Concise King Crimson

King Crimson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 19, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Caroline
• ASIN: B000000I1M
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,955 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 21st Century Schizoid Man

2. Epitaph

3. The Court of the Crimson King [Abridged]

4. Cat Food [Edit]

5. Ladies of the Road

6. Starless [Abridged]

7. Red

8. Fallen Angel

9. Elephant Talk

10. Frame by Frame

11. Matte Kudesai

12. Heartbeat

13. Three of a Perfect Pair

14. Sleepless

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Crisply concise!, June 27, 2000

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Michael Dohnalik (La Crosse, WI, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Concise King Crimson (Audio CD)

DO NOT BUY THIS ALBUM unless you are prepared to submit to the undying need to hear the entire KC collection! It is an embarassment to the Classic Rock Station Community that I had to be turned onto this group while working a weekend third shift AM/FM job in Green Bay, WI playing "Golden Oldies". This was the album I started out with after being a hardcore highschool metalhead and gradually moving on:) to classic and progressive rock with blues, jazz, and reggae thrown into the mix for good measure. This is a great starter album that covers an unmeasurable 15+ years of work...

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb compilation of some of King Crimson's best work., October 18, 1998

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[e-mail] (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Concise King Crimson (Audio CD)

I purchased Sleepless: The Concise King Crimson because I was thoroughly impressed with the track listing. Although an abridged version of "In The Court Of The Crimson King" and "Starless" are here, this is still a worthwhile compilation for introduction to the sometimes schizophrenic world of King Crimson. I highly recommend it!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A much better Compact King Crimson, January 16, 2008

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Dark Star-The Other One (The Bus To Never Ever Land) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Concise King Crimson (Audio CD)

While a couple of the songs are edits and nothing from Larks Tongues appears, this still gives a better example of King Crimson than The Compact King Crimson. Fripp seems to have gotten over his adversion to some of the early KC stuff and here we get a more well rounded release. The sound quality is also much better on this one on the band's then new label Caroline. This is the one for people who want a good short introduction to the band.