Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind | ||||
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Released | 2 September 2016 | |||
Recorded | September–December 2015 | |||
Venue | UK, Canada, and Japan | |||
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Length | 161:21 | |||
Label | DGM | |||
Producer | Robert Fripp and David Singleton | |||
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Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind is a box set of live performances by King Crimson, released on 2 September 2016. [3] [4] It is the first full-length release by the seven member incarnation of the group that formed in 2013.
The box set was recorded during King Crimson's 2015 tours of Japan, Canada and France, mostly in Takamatsu, Japan. The material performed is mostly from the 1969–1974 period, and most had not been performed live since the 1970s, although the songs were rearranged to suit the current line-up. [3] Also included are some pieces from 1995 and onward, alongside new material. The title is derived from a song of the same name that the band had been playing in concert. [5]
The set was released in two editions: a 4-disc standard edition featuring the complete concert in one Blu-ray disc and three CDs (individually themed "virtual studio albums" with no audible audience); and a 6-disc deluxe limited edition, featuring the same as the standard edition plus two DVDs with the complete concert and an expanded booklet. The Blu-ray disc has a "picture off" mode which allows listening to the music without the video.
No. | Title | Writers | Length |
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1. | "Larks’ Tongues in Aspic: Part One" | David Cross, Robert Fripp, John Wetton, Bill Bruford, Jamie Muir | 10:36 |
2. | "Radical Action (to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind)" | Fripp | 3:40 |
3. | "Meltdown" | Jakko Jakszyk, Fripp | 4:22 |
4. | "Radical Action II" | Fripp | 2:27 |
5. | "Level Five" | Adrian Belew, Fripp, Trey Gunn, Pat Mastelotto | 6:46 |
6. | "The Light of Day" | Jakszyk, Mel Collins, Fripp | 5:49 |
7. | "The Hell Hounds of Krim" | Gavin Harrison, Mastelotto, Bill Rieflin | 3:36 |
8. | "The ConstruKction of Light" (Part I) | Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto | 6:24 |
9. | "The Talking Drum" | Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir | 3:48 |
10. | "Larks’ Tongues in Aspic: Part Two" | Fripp | 6:39 |
Total length: | 54:07 |
No. | Title | Writers | Length |
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1. | "Peace" | Fripp, Peter Sinfield | 2:07 |
2. | "Pictures of a City" | Fripp, Sinfield | 8:17 |
3. | "Banshee Legs Bell Hassle" | Harrison, Mastelotto, Rieflin | 1:40 |
4. | "Easy Money" | Fripp, Wetton, Richard Palmer-James | 8:26 |
5. | "VROOOM" | Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Tony Levin, Bruford, Mastelotto | 4:56 |
6. | "Suitable Grounds for the Blues" | Jakszyk, Fripp | 4:51 |
7. | "Interlude" | Fripp | 2:23 |
8. | "The Letters" | Fripp, Sinfield | 6:30 |
9. | "Sailor's Tale" | Fripp | 6:41 |
10. | "A Scarcity of Miracles" | Jakszyk, Fripp, Collins | 6:52 |
Total length: | 52:43 |
No. | Title | Writers | Length |
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1. | "Red" | Fripp | 6:31 |
2. | "One More Red Nightmare" | Fripp, Wetton | 6:03 |
3. | "Epitaph" | Fripp, Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, Michael Giles, Sinfield | 8:44 |
4. | "Starless" | Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Palmer-James | 12:17 |
5. | "Devil Dogs of Tessellation Row" | Harrison, Mastelotto, Rieflin | 3:00 |
6. | "The Court of the Crimson King" | McDonald, Sinfield | 7:00 |
7. | "21st Century Schizoid Man" | Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield | 10:56 |
Total length: | 54:31 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Threshold Soundscape" | |
2. | "Larks’ Tongues in Aspic: Part One" | |
3. | "Pictures of a City" | |
4. | "Peace" | |
5. | "Radical Action (to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind)" | |
6. | "Meltdown" | |
7. | "Radical Action II" | |
8. | "Level Five" | |
9. | "Epitaph" | |
10. | "The Hell Hounds of Krim" | |
11. | "The ConstruKction of Light" (Part I only) | |
12. | "A Scarcity of Miracles" | |
13. | "Red" | |
14. | "Backstage Adventures of the Crimson Kind" | |
15. | "VROOOM" | |
16. | "Banshee Legs Bell Hassle" | |
17. | "Easy Money" | |
18. | "Interlude" | |
19. | "The Letters" | |
20. | "Sailor's Tale" | |
21. | "The Light of Day" | |
22. | "The Talking Drum" | |
23. | "Larks’ Tongues in Aspic: Part Two" | |
24. | "Starless" | |
25. | "Devil Dogs of Tessellation Row" | |
26. | "The Court of the Crimson King" | |
27. | "21st Century Schizoid Man" |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Suitable Grounds for the Blues" | |
2. | "One More Red Nightmare" |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Threshold Soundscape" | |
2. | "Larks’ Tongues in Aspic: Part One" | |
3. | "Pictures of a City" | |
4. | "Peace" | |
5. | "Radical Action (to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind)" | |
6. | "Meltdown" | |
7. | "Radical Action II" | |
8. | "Level Five" | |
9. | "Epitaph" | |
10. | "The Hell Hounds of Krim" | |
11. | "The ConstruKction of Light" (Part I only) | |
12. | "A Scarcity of Miracles" | |
13. | "Red" |
No. | Title | Length |
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14. | "Suitable Grounds for the Blues" | |
15. | "One More Red Nightmare" |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Backstage Adventures of the Crimson Kind" | |
2. | "VROOOM" | |
3. | "Banshee Legs Bell Hassle" | |
4. | "Easy Money" | |
5. | "Interlude" | |
6. | "The Letters" | |
7. | "Sailor's Tale" | |
8. | "The Light of Day" | |
9. | "The Talking Drum" | |
10. | "Larks’ Tongues in Aspic: Part Two" | |
11. | "Starless" | |
12. | "Devil Dogs of Tessellation Row" | |
13. | "The Court of the Crimson King" | |
14. | "21st Century Schizoid Man" |
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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Italian Albums (FIMI) [6] | 100 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [7] | 38 |
UK Albums (OCC) [8] | 71 |