Name: Beat
Brand: King Crimson

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

PANE7910912.1

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Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-05-31

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

633367910912

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

DGM-CD-670509

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2010-12-01

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633367050922

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

King Crimson

Genre US

60s & 70s

Label US

Panegyric

"Beat" was released in June 1982 just 8 months after the 80s Crimson lineup debut album "Discipline". It marked the first occasion where a King Crimson lineup had remained intact for a 2 album stretch. It was also the first album by the band to employ a separate producer - Rhett Davies. The juxtaposition of lyrics heavily influenced by 50s beat luminaries Jack Kerouac &amp; Neal Cassady (Cassady the invented the 'spontaneous prose' style &amp; was the role model for the Dean Moriarty figure in Kerouac's "On the Road") with the complex polyrhythmic musical textures of the 80s Crimson, was inspired. While 'Beat' may not have had the shock impact of its immediate predecessor - sounding so radically different to anything previously bearing the King Crimson name - the sense of continuity, the strength of the songs &amp; the cohesion of the studio performances, all helped the album chart upon release in the US &amp; UK.

Beat

Music US