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Recorded
  
1995

Thrakattak (1996)
  
Epitaph (1997)

Release date
  
21 May 1996

Length
  
57:14

Artist
  
King Crimson

Label
  
Discipline Global Mobile

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Released
  
21 May 1996 (1996-05-21)

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Experimental rock

Similar
  
King Crimson albums, Progressive rock albums

Thrakattak (written with consonants capitalized as THRaKaTTaK on the album cover) is a live album by the band King Crimson, released in 1996.

Contents

  • Compiled from performances of, and improvisations during, the piece "Thrak" in the United States and Japan.
  • Track 2, "Fearless and Highly Thrakked", is also featured on the live album (2-CD set) King Crimson on Broadway (1999) (disc 2, track 12), and an alternative version of the track entitled "Biker Babes of the Rio Grande" is featured on the live album (2-CD set) Vrooom Vrooom (2001) (disc 1, track 11).

    • Track listing

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

    1. "Thrak" – 2:20
    2. "Fearless and Highly Thrakked" – 6:35
    3. "Mother Hold the Candle Steady While I Shave the Chicken's Lip" – 11:18
    4. "Thrakattak (Part I)" – 3:42
    5. "The Slaughter of the Innocents" – 8:03
    6. "This Night Wounds Time" – 11:16
    7. "Thrakattak (Part II)" – 11:08
    8. "Thrak (Reprise)" – 2:52

    Personnel

  • Robert Fripp - guitar, mellotron
  • Adrian Belew - guitar
  • Tony Levin - bass guitar, Chapman Stick, Ned Steinberger upright bass
  • Trey Gunn - Warr Guitar
  • Bill Bruford - drums, percussion
  • Pat Mastelotto - drums, percussion

    • Songs

    1THRAK2:20
    2Fearless and Highly THRaKked6:36
    3Mother Hold the Candle Steady While I Shave the Chicken’s Lip11:19

    References

    Thrakattak Wikipedia
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