VROOOM [EP]

King Crimson

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 8, 1994)
• Original Release Date: November 18, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Discipline Us
• ASIN: B000005OO6
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #166,570 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. VROOOM

2. Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream

3. Cage

4. Thrak

5. When I Say Stop, Continue

6. One Time

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This 31-minute set of improvs and live sessions reunites the awesomely tight Fripp/Bruford/Belew/Levin axis with additional sonic assault from bassist Trey Gunn and percussionist Pat Mastelotto. Belew bellows three whacked-out songs ("Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream" is the keeper) and the ensemble's avant garde grit is showcased to great effect on the furious title track. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A concise but defintive statement for 90s King Crimson, September 18, 2001

By	Thomas (France) - See all my reviews

I actually find this short CD a more direct and more rewarding listening experience than the official Thrak album. The sound is a bit rawer, but you can litterally feel the high energy fields flowing between the six players, in a way that is so unique to Crimson.

The title track is a reworking of "Red", from a different perspective : with its coda it reaches an unbelievable intensity, but then it pales in comparison to the track "Thrak" which is the sonic equivalent of a volcano eruption. "One time" is certainly one of the most beautiful songs ever written by Belew ; "Cage" is like a strong and quick uppercut in your jaw.

The balance between sonic assault, experimental improvisation and songs is striking and makes this CD filable along the best of Crimson. Too bad the "Thrak" album did not live up to such high standards.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great comeback!, August 3, 1999

By A Customer

After having released some rather tedious, wave-pop-influenced albums in the 80's, King Crimson returned to top-form with their first new studio-record since over 10 years. This is uncompromising, aggressive avantgarde-rock without radio-friendly melodies. Some of the tracks have also appeared on the studio-album "Thrak", but "Vroom" is far preferable, because it provides a rougher and more original sound.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Introducing the KC Double Trio to the world, July 20, 2007

By	DaveBassTaiko - See all my reviews

A must for all King Crimson fans, this is a 'calling card', as the liner notes suggest, a means to introduce King Crimson's Double Trio lineup to the listening audience. The casual listener unfamiliar with Crimson can find plenty here that will open their ears, if they are willing to be receptive, but the real treat is for dedicated Crimson fans: exceptionally tight preliminary readings of four songs that would later appear on the full-length THRAK CD, as well as two other tracks that didn't make it to that disc. As a musician and Crim aficionado, I find that these tracks offer intriguing glimpses of how these songs were interpreted early on. The arrangements are largely similar to the THRAK versions, but the performances of this particular combination of musicians means that the songs not only stand on their own, apart from THRAK, but also reveal how this group can shape and transform compositions over time. The other songs, "Cage" and "When I say Stop, Continue" merit further listening in their own right, and are not mere filler.