Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind

Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind
Box set by King Crimson
Released 2 September 2016
Recorded 2015
Venue UK, Canada, and Japan
Genre Progressive rock, Art rock, Proto-prog
Label DGM
King Crimson chronology
The Power to Believe
(2003)		 Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz[1]

Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind is a box set by King Crimson, released on 2 September 2016.[2][3]

The box set was recorded live mostly in Takamatsu, Japan on December 19, 2015, with songs taken from other shows in order to represent every song played during the group's 2015 tours of Japan, Canada and France. The material performed is mostly from the 1969-1974 period, and most of it hadn't been performed live since the 1970s, although the songs were rearranged to suit the current line-up.[2] 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 has been playing in concert.[4]

The set was released in two editions: A 4-disc standard edition featuring the complete concert in one Blu-ray disc and three CD's (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 DVD's with the complete concert and an expanded booklet. The Blu-ray disc has a "picture off" mode which allows to listen to the music without the video.

Track listing

Disc One: Mainly Metal

  1. ″Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One″ (David Cross, Robert Fripp, John Wetton, Bill Bruford, Jamie Muir) – 10:37
  2. ″Radical Action (to Unseat The Hold of Monkey Mind)″ (Fripp) – 3:41
  3. ″Meltdown″ (Jakko Jakszyk, Fripp) – 4:23
  4. ″Radical Action II″ (Fripp) – 2:27
  5. ″Level Five″ (Adrian Belew, Fripp, Trey Gunn, Pat Mastelotto) – 6:47
  6. ″The Light of Day″ (Jakszyk, Fripp, Mel Collins) – 5:50
  7. ″The Hell Hounds of Krim″ (Gavin Harrison, Bill Rieflin, Mastelotto) – 3:37
  8. ″The ConstruKction of Light″ (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 6:25
  9. ″The Talking Drum″ (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir) – 3:49
  10. ″Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two″ (Fripp) – 6:39

Disc Two: Easy Money Shots

  1. ″Peace″ (Fripp, Pete Sinfield) – 2:05
  2. ″Pictures of a City″ (Fripp, Sinfield) – 8:15
  3. ″Banshee Legs Bell Hassle″ (Harrison, Rieflin, Mastelotto) – 1:38
  4. ″Easy Money″ (Fripp, Wetton, Richard Palmer-James) – 8:24
  5. ″VROOOM″ (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Gunn, Bruford, Mastelotto) – 4:54
  6. ″Suitable Grounds for the Blues″ (Jakszyk, Fripp) – 4:49
  7. ″Interlude″ (Fripp) – 2:21
  8. ″The Letters″ (Fripp, Sinfield) – 6:28
  9. ″Sailor's Tale″ (Fripp) – 6:38
  10. ″A Scarcity of Miracles″ (Jakszyk, Fripp, Collins) – 6:50

Disc Three: Crimson Classics

  1. ″Red″ (Fripp) – 6:28
  2. ″One More Red Nightmare″ (Fripp, Wetton) – 6:01
  3. ″Epitaph″ (Fripp, Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, Michael Giles, Sinfield) – 8:42
  4. ″Starless″ (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Palmer-James) – 12:15
  5. ″Devil Dogs of Tessellation Row″ (Harrison, Rieflin, Mastelotto) – 2:58
  6. ″The Court of The Crimson King″ (McDonald, Sinfield) – 6:58
  7. ″21st Century Schizoid Man″ (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield) – 10:54

Personnel

Per the liner notes:

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Italian Albums (FIMI)[5] 100
Scottish Albums (OCC)[6] 38
UK Albums (OCC)[7] 71

References

  1. ↑ Kelman, John. "King Crimson: Radical Action (To Unseat The Hold Of Monkey Mind)". www.allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Radical Action To Unseat The Hold Of Monkey Mind Pre-Order". DGM Live. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "King Crimson unveil Radical Action multi-disc box set". Team Rock. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "King Crimson Are Working on New Material, Reveal Details of Three New Songs". Ultimate Guitar. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 37 (dal 2016-09-09 al 2016-09-15)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 September 2016.


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