USA (album)

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USA
USA cover
Live album by King Crimson
Released 1974
Genre Progressive rock
Length 67:10
Label Atlantic Records
King Crimson chronology
Earthbound
(1972)
USA
(1974)
The Great Deceiver
(1992)


USA is a live album by the English band King Crimson, released in 1974.

  • Tracks 1-6 and 8-9 recorded at the Casino, Asbury Park, June 28, 1974
  • Track 7 recorded at the Palace Theatre, Providence, USA, June 30, 1974
  • Tracks 2, 3 and 7 feature overdubs performed by Eddie Jobson.
  • Tracks 1, 8 and 9 were not featured on the original release of the album, but were added for a subsequent release.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "No Pussyfooting" (Brian Eno, Robert Fripp) – 0:35
  2. "Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)" (Fripp) – 6:24
  3. "Lament" (Fripp, Richard Palmer-James, John Wetton) – 4:21
  4. "Exiles" (David Cross, Fripp, Palmer-James) – 7:09
  5. "Asbury Park" (Bill Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Wetton) – 7:06
  6. "Easy Money" (Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) – 6:41
  7. "21st Century Schizoid Man" (Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield) – 8:40

Bonus tracks on 30th Anniversary Edition:

  1. "Fracture" (Fripp) – 11:19
  2. "Starless" (Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) – 14:55

[edit] Personnel

[edit] King Crimson

[edit] Additional musician

  • Eddie Jobson - violin (on track 2, "Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)"; track 7, "21st Century Schizoid Man"), piano (on track 3, "Lament")
King Crimson
Robert Fripp | Adrian Belew | Tony Levin | Pat Mastelotto

Former members | Guest musicians

Original studio albums
In the Court of the Crimson King | In the Wake of Poseidon | Lizard | Islands | Larks' Tongues in Aspic | Starless and Bible Black | Red | Discipline | Beat | Three of a Perfect Pair | THRAK | The ConstruKction of Light | The Power to Believe
Other records
Cat Food/Groon | Atlantic Sampler | The Night Watch/The Great Deceiver | Epitaph/21st Century Schizoid Man | Matte Kudasai | Elephant Talk | Thela Hun Ginjeet | Heartbeat | Three of a Perfect Pair/Man With an Open Heart | Sleepless | VROOOM | Dinosaur | People | Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream | Level Five | Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With
Live albums
Earthbound | USA | The Great Deceiver | B'Boom: Live in Argentina | THRaKaTTaK | Epitaph | The Night Watch | Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal | Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide to King Crimson Live | Live in Mexico City | The ProjeKcts | The Deception of the Thrush: A Beginners' Guide to ProjeKcts | The Beginners' Guide to the King Crimson Collectors' Club | Heavy ConstruKction | VROOOM VROOOM | Ladies of the Road | EleKtrik: Live in Japan | The Power To Believe Tour Box
Compilations
A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson | The Compact King Crimson | Heartbeat: The Abbreviated King Crimson | Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson | Sleepless: The Concise King Crimson | The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson - Volume One - 1969-1974 | The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson - Vol. 2 - 1981-2003
Side projects and guest appearances
ProjeKct One | ProjeKct Two | ProjeKct Three | ProjeKct Four | ProjeKct X | ProjeKct Six
See Also
Giles, Giles and Fripp | McDonald and Giles | 21st Century Schizoid Band