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The Power to Believe is the thirteenth and final studio album by English progressive rock band King Crimson. It was released on 24 February 2003 in the United Kingdom and on 4 March 2003 in the United States [ 4 ] through Sanctuary Records and met with generally favourable reviews, with several critics appreciating its heightened aggression.
King Crimson were an English-based progressive rock band formed in London in 1968 by Robert Fripp (guitars), Michael Giles (drums), Greg Lake (bass, vocals), Ian McDonald (saxophone, flute, clarinet, keyboards) and Peter Sinfield (lyrics, illumination). Fripp remained the only constant member throughout the band's history.
The lyrics of "21st Century Schizoid Man" were written by Peter Sinfield and consist chiefly of disconnected phrases which present a series of images in a fixed pattern. . The first line of each verse consists of two short phrases, while the second line is a single, more specific image, and the third is a longer phrase or a full sente
John Kelman of allaboutjazz was again complementary regarding this particular set and commented that "A perfect summary to Heaven & Earth, the King Crimson box set that squeezes the most material onto any of the group's mega-box set, covers the longest time period and documents Crimson's most extensive period of experimentation, exploration and evolution through its inclusion of (almost) all ...
Declan Colgan Music Ltd have settled their lawsuit with Universal Music Group (UMG) over a Kanye West track which samples King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid Man.” The mechanical rights to ...
The Power To Believe Tour Box is a live album by King Crimson. Packaged in a DVD snapcase and includes a 20-page booklet with photographs, equipment lists, and extra notes regarding the albums and tours. It was initially available only from the merchandise booth on their 2003 tour dates. [1] [2]
The album's outside cover consists of the words 'King Crimson' spelled out in ornate medieval illuminated or historiated lettering, the word 'King' on the back cover and the word 'Crimson' on the front cover, with each letter incorporating one or two discrete images. These images in turn represent Sinfield's lyrics from the album – the images ...
In his 1997 book Rocking the Classics, critic and musicologist Edward Macan notes that In the Court of the Crimson King "may be the most influential progressive rock album ever released". Macan went on to argue that In the Court of the Crimson King presented an example of every significant element of a mature progressive rock genre. Further ...