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Red (album)

Red is an album by the band King Crimson, released in 1974.

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Trivia

  • Every track on Red is a studio recording, with the exception of track 4, Providence, which is a live recording
  • Track 1, Red, was composed by Robert Fripp alongside a contrasting piece, Blue. Blue has never been recorded.
  • A part of track 1, 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 track 4, 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.

Track listing

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

Personnel

King Crimson

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Lyrics

Last updated: 05-17-2005 11:52:55