Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide to King Crimson - Live

by King Crimson

Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide to King Crimson - Live cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 May 1999
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 2:24:12
  • Community rating: 3.92/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, John Wetton, Michael Giles, Boz Burrell, Ian Wallace, Mel Collins, David Cross, Tony Levin

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Cirkus' compiles live King Crimson recordings from the band's 1970s and 1990s lineups. The two discs place the Wetton era band alongside the later double trio formation.

Genres

Descriptors: complex, live, virtuosic, long-form, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Dinosaur (5:05)
  2. Thela Hun Ginjeet (5:17)
  3. Red (6:10)
  4. B'BOOM (4:54)
  5. THRAK (1:04)
  6. 1 ii 2 (2:43)
  7. Neurotica (3:43)
  8. Indiscipline (6:40)
  9. VROOOM VROOOM (4:42)
  10. Coda: Marine 475 (2:38)
  11. Deception Of The Thrush (6:05)
  12. Heavy ConstruKction (3:52)
  13. Three Of A Perfect Pair (4:23)
  14. Sleepless (6:10)
  15. Elephant Talk (4:36)
  16. 21st Century Schizoid Man (9:26)
  17. Ladies Of The Road (6:00)
  18. A Man A City (10:00)
  19. In The Court Of The Crimson King (6:50)
  20. Fracture (11:04)
  21. Easy Money (6:12)
  22. Improv: Besancon (1:37)
  23. The Talking Drum (6:25)
  24. Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Part II) (6:29)
  25. Starless (12:07)

Credits

  • King Crimson - primary artist, music by
  • Boz Burrell - bass guitar, lead vocals
  • Greg Lake - bass guitar, lead vocals, written-by
  • John Wetton - bass guitar, vocals, written-by
  • Tony Levin - bass, chapman stick, music by, synth, vocals
  • P.J. Crook - cover [cover picture]
  • Bill Bruford - drums, drums [acoustic], drums [electric and acoustic], music by, percussion, percussion [acoustic and electronic percussions], written-by
  • Michael Giles - drums, percussion, vocals, written-by

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