Kneeling at the Shrine

Sunday All Over The World | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 1991)
• Original Release Date: April 5, 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Editions Eg Records
• ASIN: B000003S3W
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #309,292 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sunday All over the World

2. Blood Bruise Tattoo

3. Kneeling at the Shrine

4. Don't Take It Away

5. Transient Joy

6. Open Air

7. Strange Girls

8. If I Were a Man

9. Answered With a Smile

10. Storm Angel

11. Freedom

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Feminist Crimson - The Ultimate Challenge?, July 23, 2002

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Shaw N. Gynan (Bellingham, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kneeling at the Shrine (Audio CD)

I learned of this album from a rave Stereo Review article just over ten years ago, shortly after it was released. King Crimson, Robert Fripp's chameleon, is a decidedly masculine affair, and yet here we have the only entry of Crimson-like music accompanying a woman's voice and lyrical musings. As other reviewers note here, the disc has been quite overlooked, and unjustly so.

Motherhood in poverty, masochism, religious hypocrisy, craving, discouragement. The lyrics are indeed a challenge to the (male-dominated) status quo, and as such are squarely in the tradition of Crimson, one which has sought to establish new philosophical and musical foundations. Fripp's music is endlessly inventive and masterfully played throughout. This record requires an open mind.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Often Overlooked, April 2, 2001

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JOHN SPOKUS (BALTIMORE, MARYLAND United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kneeling at the Shrine (Audio CD)

When you mention this album to a lot of King Crimson/Robert Fripp fanatics, the usual response is "what was that?" Most fans are ignorant of this excellent one off release from Mr. and Mrs. Fripp. Part of it's power may lie in the fact that this group did just one record. Normally I'm not into female vocalists, with the exception of Annie Haslam and Sonja Kristina, but Toyah Wilcox (Mrs. Fripp) is great in the context of this band. Fripp's playing is much in the vein of his 80's Crimson work on this release. Stick bassist Trey Gunn, later of the 90's Crimson, makes his entrance here;however he's not as impressive a player as Tony Levin. The album's closer, "Freedom", is beautiful and my personal favorite.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars rewards close listening, July 31, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Kneeling at the Shrine (Audio CD)

This recording has grown on me over the years. My problem was getting over the first impression that Toyah was engaging in unimpressive and unnecessary Kate Bush imitation. I now believe that was mistaken, and we have to take Toyah's singing on its own terms. This recording contains some highly effective songs, some of Robert Fripp's best studio guitar work on record, and some solid and clever support by Crafty stick player Trey Gunn (now a King Crimson member) and drummer Paul Beavis. Particular favorites of mine are "Storm Angel" (killer guitar solo), and "Freedom."