20 2013 at 01:16
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One of the best albums from 21st century.
------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: April 20 2013 at 13:07
ConstruKction is one of the best KC albums. ------------- 
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Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: April 20 2013 at 13:12
This is definitely my favorite on the album. ------------- |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: April 20 2013 at 13:19
I agree, but you do see a lot of 2 star reviews for that album. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: April 20 2013 at 13:24
A solid 4 in my book. ------------- |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 20 2013 at 14:08
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Sorry ConstruKction doesn't make top 10 for me, TPTB is top 10 but not top 5. LTiA Red ITCOTCK Discipline Lizard SABB Islands ITWOP TPTB Thrak Beat TOPP Construkction ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: April 20 2013 at 23:02
So your fave is LTiA . Nogbad knows his stuff  ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: April 24 2013 at 12:52
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Let's just get straight to the point. King Crimson have so Much to offer in their incredible studio album discography. Amazing music career. I'd have to say that RED and IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING are my favourites done by them. MASTERS!! ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 25 2013 at 01:37
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I've got this on order thanks to this thread. I have very high expectations
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: April 25 2013 at 06:21
^^Don't keep your hopes too high, it's actually pretty bad 
------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: April 25 2013 at 12:04
No it's not. ------------- |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: April 25 2013 at 19:24
Yes it is ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: April 25 2013 at 19:31
No it's not.  ------------- |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: April 25 2013 at 19:34
Yes it is . I'm being serious, it's probably their worst even worst than TOPP ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: April 25 2013 at 20:16
^ f*ck you 
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 25 2013 at 20:20
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Dumb ass
------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: April 25 2013 at 23:21
Nice words, young man . As for Nogbad I actually complemented his ass and now he's calling me a dumbass(what mature people we have here). You don't know sh*t, Cale------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: April 25 2013 at 23:31
| I know how to take a joke... |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: April 25 2013 at 23:32
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^^ Who's joking I'm being serious. I guess you guys just can't take any f**king criticism
------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: April 25 2013 at 23:38
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Maybe I should have used a winky face Edit: fixed |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 26 2013 at 01:48
I can't wait to hear it
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 26 2013 at 01:50
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Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: April 26 2013 at 02:01
| I'll take the course please |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 27 2013 at 02:43
| What a great album. On first listen I prefer this to most other KC I've heard. Slightly amuses me that they have a drummer that sounds identical to Bruford ( I confess I didn't even realise it wasn't Bruford until I checked after). This will get a lot of spins over the next week or so. |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: April 27 2013 at 10:30
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I'm up for a listen too Richard. Oh and to the boys upstairs quit fighting and play nice in the name of prog. Ok? ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: April 27 2013 at 11:50
All opinions are welcome and respected but anyone in this forum making such a statement should elaborate, as it is a very respected album (personally I love it, OK my opinion amounts to nothing but all the appreciation it gets should amount to something).
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Posted By: Argonaught
Date Posted: April 27 2013 at 17:06
| In order to re-qualify myself for the argument, I have played The Power of Believe Today and must say, it's not bad at all, but doesn't add too much to the KC glory either .. and Belew on the intro track is terribly irritating. So, I'd say 3 stars. |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 27 2013 at 19:13
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The intro track is amazing. I put on repeat sometimes. Brilliant album. Very atmospheric. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |