Album
Beat
Beat is King Crimson's ninth studio album, released on 18 June 1982 on E'G. It follows Discipline from 1981 and features the same four players: Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and Bill Bruford. That made it the first King Crimson album to keep the line-up of the record before it, a notable thing for a band whose personnel had changed repeatedly in the years since 1969.
For anyone who knows Crimson only through the early symphonic records or the heavier mid-seventies work, Beat shows the band in its 1980s guise, sitting in the rock, progressive rock and art rock camps. It's the middle chapter of a trio of albums by this group, sitting between Discipline and Three of a Perfect Pair, and it's worth hearing as a snapshot of a settled and distinctive line-up at work.
Beat: tracklist, credits and charts
8 tracks · 35:19Tracklist
- 1Neal and Jack and MeKing Crimson and Adrian Belew4:23
- 2HeartbeatBelew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin3:55
- 3Sartori in TangierKing Crimson3:35
- 4Waiting ManKing Crimson and Adrian Belew4:24
- 5NeuroticaBelew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin4:49
- 6Two HandsKing Crimson and Margaret Belew3:24
- 7The HowlerKing Crimson and Adrian Belew4:12
- 8RequiemKing Crimson6:37
- Produced by
- Rhett Davies
- Recorded at
- Odyssey, London
- Recorded
- March and April 1982
- Engineered by
- Rhett Davies
- Label
- E’G
- Length
- 35:19
Line-up
- Adrian Belew · guitar family, vocals, guitar, lead vocals, drums (drum set)
- Bill Bruford · membranophone, drums (drum set), electronic drum set
- Robert Fripp · electronic instruments, guitar, organ, effects
- Tony Levin · Chapman stick, electric bass guitar, bass, background vocals, bass guitar
Singles
- “Heartbeat” · 4 June 1982
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 1982 | 39 |
| US Billboard 200 · 1982 | 52 |
| Norwegian Albums · 1982 | 24 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums · 2016 | 40 |
| Canadian Albums (RPM) · 1982 | 47 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 1982 | 75 |
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 18 June 1982 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 18 June 1982 | |
| Wikidata | 18 June 1982 | |
| US release | 1982 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 18 June 1982 | earliest UK or European date |
21 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | US | E’G | 0075992369213 | other |
| 1982 | ES | E’G | other | |
| 1982 | DE | E’G | other | |
| 18 June 1982 | GB | E’G | original | |
| 1984 | DE | E’G | 04228211942 | other |
| 1984 | XE | E’G | 5012985305129 | other |
| 1984 | US | E’G | 07599236922 | other |
| 1985 | US | Warner Bros. Records | 075992369220 | other |
| 1 May 1987 | JP | E’G | 4988006612464 | other |
| 1989 | US | E’G | 017046159326 | other |
| 1989 | GB | Virgin | 077778686323 | other |
| 7 March 1990 | JP | E’G | 4988037008328 | other |
| 12 January 2001 | GB | Virgin | 724384406721 | deluxe |
| 18 April 2001 | JP | Discipline Global Mobile | 4988013047600 | other |
| 2004 | GB | Panegyric | 633367050922 | other |
| 2004 | US | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367050922 | deluxe |
| 18 March 2016 | XW | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367881021 | other |
| 21 October 2016 | US | Inner Knot | 633367400925 | deluxe |
| 28 October 2016 | GB | Panegyric | 633367400925 | deluxe |
| 1 November 2016 | XW | Discipline Global Mobile | deluxe | |
| 2019 | XE | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367910912 | other |
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| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| coverartarchive | 1000×1000 | upscaled |