Album
The ConstruKction of Light
The ConstruKction of Light is King Crimson's twelfth studio album, released on 23 May 2000. It arrived five years after THRAK and was the first record by the band's "double duo" line-up: Adrian Belew, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn and Pat Mastelotto. That four-piece would make one more studio album, The Power to Believe, in 2003.
It is also the longest studio album in the Crimson catalogue, and it leans towards the harder, more industrial and progressive metal end of the band's range, with art rock ideas still running through it. For anyone who follows the group's later years, it shows the new line-up finding its feet. It is also the only King Crimson studio album that did not chart in the United States, which makes it an overlooked chapter rather than a forgotten one.
The ConstruKction of Light: tracklist and credits
11 tracks · 58:19Tracklist
- 1ProzaKc BluesBelew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto5:29
- 2The ConstruKction of LightBelew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto5:50
- 3The ConstruKction of LightBelew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto2:50
- 4Into the Frying PanBelew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto6:54
- 5FraKcturedBelew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto9:06
- 6The World’s My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax MuseumBelew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto6:24
- 7Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part IVBelew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto3:42
- 8Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part IVBelew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto2:50
- 9Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part IVBelew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto2:36
- 10Coda: I Have a DreamBelew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto4:52
- 11Heaven and EarthBelew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto7:46
- Produced by
- King Crimson, Pat Mastelotto, Bill Munyon
- Recorded at
- StudioBelew (Mount Juliet, Tennessee)
- Recorded
- 1999
- Mixed by
- Ken Latchney, Bill Munyon
- Mixed at
- Seventeen Grand Recording
- Engineered by
- Ken Latchney, Bill Munyon
- Mastered by
- Glenn Meadows
- Labels
- Discipline Global Mobile, Virgin
- Length
- 58:19
Line-up
- Adrian Belew · guitar, vocals
- Robert Fripp · guitar
- Trey Gunn · baritone guitar, Warr guitar
- Pat Mastelotto · drums (drum set)
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + wikidata; also seen: 2000-05-03 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 3 May 2000 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 23 May 2000 | |
| Wikidata | 23 May 2000 | |
| US release | 23 May 2000 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 8 May 2000 | earliest UK or European date |
9 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2000 | JP | Discipline Global Mobile | 4988013890435 | original |
| 8 May 2000 | XE | Virgin | 724384926120 | other |
| 23 May 2000 | US | Virgin Records America, Inc. | 724384926120 | other |
| 2006 | JP | Discipline Global Mobile | 4582213910711 | other |
| 2007 | US | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367051424 | other |
| 23 February 2009 | XE | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367051424 | other |
| 18 March 2016 | XW | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367881328 | other |
| June 2019 | GB | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367401427 | deluxe |
| 11 October 2019 | GB | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367911414 | other |
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