King Crimson Power To Believe CD

Power To Believe Music

List Price	$15.98 (You save $3.03)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Progressive, Art Rock
Label	Dargason
Orig Year	2003
All Time Sales Rank	119796
CD Universe Part number	7765555
Catalog number	515
Discs	1
Release Date	Nov 18, 2008
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	King Crimson; Machine
Engineer	Jeff Juliano; Machine
Personnel	Robert Fripp - guitar Adrian Belew - vocals, guitar Pat Mastelotto - drums, programming Trey Gunn - guitar, fretless bass Also: Machine, Tim Faulkner

King Crimson Power To Believe Songs

	1.	Power To Believe I: A Cappella, The
	2.	Level Five
	3.	Eyes Wide Open
	4.	EleKtriK
	5.	Facts Of Life [Intro]
	6.	Facts Of Life
	7.	Power To Believe II, The
	8.	Dangerous Curves
	9.	Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With
	10.	Power To Believe III, The
	11.	Power To Believe IV: Coda, The

Power To Believe Music Review

Average Rating: (3 out of 5 stars) 3 stars

3 stars It Will Grow On You!
I have been a King Crimson listener and admirer for 25 plus years. That said, this album didn't hit me "right off the bat" but after several listens, I "GOT" the "MOTIF", as I believe you will if you are an admirer of King Crimson and if you want to step into the world of intricate rhythms and virtuoso Rock and Roll! The recurrent theme of this album begins to resonate after multiple listens. Now, I would say, after several weeks of listening in the car and on the iPod, this CD transcends previous works of KC from the 80s. I do not want to denigrate those works for there are amazing peices of music. My point here is that this music flows and ebbs in a musical fulcrum that gathers the listener into the confluence of this multi-themed musical foray! All of this said, give a listen (many times over) and let this King Crimson album give you "The Power To Belive!"
Submitted by mistermdb (San Francisco, CA, USA)
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