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Thrakattak

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{{Infobox album

| name = Thrakattak

| type = live

| artist = King Crimson

| cover = Thrakattak.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|df=yes|1996|5|21}}{{cite web|url=https://dgmlive.com/tour-dates/1993?artist=1&year=1996|title=Official site}}

| recorded = 1995

| venue = Various

| studio =

| genre = Progressive rock, experimental rock, free improvisation

| length = 57:14

| label = Discipline Global Mobile

| producer = Robert Fripp and David Singleton

| prev_title = B'Boom: Live in Argentina

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Epitaph

| next_year = 1997

}}

{{Music ratings

| noprose = yes

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r237880}}

| rev2 = Rolling Stone

| rev2Score = (favorable)[https://web.archive.org/web/20071028194322/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kingcrimson/albums/album/166474/review/5946325/thrakattak Rolling Stone]

}}

Thrakattak (written with consonants capitalized as THRaKaTTaK on the album cover) is a live album by the band King Crimson released in 1996 and recorded during their 1995 THRAK tour of the United States and Japan.

Each night the band would perform a collective improvisation in the middle of the instrumental piece "THRAK". This album presents an hour-long version of the piece, created by editing many of these improvisations together, bookended by the "THRAK" theme.

Track 2, "Fearless and Highly Thrakked", also appears on the 1999 live album On Broadway. An alternative version appears on Disc 1 of the 2001 live compilation album Vrooom Vrooom as "Biker Babes of the Rio Grande".

Track listing

All music by Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Bruford and Mastelotto

  1. "Thrak" – 2:20
  2. :Recorded at:
  3. ::Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 21 November 1995
  4. "Fearless and Highly Thrakked" – 6:35
  5. :Recorded at:
  6. ::Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 20 November 1995
  7. ::Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 21 November 1995
  8. "Mother Hold the Candle Steady While I Shave the Chicken's Lip" – 11:18
  9. :Recorded at:
  10. ::Nagoya Shimin Kaikan, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, 8 October 1995
  11. ::Hitomi Kinen Kōdō, Tokyo, Japan, 10 October 1995
  12. ::Omiya Sonic Hall, Saitama, Saitama, Japan, 12 October 1995
  13. "Thrakattak (Part I)" – 3:42
  14. :Recorded at:
  15. ::Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 2 October 1995
  16. ::Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 3 October 1995
  17. ::Festival Hall, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, 9 October 1995
  18. "The Slaughter of the Innocents" – 8:03
  19. :Recorded at:
  20. ::Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 14 October 1995
  21. ::Paramount Theater, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, 17 November 1995
  22. ::Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, 8 November 1995
  23. ::Roxy Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 11 November 1995
  24. "This Night Wounds Time" – 11:16
  25. :Recorded at:
  26. ::Tupperware Convention Center, Kissimmee, Florida, United States, 9 November 1995
  27. ::Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 22 November 1995
  28. ::Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 24 November 1995
  29. ::Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 25 November 1995
  30. ::Palace Theatre, Columbus, Ohio, United States, 27 November 1995
  31. ::Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont, Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 29 November 1995
  32. "Thrakattak (Part II)" – 11:08
  33. :Recorded at:
  34. ::Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, 16 November 1995
  35. ::Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 22 November 1995
  36. ::Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 25 November 1995
  37. ::Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont, Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 29 November 1995
  38. "Thrak (Reprise)" – 2:52
  39. :Recorded at:
  40. ::Nakano Sun Plaza, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, 5 October 1995
  41. ::Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 20 November 1995

Personnel

King Crimson

Technical personnel

  • George Glossop – live sound engineer
  • Noah Evens – ADAT recording
  • David Singleton – arrangement, editing and mastering
  • Steve Jennings – cover photography
  • Tony Levin – burning house and guitar photography
  • Bill Smith Studio – design

Charts

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! scope="col"| Chart (1996)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}

| align="center"|87

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Discogs master|237074}}

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Category:1996 live albums

Category:King Crimson live albums

Category:Discipline Global Mobile albums