Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal is a live album (2-CD set) by the band King Crimson, recorded 11 July 1984, and released in 1998. This was taken from the final night of their 1984 tour and would subsequently be King Crimson's last performance until the warm-up shows in Argentina ten years later for the later-to-be-released album THRAK.
| Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 23 June 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 11 July 1984 | |||
| Venue | The Spectrum (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, experimental rock | |||
| Length | 104:38 | |||
| Label | Discipline Global Mobile | |||
| Producer | Robert Fripp, David Singleton | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The A.V. Club | favourable[2] |
Track listing
editAll lyrics are written by Adrian Belew; all music is composed by Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp and Tony Levin, unless otherwise indicated
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Entry of the Crims" | 6:27 | |
| 2. | "Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part III)" | 5:05 | |
| 3. | "Thela Hun Ginjeet" | 6:00 | |
| 4. | "Red" | Fripp | 5:49 |
| 5. | "Matte Kudasai" (待ってください, Please Wait for Me) | 3:45 | |
| 6. | "Industry" | 7:31 | |
| 7. | "Dig Me" | 3:59 | |
| 8. | "Three of a Perfect Pair" | 4:30 | |
| 9. | "Indiscipline" | 8:14 |
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sartori in Tangier" | 4:40 | |
| 2. | "Frame by Frame" | 3:57 | |
| 3. | "Man with an Open Heart" | 3:44 | |
| 4. | "Waiting Man" | 6:26 | |
| 5. | "Sleepless" | 6:08 | |
| 6. | "Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)" | Fripp | 7:54 |
| 7. | "Discipline" | 5:04 | |
| 8. | "Heartbeat" | 5:15 | |
| 9. | "Elephant Talk" | 4:54 |
Personnel
edit- King Crimson
- Robert Fripp – electric guitar, guitar synthesizer, mixing, mastering, production
- Adrian Belew – electric guitar, drums, vocals
- Tony Levin – bass guitar, Chapman Stick, synthesizer, backing vocals, photography
- Bill Bruford – drums, electronic drums, percussion
- Technical staff
- George Glossop – live mixing
- Brad Davis – recording engineer
- David Singleton – mixing, mastering, engineering, editing
- Alex Mundy – assistant engineering
- SADiE – digital editing
- DOCdata – glass master
- Visual staff
- P. J. Crook – paintings "Absent Lovers I & II"
- Steve Ball – "Discipline" logo
- Hugh O'Donnell – sleeve design
- Ryūji Sasaki (uncredited) – director of Three of a Perfect Pair live video (stills used on liner notes)
References
edit- ^ Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal at AllMusic
- ^ Klein, Joshua (29 March 2002). "Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal 1984 · King Crimson · Music Review King Crimson: Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal 1984 · Music Review · The A.V. Club". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 30 July 2016.