Three of a Perfect Pair

King Crimson

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 23, 1991)
• Original Release Date: July 1984
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: E.G. Records
• ASIN: B000003S1G
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #295,852 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Three of a Perfect Pair

2. Model Man

3. Sleepless

4. Man With an Open Heart

5. Nuages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds)

6. Industry

7. Dig Me

8. No Warning

9. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 3

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Prog, Pop, & Avant Garde - What Else Would You Expect?, June 4, 2002

By	Kevin Caffrey (West Babylon, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

With the lineup of Robert Fripp, Tony Levin, Adrian Belew, & Bill Bruford, _Three of a Perfect Pair_ contains one of the most impressive lineups of musicians ever assembled. Whereas other progressive rock bands such as Genesis and Yes became more pop/AOR-oriented in the early 80s, King Crimson were still making music that was very hard to categorize. "Dig Me" is about as "out there" as you can get and the instrumental, "Nuages", is a combination of subtle percussion and ambient guitar textures that sounds like it could come out of the third side of _Tales from Topographic Oceans_. However, King Crimson does show their more melodic and "song-oriented" side on the title track, "Model Man", and "Man With An Open Heart." Belew's vocals are very reminiscent of David Byrne's work with Talking Heads. The bass extravaganza "Sleepless" never gets old and is a showcase for the powerful rhythm section of Bruford and Levin. Recommended not only to prog and King Crimson fans, but also to fans of 80s New Wave who prefer their music with a little bit of an edge.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Correction of the review above, February 10, 2005

By	Ricardo ALvarado (London, Ontario) - See all my reviews

I would like to apologize for the mistake made in the review above titled "Another King Crimson Masterpiece". The correct name of King Crimson's drummer is Bill Bruford, and not Robert.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best!, September 1, 1999

By A Customer

Three of a perfect pair is one of the best albums of King Crimson, alongside with Lizard, Islands and Starless. There aren't overrated albums of King Crimson, but there are underrated albums, and, in my opinion, Three of a perfect pair is one of them. Beautiful "pop" songs like Man with an open heart and Sleepless. For purists of progressive rock, there is nothing like Industry, Dig me and Lark's tongues in aspic III.