Vrooom

{{For|similar phrases|Vroom (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = VROOOM

| type = EP

| longtype = (mini-album)

| artist = King Crimson

| cover = VROOOM.jpg

| alt =

| released = 31 October 1994

| recorded = 2-7 May 1994

| studio = Applehead, Woodstock, New York;

Real World, Box, Wiltshire (mix)

| genre = Progressive rock, experimental rock

| length = 30:40

| label = Discipline Global Mobile

| producer = King Crimson and David Bottrill

| prev_title = The Great Deceiver

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = THRAK

| next_year = 1995

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r220461 |title=VROOOM - King Crimson | AllMusic |first=Greg |last=Prato |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |access-date=28 June 2011}}

| rev2 = Trouser Press

| rev2score = favourable{{cite web |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=king_crimson |title=TrouserPress.com :: King Crimson |last1=Grant |first1=Steven |last2=Fleischmann |first2=Mark |last3=Robbins |first3=Ira |website=TrouserPress.com |access-date=30 July 2016}}

}}

Vrooom (stylised as VROOOM) is an EP by the band King Crimson, classified as a mini-album due to its length. It was released in 1994, as a prequel to the subsequent full length album THRAK (1995). It is the first King Crimson release to feature the “double trio” of guitarists Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew, bassists Trey Gunn and Tony Levin, and drummers Bill Bruford and Pat Mastelotto.

Most of the tracks on VROOOM (with the exception of "Cage" and "When I Say Stop, Continue") were re-recorded for the THRAK album the following year.

A collection of instrumental improvisations and works-in-progress from these sessions was released in 1999 by the King Crimson Collectors Club as The Vrooom Sessions.

Track listing

All songs written by Adrian Belew, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, Tony Levin, Bill Bruford and Pat Mastelotto.

  1. "VROOOM" – 7:34 (includes Coda: Marine 475, and a 0:17 unlisted 'Intro' piece on original releases)
  2. "Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream" – 4:42
  3. "Cage" – 1:36
  4. "THRAK" – 7:19
  5. "When I Say Stop, Continue" – 5:20
  6. "One Time" – 4:25

Personnel

King Crimson

  • Adrian Belew – guitar, lead vocals
  • Robert Fripp – guitar, soundscapes
  • Trey GunnChapman Stick
  • Tony Levin – bass guitar, electric upright bass, Chapman Stick, backing vocals, didgeridoo{{Cite web |last=Fripp |first=Robert |date=17 August 2022 |title=Robert Fripp on didgeridoos & rabbits... · Robert Fripp & David Singleton’s Talking Tour 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAZ4SK4-SAc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124192540/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAZ4SK4-SAc |archive-date=24 January 2024 |access-date=24 January 2024 |website=YouTube}}
  • Bill Bruford – acoustic & electric drums, percussion
  • Pat Mastelotto – acoustic drums, percussion

Production personnel

  • David Bottrill – recording and mixing engineer
  • Noah Evens – assistant recording engineer
  • Meabh Flynn – assistant mixing engineer
  • David Singleton – digital editing engineer
  • John Sinks – equipment and strategic liaison
  • The Douglas Brothers – photography
  • Bill Smith Studio – design

References

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