The Power to Believe

The Power to Believe
Studio album by King Crimson
Released	2003
Genre	progressive rock, experimental rock, heavy metal
Length	51:11
Label	Sanctuary
Producer	King Crimson and Machine
King Crimson chronology
Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With (2002) The Power to Believe (2003) EleKtrik: Live in Japan (2003)

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The Power to Believe is an album by the band King Crimson released in 2003, a companion to the preceding mini-album Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With (2002).

Alternative versions of "Eyes Wide Open," "The Power to Believe II" and "Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With" can be found on the Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With EP.

The Power to Believe is the last King Crimson studio album to this day, excluding A Scarcity of Miracles.

Track listing

1. "The Power to Believe I: A Cappella" (Adrian Belew) – 0:44
2. "Level Five" (Belew, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, Pat Mastelotto) – 7:17
3. "Eyes Wide Open" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 4:08
4. "EleKtriK" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 7:59
5. "Facts of Life: Intro" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 1:38
6. "Facts of Life" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 5:05
7. "The Power to Believe II" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 7:43
8. "Dangerous Curves" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 6:42
9. "Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 3:17
10. "The Power to Believe III" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 4:09
11. "The Power to Believe IV: Coda" (Fripp) – 2:29

Personnel

• Robert Fripp – guitar
• Adrian Belew – guitar, vocals
• Trey Gunn – Warr guitars, Fretless Warr Guitar
• Pat Mastelotto – drums, traps and buttons

Additional info

Recorded & Engineered by Machine at The Tracking Room, StudioBelew and Pat's Garage

Additional engineering: Jeff Juliano; Additional programming: Machine

Mixed by Machine, at the Mixing Room, Nashville; remixing at The Shop, Hoboken, NJ

Produced by King Crimson & Machine.

Haiku Voice recorded at StudioBelew by Ken Latchney.

Voice Source on Elektrik: Tim Faulkner.

The Power to Believe: Coda produced by The Vicar and Robert Fripp. Soundscape recorded in live performance at Newlyn Church, Cornwall on December 7th, 1997.

Tone Probe production mastering (compilation, sequencing, editing) by David Singleton & Robert Fripp at DGM SoundWorld on behalf of King Crimson.

Mastering by Simon Heyworth, David Singleton & Robert Fripp at The White House (Super Audio Mastering), Chagford, Devon.

Cover artwork from Fin de Siecle by P.J. Crook  ; design : Hugh O'Donnell

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