The power to believe
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March 4, 2003 |
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| Label (s) | Sanctuary Records | |||
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CD |
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11 |
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running time |
51m 17s |
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King Crimson |
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The Power to Believe is the thirteenth and so far last studio album by the progressive rock formation King Crimson , which was released in 2003.
In the same year the album reached 65th place in the German album charts .
music
The title track The Power to Believe , which is divided into four sections and which, apart from a short vocal passage alienated by a vocoder , is consistently instrumental, dominates the album through its recurring presence. Already on the albums In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970), Larks 'Tongues in Aspic (1973) and Thrak (1994) converging with the pieces Peace (A Beginning, A Theme, An End) , Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part One, Part Two) and Vrooom ( Vrooom , Vrooom Vrooom and Vrooom Vrooom: Coda ) made a breakdown of related musical passages on an album. The Part II: Power Circle section of the title track represents the core of the entire composition with its diametrically designed sound surfaces and sections dominated by percussion .
The combination of predominant guitar riffs with electronic drums , as exemplified by the pieces Facts of Life and Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With, is characteristic of King Crimson's style of the 1990s and 2000s . Through the fusion with polyrhythmically shifted, often uneven time signatures , atonal deviating harmonies and the use of arpeggiated musical motifs, the titles Level Five , EleKtriK and Dangerous Curves span the arc to the sometimes jazzy or minimalist style of the group from the 1970s and 1980s.
With the cynical track Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With in particular, band leader Fripp illustrates his inspiration from the band Tool by using similar chromatic riffs.
Track list
- The Power to Believe - Part I: A Capella ( Adrian Belew ) - 0:44
- Level Five (Belew, Robert Fripp , Trey Gunn , Pat Mastelotto ) - 7:14
- Eyes Wide Open (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) - 4:11
- Electrical (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) - 7:59
- Facts of Life (Intro) (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) - 1:38
- Facts of Life (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) - 5:05
- The Power to Believe - Part II: Power Circle (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) - 7:43
- Dangerous Curves (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) - 6:42
- Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) - 3:17
- The Power to Believe - Part III (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) - 4:09
- The Power to Believe - Part IV: Coda (Fripp) - 2:29
Pre-releases and live versions
Alternative and live versions of the EPs Level Five (2001) and Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With (2002) already published are Dangerous Curves , Level Five , Happy with what you have to be happy with and Eyes wide open to listen.
On the DVD Eyes Wide Open (2003) and the live album EleKtrik (Live in Japan 2003) , The Power To Believe I: (A Cappella) , Level Five , Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With , Elektrik , Facts Of Life , The Power To Believe II (Power Circle) and Dangerous Curves titles included on the album.
Level Five is on both The Elements of King Crimson. 2014 Tour Box (2014) and Live in Toronto (November 20th 2015) (2016) included.
Individual evidence
- ↑ musicline.de: King Crimson longplay chart tracking. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 14, 2016 ; accessed on April 14, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ rezensator.de: Album review King Crimson - The Power To Believe. Retrieved April 14, 2016 .
- ↑ rezensator.de: Album review King Crimson - The Power To Believe. Retrieved April 14, 2016 .
- ↑ rAllMusic Review by Lindsay planner. Retrieved April 14, 2016 .
