Comments for King Crimson, Beat

Beat showed a futher tightness of the Fripp, Levin, Belew, Bruford generation Crimson on a very "pop" sounding CD.Pop that is as far as King Crimson can get close to.

This was kind of a disappointment as it's so like their first LP (Discipline) but with a different color cover and some different lyrics. What made it worth at least a few bucks were the more mature tracks which did something different from what they had already done (specifically, "Sartori" & "Requiem"). "Waiting Man" was kind of interesting too.

it's almost like this is to Discipline what In the Wake of Poseidon was to In the Court of the Crimson King. There are a few moments that don't seem like retreads, such as "Requiem" (just love that frippertronics!), and "Waiting Man" (Bill Bruford doing a worldbeat-type thing). but "Heartbeat" has that backwards sounding guitar again (gotta love that)!

Much more accessible than Discipline, and memorable, for me. Have both CDs, and listen to this one much more often. Love "Satori in Tangier"!

I read that they had a video for "Heartbeat"I personally give this album a grade of A