Released: 1982
Tracks: I Advance Masked; Under Bridges of Silence; China – Yellow Leader; In the Cloud Forest; New Marimba; Girl on a Swing; Hardy Country; The Truth of Skies; Painting and Dance; Still Point; Lakeland/Aquarelle; Seven On Seven; Stuttified
Best track: The Truth of Skies, but it’s tough to pick just one.
Track to skip: The album’s really like one long piece, so it’s gonna sound similar no matter what song you’re on
All instrumental (like who’s gonna sing, Fripp? Yeah right!). Occasional percussion, bass drum every once and a while, but otherwise 2 guitarists making incredibly wonderful noise. If you like King Crimson, esp. the 80′s stuff you’ll love this album. If you like the Police, uhhh, maybe. OK, if you like Andy Summer’s work on Synchronicity then you’ll probably dig this.
Complex, but very nice melodies with lots of (what I’ll call) beautiful guitar colorization. Fripp’s Frippertronics are all over this and so are Summer’s Whateverhecallsthem. When they go into ‘beautiful-mode’ it is so damn amazing the stuff they do. Gorgeous melodies. The complex stuff will totally fry your brain. Either way, this is a really great album.
Not recommended for parties or dancing; if you want to be happy, get it!
Rating: 90
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