Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal

Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal
Live album by King Crimson
Released	23 June 1998 (1998-06-23)
Recorded	11 July 1984 (1984-07-11)
Venue	The Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genre	Progressive rock, experimental rock, new wave
Length	104:38
Label	Discipline Global Mobile
Producer	Robert Fripp and David Singleton
King Crimson chronology
The Night Watch (1997) Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal (1998) Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide to King Crimson Live (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The A.V. Club	favourable [2]

Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal is a live album (2-CD set) by the band King Crimson, recorded on July 11, 1984 and released in 1998. It is compiled from the early and late shows performed on the final night of their 1984 Three of a Perfect Pair tour, the band's last performances until the warm-up shows in Argentina ten years later, prior to the recording of the THRAK album. The two complete shows were released in 2024 as the final release of the King Crimson Collector's Club.

Track listing

All music written by Belew, Fripp, Levin and Bruford unless otherwise indicated; all lyrics written by Belew.

Disc one

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Entry of the Crims"		6:27
2.	"Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part III)"		5:05
3.	"Thela Hun Ginjeet"		6:00
4.	"Red"	Fripp	5:49
5.	"Matte Kudasai" (待ってください, Please Wait for Me)		3:45
6.	"Industry"		7:31
7.	"Dig Me"		3:59
8.	"Three of a Perfect Pair"		4:30
9.	"Indiscipline"		8:14

Disc two

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Sartori in Tangier"		4:40
2.	"Frame by Frame"		3:57
3.	"Man with an Open Heart"		3:44
4.	"Waiting Man"		6:26
5.	"Sleepless"		6:08
6.	"Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)"	Fripp	7:54
7.	"Discipline"		5:04
8.	"Heartbeat"		5:15
9.	"Elephant Talk"		4:54

Personnel

King Crimson

• Adrian Belew – electric guitar, lead vocals, drums
• Robert Fripp – electric guitar
• Tony Levin – bass guitar, Chapman Stick, bass synthesizer, backing vocals
• Bill Bruford – drums, electronic drums, percussion

Production personnel

• George Glossop – live mixer
• Brad Davis – recording engineer
• David Singleton – studio editor and engineer
• Alex R. Mundy – assistant engineer
• David Singleton and Robert Fripp – mixing and mastering
• P. J. Crook – cover paintings (Absent Lovers I and II)
• Tony Levin – black and white photography
• Hugh O'Donnell – design
• Ryūji Sasaki (uncredited) – director of Three of a Perfect Pair live video (stills used on liner notes)

References

1. Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal at AllMusic
2. Klein, Joshua (29 March 2002). "Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal 1984 · King Crimson · Music Review King Crimson: Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal 1984 · Music Review · The A.V. Club". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 30 July 2016.

External links

• Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal at Discogs (list of releases)