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Where's the Crim?
From Andrew Triebe of Kars, Ontario on .
As previously mentioned I love the shifting definition of what KC is/does, and the pedigree of this line-up was tantalizing. But I don't hear any Crimson in this release. It sounds like a Sting record. I like Sting, but that's not what I put a KC record on for.
A Scarce Miracle
From Britt Maxwell of Austin, Texas on .
I think this is great! Seems right in line with Fripp's soundscapes and Travis & Fripp releases. Repeated listens made me like it even more; I know because it always ends before I want it to. I hope we get more of this.
In context...now..superlative
From Andrew Mather of LANCASHIRE, England on .
I didn't get what I expected from this, but I also know I shouldn't expect anything like what I want as I never have got it from these musicians. Its what the elusive unpredictable musical muse gives them to pass to us, so the unusual and disppointing and misunderstood is to be expected. What I have always enjoyed perhaps more is the expectation of the possible. The realisation later that its much better than I first thought is better as well with experience over time. KC and its projeKcts from 1969 has always been this way. However the best way I have found to enjoy this slab of music is alongside Gone To Earth and The First Day. I am not a great fan of Jakszyk vocals, but mixed inside a random selection in a relevant CD player with Sylvians vocalisations and musical pieces with Fripp et al this album became more and more enjoyable for me.
Great artwork as well for the merchandise add-ons.
No ideas...
From Anonymous of Chelsea, Michigan on .
This is shockingly disappointing. Lacking in both musical invention, arrangement and production.
Annoying
From Victor Mataré of Aachen, Germany on .
In fact I like it if music pokes me a little while I haven't yet understood it. And indeed has KC music managed to poke me on a different level with each album I listened to. But this pokes me in a place where It's particularly irritating: Taste.
I think especially the first two thirds of the album exhibit that perfume-smelly highbrow jazz-bar-with-much-too-expensive-drinks style of bad taste. Saying this might be unfair after listening just once, and maybe I'm just being punished for not seeing the sincere irony behind that, but oh my god, this album begins so shallow...
Album of the Year, no question.
From Pueo i Kane'ohe of Kaneohe, Hawaii on .
I'm not sure what I was expecting when I received this cd, but what I got was sheer bliss. I know it's a bit early for a best-of-the-year accolades; indeed, I've just begun my 2010 chart. There is, however, no question. The album is so transportive and soothing to the senses, the production so careful that you hear every note, and the songs so tight you'd think they had worked on them for two decades. A masterpiece. Gentlemen, please do us another!
A Scarcity of ........?
From Andrew Shortman of Pontypridd, Wales on .
One of the main reasons I've always listened to KC/RF related music is because it has the ability to screw around with my head, and take me into unchartered territory that no other band/musicians have ever done! Sorry Robert, but I find this music cold and unchallenging. Each track appears to be at the same pace as the last, and they could easily all roll into one song. Mel's sax irritates, and Levin/Harrison just bumble along sounding totally uninspired.
I believe the idea of the KC Projekcts are to experiment with other musical possibilities, but I truly hope this Projekct is laid to rest.
If there is an extremely slim chance of KC rearing it's mucically challenged head again, I really hope this particular quintet and this type of music doesn't feature too heavily.
Dedicated, but not diluded.
Aw
Sublime
From Ed P. of Dunkirk, New York on .
I waited for months after pre-ordering not really knowing what to expect. This is laid back, lush and sophisticated. the lossless 5.1 mix is great. I can understand Robert Fripp's happiness with this project, and thank him and the rest of the band for this wonderful art.
Still listening!
From Gene Bulmer of Somerville, New Jersey on .
I've seen thumb's UP as well as down in the review world. Suffice to say that, 2 months after receiving this disc...it STILL resides in CD slot #3 in my Mercury Milan sports edition (V6 4-cam) and I've no plans of removing it any time soon as, at 51, I'm enjoying the maturing sound of the (still searing) Fripp guitar as well as the sax, bass, drums and crooning.
Cognito ergo Zoom (or, Vroom Vroom, if you will) : )
Relaxing
From Brady Hogan of The Dark Tower, California on .
Although not anything like more recent Crimson efforts; this is a quality offering and certainly viable musicKing. One of the few King Crimson ProjeKct's you could put on at your Grandmothers Bridge gathering. Five stars for not only being good music but for stopping me in my ear-tracks once again and doing a double-listen.
A Scarcity of adventurous music...
From Michael Koch of Worms, Germany on .
Sorry to say: but this is a kind of music ready to be played in a nice sauna club or a pretty monastery while having supper. Surely well played as ever by Mr. Fripp. But to me it sounds just boring. And I never would bring it near to KC and the honorable Projekcts. No.
Please Adrian rescue us!!
A Scarcity of Miracles. Excellent!
From Gene Bulmer of Somerville, New Jersey on .
Here my review testimony prepared deliberately and expeditiously (if, post listen, somewhat retroactively). It is with alacrity & clarity I responsively, and with specificity, posit no itty-bitty offering of musical charity by Fripp and Company. I am, verily, enjoying it immensely in all its profundity; though I bemoan the parcity (musically).
The album is simply too short.
Thus, reiteratively, my only complaint is the paucity of ‘A Scarcity of Miracles’.
Submitted respectfully.
Stunning
From Derek of New York, New York on .
A must listen.
Different but excellent
From Kirk of Phoenix, Arizona on .
Not what I expected, but really enjoying this album. Gets better each listen.
Dull and tedious
From Anonymous of Gondwana, Zambia on .
This sounds like the sort of rubbish that a lot of middle aged/old aged prog rockers could produce. Whilst the songs are superficially well crafted and the musicianship is of a high standard the result just sounds dull. Mel Collins' sax is particularly irritating. RF once said that one of his functions in KC was quality control - was he just having an off day here?
Sorry....
From Anonymous of Clevo, Ohio on .
Wow. What was I expecting? I don't know Jakko's work, but this looked so promising, regarless/
What's wrong? Well, nothing if you want mellow, almost new-age (that Kenny G-sounding soprano sax), soft-jazz style music. The majority of the disc sounds like the same song. And yes, songs, no instrumentals; sounds like a David Sylvian knock-off. In a nutshell, there is insufficient tension/angles/sharp edges/grit/fire/passion to counter the rather simple sounding arrangements.
The performances are tight, the sound is spacey and pristine. I apologize to those involved, particularly Mr. Fripp - I simply do not get the connection to King Crimson, nor the lack of passion and abandon that should have been the foil of the easy listening we get in spades. Even if this album had not been billed as a "King Crimson ProjeKct", I could not recommend it.
I realize some of the Soundscapes recordings border on new age at times, but there is always the proper balance of tension and release that makes those CDs breathe.
Sadly, not so here.
In waiting for a new KC...
From Stf Boile of Amiens, France on .
Great, really great!!!
It make me think of The First Day with David Sylvian maybe.
But it's really a good album with a new great recording of David Singleton.
I look forward to listening some new materials with the new line-up of KC, but when?...
The NEW CRIMSON !
From Anonymous of Athens, Greece on .
One can't really write a review having heard just one track-the one on video. But it sounds very promising ! And very different from the KC we knew since 1981! There is definately more than just a trace of the seventies nostalgia present, although one can't say that this is not something entirely new at the same time.
A NEW KING CRIMSON for the second decade of the new millenium !
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