Third Star

Trey Gunn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 20, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ryko Distribution
• ASIN: B000005ONZ
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #348,478 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

These pieces showcase his early approach to these tapping instruments. While some may compare The Third Star to his work with King Crimson, there is a more patient attitude and atmosphere created on this album that maintains an integrity and beauty only found where there is true mastery and creativity. Gunn's got it. --Rock Pile

Product Description

The King Crimson bassist's 1996 solo album, featuring a guest appearance from Toyah Wilcox. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Still moving out of Fripp's shadow, February 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Third Star (Audio CD)

Trey Gunn is probably the best known master of the Warr guitar, but he is probably better known as that guy who works with Robert Fripp. An alumnus of Fripp's advanced guitar craft seminars, Gunn has worked with Fripp in at least 5 different groups (depending on how you count: The League of Crafty Guitarists, The Robert Fripp String Quintet, Sunday All Over the World, Sylvian/Fripp and King Crimson) - normally filling the role of bass player, although without ever picking up a bass guitar. It would be impossible to work through all that and not be influenced by Fripp, and Gunn certainly has been. On Third Star, he sometimes sounds as much like Fripp as Fripp does. He's still struggling to establish who exactly Trey Gunn is, and there's more work to do, although Third Star is a good step in that direction.

In person, TG appears to be an easy-going, gentle, lanky Texan who happens to be equipped with impressive dexterity, but this album reveals a darker side. The complex tracks are atmospheric and at times almost angry. Not blind rage, but a slow burning fury.

There are three tracks featuring different female singers: Toyah Willcox, Alice, and Serpentine. All three work well, but all in entirely different ways. Maybe that's the key: he works most creatively as part of a team, rather than alone.

Of course, the quality of the musicianship is impeccable and the production is transparent. This is, after all, a Discipline release.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A really great CD, December 4, 2004

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Erik Muller "King Crimson" (Georgia - NOOOoooo) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Third Star (Audio CD)

I really like this CD - it is a superb mix of electronica, fripp's Soundscape stuff, and rock. I especially like the songs "Kuma" and the title track "Dziban". The only tracks that I'm not overjoyed with are "Indiera" and "Arrakis".

It is also interesting to note that most all of these songs feature 2-3 people at the most. Trey Gunn's Warr guitar handles the bass, the rhythm, the solos.. and either Bob Muller or Pat Mastelloto gets drums and percussion. On the 2nd, 5th, and 10th song, there are female singers too, the first being in English, the second (Italian?) and the third, what I can only imagine as being Latin or Greek.

Anyways... if you enjoy Soundscapes, Powerful and emotional ambient, or rythmic electronic rock, get this.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars absolutely incredible, June 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Third Star (Audio CD)

Mr.Gunn, Warr guitar player for the most recent incarnation of King Crimson, weighs in with a cd of complexity and intelligence. Very melodic, more akin to fusion than "new age", this rocks in a big way. The production is crystalline and provides a reference cd for testing of big money sound systems. State of the art in every way. Highly recommended.