Beat (King Crimson album)
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| Studio album by King Crimson | |||||
| Released | June 18, 1982 | ||||
| Recorded | 1982 | ||||
| Genre | Progressive rock | ||||
| Length | 35:19 | ||||
| Label | EG Records | ||||
| Producer | Rhett Davies | ||||
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Beat is an album by the British rock band King Crimson, released in 1982.
Its title is partly inspired by the writings of the beat generation:
- Track 1, "Neal and Jack and Me", is the track on the album most obviously inspired by beat writers. The 'Jack' of the title is beat writer Jack Kerouac, and the 'Neal' of the title is Kerouac's friend Neal Cassady.
- Track 3, "Sartori [sic] in Tangier", also derives its title from beat influences including the Jack Kerouac novel Satori in Paris, and the city of Tangier in Morocco, where a number of beat writers resided and which they often used as a setting for their writing. Writer Paul Bowles was associated with the beats, and his novel The Sheltering Sky, which provided the title for a track on King Crimson's previous studio album, Discipline, is partly set in Tangier.
- Track 7, "The Howler", refers to the beat poem Howl by Allen Ginsberg, which Fripp suggested to Belew as inspiration for the lyrics.
- According to the Trouser Press Record Guide, the album focused on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Kerouac's On the Road.
- The Chapman Stick introduction to "Sartori in Tangier" is featured in the first scene of the premiere of the MTV show The Maxx.
- Of King Crimson's thirteen studio albums, this is the only album that does not have a title track, although its title is included in the name of the song "Heartbeat".
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Adrian Belew (lyrics and music) and Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp and Tony Levin (music) unless otherwise indicated.
[edit] Side one
- "Neal and Jack and Me" – 4:22
- "Heartbeat" – 3:54
- "Sartori in Tangier" – 3:54
- "Waiting Man" – 4:27
[edit] Side two
- "Neurotica" – 4:48
- "Two Hands" (lyrics by A. Belew and Margaret Belew; music by A. Belew, Bruford, Fripp, and Levin) – 3:23
- "The Howler" – 4:13
- "Requiem" – 6:48
[edit] Credits
- Robert Fripp – guitar, organ, Frippertronics
- Adrian Belew – guitar, vocals
- Tony Levin – bass guitar, Chapman stick, vocals
- Bill Bruford – drums
[edit] References
- King Crimson. Trouser Press. Retrieved on July 5, 2005.
[edit] External links
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1982 | Billboard Pop Albums | 52 |
Single
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1982 | "Heartbeat" | Billboard Mainstream Rock | 57 |
