Thrak, the eleventh studio album by King Crimson, was released on this date in 1995.
Looking back at the reviews in the press at the time, the reception to the first proper KC album in over ten years was very positive indeed. Mojo observed "While some of Fripp’s bouts of axe mayhem are not recommended for the aurally sensitive, Thrak is a powerful and inspired comeback." Vox magazine reckoned that the album featured KC’s "finest aggregation in ages...it’s simply top-notch King Crimson on sparkling form; the title cut itself blows the competition out of the water".
Even the of Crim skeptic Rolling Stone had only good words for the team concluding in its three-star review that "The potential of King Crimson’s renewal is most fully realized with the grinding close of "VROOOM VROOOM" and its coda, in which the band twists the themes of the opening piece into so much bent metal. It’s the artful abandon of these final moments that bode best for the longevity of this egghead-banging outfit."
What are your memories upon hearing the album for the first time? Who remembers ringing the special telephone number that allowed you to hear snippets of the album down the line? How has the album stood up in the intervening years? Let us know on the guestbook.
Looking back at the reviews in the press at the time, the reception to the first proper KC album in over ten years was very positive indeed. Mojo observed "While some of Fripp’s bouts of axe mayhem are not recommended for the aurally sensitive, Thrak is a powerful and inspired comeback." Vox magazine reckoned that the album featured KC’s "finest aggregation in ages...it’s simply top-notch King Crimson on sparkling form; the title cut itself blows the competition out of the water".
Even the of Crim skeptic Rolling Stone had only good words for the team concluding in its three-star review that "The potential of King Crimson’s renewal is most fully realized with the grinding close of "VROOOM VROOOM" and its coda, in which the band twists the themes of the opening piece into so much bent metal. It’s the artful abandon of these final moments that bode best for the longevity of this egghead-banging outfit."
What are your memories upon hearing the album for the first time? Who remembers ringing the special telephone number that allowed you to hear snippets of the album down the line? How has the album stood up in the intervening years? Let us know on the guestbook.
