The Condensed 21st Century Guide to King Crimson

The Condensed 21st Century Guide to King Crimson
The Condensed 21st Century Guide to King Crimson
Compilation album by King Crimson
Released	2006
Recorded	1969–2003
Genre	Progressive rock
Label	Discipline Global Mobile
Producer	Robert Fripp
King Crimson chronology

The Condensed 21st Century Guide to King Crimson is a compilation by progressive rock band King Crimson, released in 2006. It contains select studio tracks from the two box sets, The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson – Volume One – 1969–1974 and The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson – Volume Two – 1981–2003.

Track listing[edit]

Disc One: In the Studio: 1969–1974[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"21st Century Schizoid Man" (including "Mirrors")	Robert Fripp, Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, Michael Giles, Peter Sinfield	In the Court of the Crimson King, 1969	7:23
2.	"Epitaph" (including "March for No Reason" and "Tomorrow and Tomorrow")	Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield	In the Court of the Crimson King	8:55
3.	"The Court of the Crimson King" (Abridged version; including "The Return of the Fire Witch" and "The Dance of the Puppets")	McDonald, Sinfield	In the Court of the Crimson King	7:16
4.	"Cat Food" (Single version)	Fripp, Sinfield, McDonald	In the Wake of Poseidon, 1970	2:47
5.	"Cadence and Cascade"	Fripp, Sinfield	In the Wake of Poseidon	4:37
6.	"Ladies of the Road"	Fripp, Sinfield	Islands, 1971	5:30
7.	"Sailor's Tale" (Abridged version)	Fripp	Islands	7:02
8.	"Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part I)" (Abridged version)	David Cross, Fripp, John Wetton, Bill Bruford, Jamie Muir	Larks' Tongues in Aspic, 1973	6:41
9.	"Book of Saturday"	Fripp, Wetton, Richard Palmer-James	Larks' Tongues in Aspic	2:49
10.	"Fracture" (Abridged version)	Fripp	Starless and Bible Black, 1974	10:05
11.	"Starless" (Abridged version)	David Cross, Fripp, John Wetton, Bill Bruford, Richard Palmer-James	Red, 1974	4:37
12.	"Red"	Fripp	Red	6:15
13.	"Fallen Angel"	Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James	Red	5:55

Disc Two: In the Studio: 1981–2003[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Elephant Talk"	Adrian Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Tony Levin	Discipline, 1981	4:44
2.	"Frame by Frame"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	Discipline	5:08
3.	"Matte Kudasai"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	Discipline	3:46
4.	"Discipline"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	Discipline	5:02
5.	"Heartbeat"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	Beat, 1982	3:54
6.	"Waiting Man"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	Beat	4:26
7.	"Neurotica"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	Beat	4:50
8.	"Three of a Perfect Pair"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	Three of a Perfect Pair, 1984	4:10
9.	"Sleepless" (Abridged version)	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	Three of a Perfect Pair	4:36
10.	"VROOOM"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Trey Gunn, Levin, Pat Mastelotto	THRAK, 1995	4:37
11.	"Coda: Marine 475" (Abridged version)	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Mastelotto	THRAK	2:05
12.	"Dinosaur" (Single version)	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Mastelotto	THRAK	5:18
13.	"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Mastelotto	THRAK	4:48
14.	"The Power to Believe I: A Cappella"	Belew	The Power to Believe, 2003	0:43
15.	"Level Five"	Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto	The Power to Believe	7:17
16.	"Eyes Wide Open"	Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto	The Power to Believe	4:09
17.	"Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With" (EP version)	Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto	Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With EP, 2002; later released on The Power to Believe	3:44
18.	"The Power to Believe III: Deception of the Thrush"	Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto	The Power to Believe	4:10
19.	"The Power to Believe IV: Coda"	Fripp	The Power to Believe	2:21

Personnel[edit]

King Crimson

Robert Fripp – guitar, Mellotron, harmonium, sleeve notes, & other devices
Peter Sinfield – lyrics, illumination, sound and vision
Michael Giles – percussion, drums, back vocals
Greg Lake – bass guitar & vocals
Ian McDonald – reeds, Mellotron, keyboards, vocals, vibraphone, woodwind
Mel Collins – sax, flute, Mellotron
Peter Giles – bass guitar
Gordon Haskell – vocals
Andrew McCulloch - drums
Boz Burrell – bass guitar & lead vocals
Ian Wallace – drums
Bill Bruford – percussion, drums, electronic percussion, electronic drums
John Wetton – bass guitar & lead vocals
David Cross – violin, viola & Mellotron
Jamie Muir – percussion
Adrian Belew – guitar & lead vocals
Tony Levin – bass guitar, Chapman Stick & backing vocals
Pat Mastelotto – acoustic/electronic drums and percussion, drum programming
Trey Gunn – Warr Guitar, talker^{[clarification needed]}

Additional personnel