Album
The Power to Believe
The Power to Believe is the thirteenth and final studio album by King Crimson, the English progressive rock band whose story began with In the Court of the Crimson King in 1969. It came out on 24 February 2003, following The ConstruKction of Light from 2000. A 2002 EP, Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With, had set the stage with alternate and previously unreleased tracks.
It is worth hearing as the closing chapter of a long and restless catalogue. Critics generally received it well, and several singled out its heightened aggression as a strength. If you know the band only through their 1970s records or the Discipline era, this is a fierce, forward-looking place to hear where the story ended up.
The Power to Believe: tracklist, credits and charts
11 tracks · 51:17Tracklist
- 1The Power to Believe I: A CappellaKing Crimson and Adrian Belew0:44
- 2Level FiveBelew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto7:18
- 3Eyes Wide OpenKing Crimson and Adrian Belew4:09
- 4ElektrikKing Crimson8:00
- 5Facts of Life (intro)King Crimson and Adrian Belew1:39
- 6Facts of LifeKing Crimson and Adrian Belew5:06
- 7The Power to Believe IIKing Crimson and Adrian Belew7:44
- 8Dangerous CurvesKing Crimson6:43
- 9Happy With What You Have to Be Happy WithKing Crimson and Adrian Belew3:18
- 10The Power to Believe IIIKing Crimson and Adrian Belew4:09
- 11The Power to Believe IV: CodaKing Crimson and Adrian Belew2:29
- Produced by
- King Crimson, Machine, Robert Fripp, The Vicar
- Recorded at
- Newlyn Church, The Tracking Room, Nashville, StudioBelew, Nashville, Pat's Garage, Austin, St. Peter's Church, Newlyn
- Recorded
- 2002
- Engineered by
- Jeff Juliano, Machine, Tim Faulkner
- Labels
- Discipline Global Mobile, Sanctuary
- Length
- 51:17
Line-up
- Adrian Belew · guitar, vocals, lead vocals
- Robert Fripp · guitar · guest
- Trey Gunn · Warr guitar · guest
- Pat Mastelotto · electronic drum set, membranophone, percussion · guest
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 · 2003 | 150 |
| UK Albums Chart · 2003 | 162 |
| UK Independent Albums · 2003 | 21 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums · 2003 | 23 |
| Finnish Albums · 2003 | 25 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 2003 | 40 |
| Italian Albums · 2003 | 45 |
| German Albums · 2003 | 65 |
| French Albums · 2003 | 128 |
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1970
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1991
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1991
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1992
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1999
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Live at Moles Club, Bath – April 30, 1981
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Heavy ConstruKction
2000
Live in Mainz: March 30, 1974
2001
Live in Berkeley, CA – August 13, 1982
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Live in Detroit, MI, December 13, 1971
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Level Five
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VROOOM VROOOM
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Live in Nashville, TN: November 9 & 10, 2001
2002
Live at the Zoom Club
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Ladies of the Road
2002
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz; also seen: 2003-03-04 (wikidata+wikipedia alt)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 24 February 2003 | ignored lone early release dated 2003-01-22 |
| Wikipedia infobox | 24 February 2003 (GB) | |
| Wikidata | 4 March 2003 | |
| Wikipedia (other date) | 4 March 2003 (US) | |
| US release | 4 March 2003 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 24 February 2003 | earliest UK or European date |
7 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 January 2003 | JP | Discipline Global Mobile | 4988005324702 | original |
| 24 February 2003 | GB | Discipline Global Mobile | 5050159015528 | other |
| 4 March 2003 | US | Sanctuary Records | 060768458529 | other |
| 2008 | GB | Panegyric | 633367051523 | other |
| 18 March 2016 | XW | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367881427 | other |
| 7 June 2019 | GB | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367401526 | deluxe |
| 11 October 2019 | XE | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367911513 | other |
Cover art sources
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| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| coverartarchive | 650×650 | upscaled |