EP
Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With
Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With is the third EP from English progressive rock band King Crimson, released on 8 October 2002 through Sanctuary Records. It arrived as a companion to The Power to Believe, the studio album that followed in 2003, and it sits just after The ConstruKction of Light from 2000 in the band's story.
Much of the material turns up again on the album, but not in identical form. The title track runs longer here, with one extra chorus, and "Eyes Wide Open" is built mainly on acoustic instruments. For anyone who knows The Power to Believe, it's a chance to hear early versions with different shading before the full record arrived.
Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With: tracklist and credits
10 tracks · 34:37Tracklist
- 1BudeAdrian Belew0:26
- 2Happy With What You Have to Be Happy WithKing Crimson and Adrian Belew4:13
- 3Mie GakureAdrian Belew and Robert Fripp2:00
- 4She ShuddersAdrian Belew0:35
- 5Eyes Wide OpenKing Crimson and Adrian Belew4:08
- 6ShoganaiAdrian Belew2:53
- 7I RanAdrian Belew0:40
- 8Potato PieBelew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto5:03
- 9Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part IVBelew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto10:27
- 10CloudsAdrian Belew4:11
- Produced by
- Robert Fripp, David Singleton, King Crimson, Machine, Adrian Belew, Robert Fripp and David Singleton, King Crimson and Machine (track 2)
- Recorded at
- Pat's Garage, StudioBelew, The Tracking Room
- Mixed by
- Ken Latchney
- Engineered by
- Ken Latchney, David Singleton, Greg Dean
- Labels
- Sanctuary Records, Sanctuary
- Length
- 34:37
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + wikidata; also seen: 2002-10-16 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 16 October 2002 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 8 October 2002 | |
| Wikidata | 8 October 2002 | |
| US release | 2002 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 4 November 2002 | earliest UK or European date |
6 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | CA | Sanctuary Records | 060768458024 | other |
| 2002 | US | Discipline Global Mobile | 060768458024 | other |
| 16 October 2002 | JP | Universal | 4988005313317 | original |
| 4 November 2002 | GB | Sanctuary Records | 5050159012398 | other |
| 25 September 2008 | US | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367051721 | other |
| 23 February 2009 | GB | Panegyric | 633367051721 | other |
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| coverartarchive ✓ | 500×500 | upscaled: major: best source 500x500, upscaled to 1500 (x3.00) |