King Crimson - Thrak

Thrak is the eleventh studio album by progressive rock band King Crimson, originally released in April 1995 via Virgin Records.

This album was recorded in the "double trio" format of King Crimson. With the band consisting of two guitarists, two bassists and two drummers, the opening track begins with all six musicians in the centre of the audio mix. Later they are split into two trios (guitar, bass and drums) with three going to the left channel and three going to the right.

The track “Vrooom Vrooom” incorporates a middle section originally composed by Fripp in 1974 for Red’s instrumental title track (which is actually a rhythmical variation of Red's original middle section).

The album was recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios and produced by Kim Crimson with David Bottrill.

The album was well received by music critics and reached #58 on the UK and #83 on the US Billboard 200 albums charts.

Members of King Crimson that recorded this album were:

• Robert Fripp – guitars, keyboards
• Adrian Belew – guitars, lead vocals
• Tony Levin – bass, chapman stick, backing vocals
• Trey Gunn – chapman stick, backing vocals
• Bill Bruford – drums
• Pat Mastelotto - percussion

This double album is a Robert Fripp approved reissue on 2LP 200 gram black vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve, pressed in Europe via Discipline Global Mobile, Panegyric and Inner Knot.