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24 bit Remastered version now reissued on Robert Fripp's own DGM label. Incredible 1984 album from the solid 4 feat Adrian Belew.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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First up, this is the late 80s first CD issue, isn't it? So if you can get it cheap or second hand then it's fine for the music, but otherwise you're better off with the remastered version. Otherwise...
'Discipline' is a classic, 'Beat' is almost just as good if not better (although unfairly overlooked), so if you've already got those two then You'll want to complete the set of 80s Crimson with this, right?
Well, there's some great stuff on this, but it lacks the consistently high quality of the previous two albums. Belew's songs are more pop oriented, while Fripp and Levin are off noodling with synthesizers and Bruford is stuck their somewhere behind his increasingly bewildering experimental drum set up.
The studio album may be a bit hit and miss, but they were still great live: check out 'Absent Lovers'.
P.S.
David Torn's 'Cloud About Mercury'(1987) features both Bruford Levin and amounts to something slightly more than a consolation prize to Crimson fans who are disappointed with this third 80s outing: In other words the Torn album is brilliant.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I quite like this one.It does go with the other two (Dicipline & Beat)but do not expect an easy listen.This album has grown on me now but not at first.So be patient sit back and enjoy before you move on to THRAK.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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The 80's King Crimson is defiantly my least favourite, with the Wetton era 1st and the modern era second, followed by the first four albums, and finally the 80's material.
However, this is not really because their 80's output was bad, but more to do with the astounding quality of their other eras. I'll admit when I first heard this style of Crimson it was a shock and an unpleasant one at that. However, you get used to it and with repeat listens I came to regard 'Discipline,' as a great record, bettered by the hideously under-rated 'Beat,' however, when it came to 'Three of a Perfect Pair,' even as an 80's crimson album, its a shock, and even after repeat listens fails to impress the same way other Crimson do.
The whole of side 2 (with the exception of Larks Tounges part 3) is of poor quality and on first listen is irritating and on repeat listens ranges from disappointing, to boring, to just plain irritating again. Songs like 'Industry,' which intend to be a return to the spirit of the 70's Crimson, fails and end up being a 'skip button,' magnet.
The best song on here is the excellent title track which saves the album from a one star rating and is still classic today.
Other highlights include single 'Sleepless,' which has a fantastic building verse but its disappointing chorus prevents it from being an utter classic.
Many people would rate 'Three of A Perfect Pair,' as better than 'Beat,' or sometimes even 'Discipline,' but if I'm honest I simply can't agree, while containing a few good songs its really not a wonderful album. The bonus tracks while providing value for money on any release, are of no great quality here, and are perfect 'skip button,' material too.
As much as I hate to nay say anything that the wonderful King Crimson have done, this album really contains only a few gems in a sea of mediocrity.
However, this is not really because their 80's output was bad, but more to do with the astounding quality of their other eras. I'll admit when I first heard this style of Crimson it was a shock and an unpleasant one at that. However, you get used to it and with repeat listens I came to regard 'Discipline,' as a great record, bettered by the hideously under-rated 'Beat,' however, when it came to 'Three of a Perfect Pair,' even as an 80's crimson album, its a shock, and even after repeat listens fails to impress the same way other Crimson do.
The whole of side 2 (with the exception of Larks Tounges part 3) is of poor quality and on first listen is irritating and on repeat listens ranges from disappointing, to boring, to just plain irritating again. Songs like 'Industry,' which intend to be a return to the spirit of the 70's Crimson, fails and end up being a 'skip button,' magnet.
The best song on here is the excellent title track which saves the album from a one star rating and is still classic today.
Other highlights include single 'Sleepless,' which has a fantastic building verse but its disappointing chorus prevents it from being an utter classic.
Many people would rate 'Three of A Perfect Pair,' as better than 'Beat,' or sometimes even 'Discipline,' but if I'm honest I simply can't agree, while containing a few good songs its really not a wonderful album. The bonus tracks while providing value for money on any release, are of no great quality here, and are perfect 'skip button,' material too.
As much as I hate to nay say anything that the wonderful King Crimson have done, this album really contains only a few gems in a sea of mediocrity.
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