Red (album)

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Red

Studio album by King Crimson
Released	November 1974
Recorded	July-August 1974
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	39:45
Label	Atlantic Records (USA)
Producer(s)	King Crimson
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King Crimson chronology
Starless and Bible Black (1974)	Red (1974)	Discipline (1981)

The final King Crimson studio album released in the 1970s, Red (1974) serves as a conclusion of one era in the group's musical development and exploration through its fusion of the heavy metal sound from the previous two albums, whilst blending the jazz rock moods of the Lizard era with the Mellotron dominated sound of early Crimson era.

1 Miscellaneous
2 Track listing
3 Personnel
- 3.1 King Crimson
- 3.2 Additional musicians
4 External links

[edit] Miscellaneous

Red contains one live recording, "Providence".
"Red" was composed by Robert Fripp alongside a contrasting piece, "Blue", which has never been recorded.^{[citation needed]}
A part of "Red" was excised before the track was recorded. This part was later incorporated into the King Crimson track "VROOOM VROOOM", on the album THRAK.
"Fallen Angel" is the last King Crimson recording to date to feature Robert Fripp playing acoustic guitar. On subsequent recordings, he has played only electric guitar.
A longer version of "Providence" is available on the live 4CD set The Great Deceiver (disc 1, track 7).
In 2001 Q magazine named Red as one of the 50 Heaviest Albums Of All Time.[1]

[edit] Track listing

"Red" (Robert Fripp) – 6:16
"Fallen Angel" (Fripp, Richard Palmer-James, John Wetton) – 6:03
"One More Red Nightmare" (Fripp, Wetton) – 7:10
"Providence" (Bill Bruford, David Cross, Fripp, Wetton) – 8:10
Recorded at Palace Theatre, Providence, USA, 30 June 1974
"Starless" (Cross, Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) – 12:16

[edit] Personnel

[edit] King Crimson

[edit] Additional musicians

[edit] External links

Lyrics

Original studio albums
King Crimson
Robert Fripp \| Adrian Belew \| Tony Levin \| Pat Mastelotto Former members \| Guest musicians
In the Court of the Crimson King \| In the Wake of Poseidon \| Lizard \| Islands \| Larks' Tongues in Aspic \| Starless and Bible Black \| Red \| Discipline \| Beat \| Three of a Perfect Pair \| THRAK \| The ConstruKction of Light \| The Power to Believe
Other records
Cat Food/Groon \| Atlantic Sampler \| The Night Watch/The Great Deceiver \| Epitaph/21st Century Schizoid Man \| Matte Kudasai \| Elephant Talk \| Thela Hun Ginjeet \| Heartbeat \| Three of a Perfect Pair/Man With an Open Heart \| Sleepless \| VROOOM \| Dinosaur \| People \| Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream \| Level Five \| Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With
Live albums
Earthbound \| USA \| The Great Deceiver \| B'Boom: Live in Argentina \| THRaKaTTaK \| Epitaph \| The Night Watch \| Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal \| Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide to King Crimson Live \| Live in Mexico City \| The ProjeKcts \| The Deception of the Thrush: A Beginners' Guide to ProjeKcts \| The Beginners' Guide to the King Crimson Collectors' Club \| Heavy ConstruKction \| VROOOM VROOOM \| Ladies of the Road \| EleKtrik: Live in Japan \| The Power To Believe Tour Box
Compilations
A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson \| The Compact King Crimson \| Heartbeat: The Abbreviated King Crimson \| Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson \| Sleepless: The Concise King Crimson \| The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson - Volume One - 1969-1974 \| The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson - Vol. 2 - 1981-2003
Side projects and guest appearances
ProjeKct One \| ProjeKct Two \| ProjeKct Three \| ProjeKct Four \| ProjeKct X \| ProjeKct Six
See Also
Giles, Giles and Fripp \| McDonald and Giles \| 21st Century Schizoid Band