Thrakattak

Thrakattak
Live album by King Crimson
Released	May 21, 1996 (1996-05-21)
Recorded	1995
Genre	Progressive rock, experimental rock
Length	57:14
Label	Discipline Global Mobile
King Crimson chronology
B'Boom: Live in Argentina (1995) Thrakattak (1996) Epitaph (1997)

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Thrakattak (written with consonants capitalized as THRaKaTTaK on the album cover) is a live album by the band King Crimson, released in 1996.

• Compiled from performances of, and improvisations during, the piece "Thrak" in USA and Japan.
• Track 2, "Fearless and Highly Thrakked", is also featured on the live album (2CD set) King Crimson on Broadway (1999) (disc 2, track 12), and an alternative version of the track entitled "Biker Babes of the Rio Grande" is featured on the live album (2CD set) Vrooom Vrooom (2001) (disc 1, track 11).

Track listing

All tracks written by Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto.

1. "Thrak" – 2:20

   Recorded at:

   [venue?], [city?], [country?], [date/month?] 1995

   Longacre Theatre, New York, USA, 21 November 1995

2. "Fearless and Highly Thrakked" – 6:35

   Recorded at:

   Longacre Theatre, New York, USA, 20 November 1995

   Longacre Theatre, New York, USA, 21 November 1995

3. "Mother Hold the Candle Steady While I Shave the Chicken's Lip" – 11:18

   Recorded at:

   Nagoya Shimin Kaikan, Nagoya, Japan, 8 October 1995

   Hitomi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 10 October 1995

   Omiya Sonic Hall, Saitama, Japan, 12 October 1995

4. "Thrakattak (Part I)" – 3:42

   Recorded at:

   Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 2 October 1995

   Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 3 October 1995

   Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan, 9 October 1995

5. "The Slaughter of the Innocents" – 8:03

   Recorded at:

   [venue?], [city?], [country?], [date/month?] 1995

   Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 14 October 1995

   Paramount Theatre, Springfield, USA, 17 November 1995

   Mahaffey Theatre, St. Petersburg, USA, 8 November 1995

   Roxy Theatre, Georgia, USA, 11 November 1995

6. "This Night Wounds Time" – 11:16

   Recorded at:

   [venue?], [city?], [country?], [date/month?] 1995

   Tupperware Convention Center, Kissimmee, USA, 9 November 1995

   Longacre Theatre, New York, USA, 22 November 1995

   Longacre Theatre, New York, USA, 24 November 1995

   Longacre Theatre, New York, USA, 25 November 1995

   Palace Theater, Columbus, USA, 27 November 1995

   Rosemont Theater, Chicago, USA, 29 November 1995

7. "Thrakattak (Part II)" – 11:08

   Recorded at:

   [venue?], [city?], [country?], [date/month?] 1995

   Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, USA, 16 November 1995

   Longacre Theatre, New York, USA, 22 November 1995

   Longacre Theatre, New York, USA, 25 November 1995

   Rosemont Theater, Chicago, USA, 29 November 1995

8. "Thrak (Reprise)" – 2:52

   Recorded at:

   Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan, 5 October 1995

   Longacre Theatre, New York, USA, 20 November 1995

Personnel

• Robert Fripp - guitar, mellotron
• Adrian Belew - guitar
• Tony Levin - bass guitar, chapman stick, Ned Steinberger upright bass
• Trey Gunn - Warr guitars
• Bill Bruford - drums, percussion
• Pat Mastelotto - drums, percussion

References