Red (album) - Definition and Overview

Red is an album by the band King Crimson, released in 1974.

Trivia

• Every track on Red is a studio recording, with the exception of track 4, Providence, which is a live recording
• Track 1, Red, was composed by Robert Fripp alongside a contrasting piece, Blue. Blue has never been recorded.
• A part of track 1, Red, was excised before the track was recorded. This part was later incorporated into the King Crimson track VROOOM VROOOM, on the album THRAK.
• Fallen Angel is the last King Crimson recording to date to feature Robert Fripp playing acoustic guitar. On subsequent recordings, he has played only electric guitar.
• A longer version of track 4, Providence, is available on the live 4CD set The Great Deceiver (disc 1, track 7).
• In 2001 Q magazine named Red as one of the 50 Heaviest Albums Of All Time.

Track listing

1. Red (Robert Fripp) - 6:16
2. Fallen Angel (Fripp, Richard Palmer-James, John Wetton) - 6:03
3. One More Red Nightmare (Fripp, Wetton) - 7:10
4. Providence (Bill Bruford, David Cross, Fripp, Wetton) - 8:10

   Recorded at Palace Theatre, Providence, USA, 30 June 1974

5. Starless (Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) - 12:16

Personnel

King Crimson

• Robert Fripp - guitar, mellotron
• John Wetton - bass guitar, vocals
• Bill Bruford - drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• David Cross - violin
• Mel Collins - soprano saxophone
• Ian McDonald - alto saxophone
• Robin Miller - oboe
• Mark Charig - cornet

External links

Lyrics (http://www.elephant-talk.com/releases/red.htm)