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King Crimson

Eclectic Prog

2.77 | 232 ratings

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Evolver
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Crossover & JR/F/Canterbury Teams

For a band that was so revered in the seventies for it's live improvisations, it would seem that an album of improvs would be fantastic. But alas, for this album it is not so.

What is missing here is the interaction between the players. Wetton, Bruford, Cross and Fripp created amazing improvs, because they listened to each other, and played with each other. One musician would create a theme, and the other players would build on it, and take it to different places. Here, the double trio all seem to be noodling on their own. At a few moments, there seems to be some cohesion between the instruments, but those moments are too few and far between.

Actually, at times I enjoy using this album as background noise. And the synthesizer patches are very good (the beginning of one track sounds like Conlon Nancarrow's player piano). But that doesn't raise my rating.

Evolver | 2/5 | 2010-6-15

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