Music Is Our Friend: Live in Washington and Albany is a live album by King Crimson released on 20 November 2021. It is an "official bootleg" of the band's final performance in North America, from September of that year,[1][2] ending with four songs from the pre-tour "Friends And Family" show in Albany, NY in August.[3][4] The songs played span the band's entire lifetime.[5]
Tour
The Music Is Our Friend tour was scheduled for 2020, but was postponed a full year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour began in July 2021 in Florida. There was a two-week break, and multiple shows had to be moved due to extreme weather, but none were cancelled. After North America, the tour concluded with 8 dates in Japan in November and December.[6] According to Robert Fripp, it was most likely the final tour by King Crimson and there has been no activity from them since.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz |   [4] |
Writing for All About Jazz, John Kelman enjoyed the album, stating that the band had evolved and taken old music and made it new again. He considered the release to be a large step forward for the band, highlighting all of the band members' skills as musicians.[4]
Track listing
Source:[5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Introductory Soundscape" | Robert Fripp | 6:53 |
| 2. | "The Hell Hounds Of Krim" | Gavin Harrison, Pat Mastelotto, William Rieflin | 3:35 |
| 3. | "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part I" | David Cross, Fripp, John Wetton, Bill Bruford, Jamie Muir | 8:04 |
| 4. | "Pictures of a City" | Fripp, Peter Sinfield | 8:35 |
| 5. | "The Court of the Crimson King" | Ian McDonald, Sinfield | 9:46 |
| 6. | "Red" | Fripp | 6:07 |
| 7. | "Tony Cadenza Deals It Slitheryacious-To-The-Max" | Tony Levin | 1:11 |
| 8. | "Neurotica" | Adrian Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford | 4:46 |
| 9. | "One More Red Nightmare" | Fripp, Wetton | 6:09 |
| 10. | "Indiscipline" | Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford | 9:21 |
| Total length: | 64:27 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Epitaph" | Fripp, McDonald, Greg Lake, Michael Giles, Sinfield | 9:08 |
| 12. | "Radical Action II" | Fripp | 2:29 |
| 13. | "Level Five" | Belew, Fripp, Trey Gunn, Mastelotto | 7:06 |
| 14. | "Starless" (12:15)" | Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Richard Palmer-James | 15:22 |
| 15. | "21st Century Schizoid Man" (12:44)" | Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield | 14:48 |
| 16. | "Tony Cadenza Serves It Piping Hot" | Levin | 1:19 |
| 17. | "Discipline" | Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford | 5:08 |
| 18. | "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part II" | Fripp | 6:53 |
| 19. | "Islands" | Fripp, Sinfield | 9:09 |
| Total length: | 71:48 | ||
Personnel
- King Crimson
- Jakko Jakszyk – guitar, vocals
- Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboard
- Mel Collins – saxophones, flute
- Tony Levin – basses, Chapman Stick
- Pat Mastelotto – drums, percussion
- Gavin Harrison – drums, percussion
- Jeremy Stacey – drums, percussion, keyboards
References
- ^ Mead, David (2022-08-25). "Robert Fripp in-depth: his quest to combine Hendrix and Bartók, what made King Crimson "problematic" and why he has "no interest in gear at all"". Guitar World. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
- ^ Browne, David (2022-07-14). "King Crimson's Robert Fripp Sets Fall Release for Band Doc. But Another Tour? 'Only to Prevent World War III'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ Live, D. G. M. (2021-11-12). "All About Music Is Our Friend". DGM Live. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ^ a b c Jazz, All About (2021-11-12). "King Crimson: Music is Our Friend: Live In Washington and Albany, 2021 album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ^ a b King Crimson - Music Is Our Friend (Live In Washington And Albany, 2021), retrieved 2022-10-03
- ^ "Music Is Our Friend - Live In Washington and Albany, 2021". burningshed.com. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
External links
- Music Is Our Friend: Live in Washington and Albany at Discogs (list of releases)
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