Thrak

Released on 3 April 1995, THRAK reached number 58 in the UK Albums Chart, their last album to chart.^[1] The album was first released on CD in 1995, followed by a remastered edition in 2002. A new 5.1 surround sound mix by Jakko Jakszyk was released as a CD/DVD-A release.^[2] It was reissued in October 2015 remixed by Jakszyk and Robert Fripp for the 40th Anniversary Series standalone and new THRAK BOX.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Maxim
Q
Rolling Stone	^[4]
Trouser Press	favourable^[5]

Trouser Press described it as "an absolute monster, a cerebral sextet adventure stunning in its precisely controlled rock power."^[5]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Adrian Belew, except "Coda: Marine 475" by Robert Fripp; all music composed by Belew, Bill Bruford, Fripp, Trey Gunn, Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"VROOOM" (instrumental)	4:38
2.	"Coda: Marine 475"	2:41
3.	"Dinosaur"	6:37
4.	"Walking on Air"	4:38
5.	"B'Boom" (instrumental)	4:11
6.	"THRAK" (instrumental)	3:59
7.	"Inner Garden I"	1:47
8.	"People"	5:53
9.	"Radio I" (instrumental)	0:44
10.	"One Time"	5:22
11.	"Radio II" (instrumental)	1:03
12.	"Inner Garden II"	1:16
13.	"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream"	4:50
14.	"VROOOM VROOOM" (instrumental)	5:50
15.	"VROOOM VROOOM: Coda" (instrumental)	3:01

THRAK BOX Disc 1 (JurassiKc THRAK)
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"JurassiKc THRAK"

THRAK BOX Disc 2 (Maximum VROOOM)
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"VROOOM" (includes "Coda: Marine 475")
2.	"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream"
3.	"Cage"
4.	"THRAK"
5.	"When I Say Stop, Continue"
6.	"One Time"
7.	"Funky Jam"
8.	"Fashionable"
9.	"Krim 3"
10.	"Bass Groove"
11.	"Calliope"
12.	"No Questions Asked"
13.	"Monster Jam"

THRAK BOX Disc 4 (ATTAKcATHRAK, The Vicar's THRAK)
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"ATTAKcATHRAK: Part I"
2.	"Fans, Sloth, Nuns, Felons"
3.	"ATTAKcATHRAK: Part II"
4.	"Declamatory Doth Madden"
5.	"Witnessing Dumb Whodunnits"

THRAK BOX Disc 6 (Byte-Size THRAK)
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cloudscape"	Fripp
2.	"Elephant Talk" (Live at the Broadway Theatre, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 1994)	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
3.	"Red" (Live at the Broadway Theatre, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 1994)	Fripp
4.	"Walking on Air" (Live at the Wiltern Theatre, San Francisco, 1 July 1995)
5.	"Heartbeat" (Live in Córdoba, Argentina, 10 October 1994)	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
6.	"Dinosaur" (Single edit)
7.	"One Time" (Edited version)
8.	"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream" (Edited version)
9.	"People" (Edited version)
10.	"Walking on Air" (Edited version)
11.	"Dinosaur" (Album edit)
12.	"People" (Remix)
13.	"Jimmy Bond" (1997 rehearsal)
14.	"Sad Woman Jam" (1997 rehearsal)
15.	"Tony's Jam" (1997 rehearsal)
16.	"Silent Night à la Frippertronics" (Recorded in New York City, 1979)	Franz Xaver Gruber, Fripp

THRAK BOX Discs 7 & 8 (Kcensington THRAK – Royal Albert Hall, Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, 17–18 May 1995)
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Entry of the Crims" (Walk On: Improv)
2.	"VROOOM"
3.	"Coda: Marine 475" (Coda)
4.	"Frame by Frame"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
5.	"Dinosaur"
6.	"One Time"
7.	"Red"	Fripp
8.	"B'Boom"
9.	"THRAK"
10.	"Heartbeat"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
11.	"Matte Kudasai" (待ってください, Please Wait)	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
12.	"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream"
13.	"People"
14.	"VROOOM VROOOM"
15.	"Two Sticks" (Improv)	Gunn, Levin
16.	"Elephant Talk"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
17.	"Indiscipline"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
18.	"Prism"	Pierre Favre
19.	"The Talking Drum"	David Cross, Fripp, John Wetton, Bruford, Jamie Muir
20.	"Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)"	Fripp
21.	"Walking on Air"

THRAK BOX Discs 9 & 10 (New YorKc THRAK – King Crimson on Broadway, 20–25 November 1995)
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Conundrum"	Bruford, Mastelotto	1:57
2.	"Thela Hun Ginjeet"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	6:43
3.	"Red"	Fripp	6:29
4.	"Dinosaur"		7:16
5.	"VROOOM VROOOM"		4:48
6.	"Frame by Frame"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	5:10
7.	"Walking on Air"		5:28
8.	"B'Boom"		5:35
9.	"THRAK"		6:31
10.	"Neurotica"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	4:34
11.	"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream"		4:58
12.	"People"		6:14
13.	"One Time"		5:55
14.	"Indiscipline"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	7:16
15.	"Two Sticks" (Improv)	Gunn, Levin	2:02
16.	"Elephant Talk"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	4:17
17.	"Prism"	Favre	3:56
18.	"The Talking Drum"	Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir	2:59
19.	"Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two"	Fripp	7:27
20.	"Three of a Perfect Pair"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	4:22
21.	"VROOOM"		3:54
22.	"Coda: Marine 475"		2:41
23.	"Fearless and Highly THRaKked" (Improv)		2:31
24.	"Free as a Bird" (Solo Belew performance based on a demo)	John Lennon	3:03

THRAK BOX Discs 11 & 12 (AzteKc THRAK – Live in Mexico City, 2–4 August 1996)
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Conundrum"	Bruford, Mastelotto
2.	"Thela Hun Ginjeet"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
3.	"Red"	Fripp
4.	"Frame by Frame"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
5.	"Dinosaur"
6.	"One Time"
7.	"VROOOM VROOOM"
8.	"Matte Kudasai" (待ってください, Please Wait)	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
9.	"B'Boom"
10.	"THRAK"
11.	"Waiting Man"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
12.	"Neurotica"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
13.	"The Sheltering Sky"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
14.	"Three of a Perfect Pair"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
15.	"VROOOM"
16.	"Marine 475" (Coda)
17.	"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream"
18.	"Two Sticks" (Improv)	Gunn, Levin
19.	"Elephant Talk"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
20.	"Indiscipline"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
21.	"Prism"	Favre
22.	"The Talking Drum"	Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir
23.	"Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)"	Fripp
24.	"Biker Babes of the Rio Grande" (Improv)
25.	"21st Century Schizoid Man"	Fripp, Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, Michael Giles, Peter Sinfield

THRAK BOX Blu-ray 1 (THRaKaTTaK, 2 October-29 November 1995)
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"THRAK"
2.	"Fearless and Highly THRAKked"
3.	"Mother Hold the Candle Steady While I Shave the Chicken's Lip"
4.	"THRaKaTTaK Part I"
5.	"The Slaughter of the Innocents"
6.	"This Night Wounds Time"
7.	"THRaKaTTaK Part II"
8.	"THRAK" (Reprise)

THRAK BOX Blu-ray 1 (B'Boom: Live in Argentina, 6–16 October 1994)
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"VROOOM" (includes "Coda: Marine 475")		7:07
2.	"Frame by Frame"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	5:28
3.	"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream"		5:23
4.	"Red"	Fripp	4:58
5.	"One Time"		5:45
6.	"B'Boom"		6:54
7.	"THRAK"		6:29
8.	"Two Sticks" (Improv)	Gunn, Levin	1:26
9.	"Elephant Talk"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	4:25
10.	"Indiscipline"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	7:38
11.	"VROOOM VROOOM"		6:18
12.	"Matte Kudasai" (待ってください, Please Wait)	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	3:43
13.	"The Talking Drum"	Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir	5:52
14.	"Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)"	Fripp	7:31
15.	"Heartbeat"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	5:02
16.	"Sleepless"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin	6:11
17.	"People"		5:51
18.	"B'Boom" (Reprise)		4:26
19.	"THRAK"		5:33

THRAK BOX Blu-ray 2 (Live at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, California, 24–26 June 1995)
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Red"	Fripp
2.	"B'Boom"
3.	"THRAK"
4.	"Matte Kudasai" (待ってください, Please Wait)	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
5.	"VROOOM"
6.	"Coda: Marine 475"
7.	"Dinosaur"
8.	"One Time"
9.	"People"
10.	"VROOOM VROOOM"
11.	"Two Sticks" (Improv)	Gunn, Levin
12.	"Elephant Talk"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
13.	"Indiscipline"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
14.	"Prism"	Favre
15.	"The Talking Drum"	Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir
16.	"Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two"	Fripp
17.	"Walking on Air"

THRAK BOX Blu-ray 2 (déjà VROOOM, 5–6 October 1995)
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Circular Improv" (Walk On)
2.	"VROOOM"
3.	"Coda: Marine 475"
4.	"Frame by Frame"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
5.	"Dinosaur"
6.	"One Time"
7.	"Red"	Fripp
8.	"B'Boom"
9.	"THRAK"
10.	"Matte Kudasai" (待ってください, Please Wait)	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
11.	"Three of a Perfect Pair"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
12.	"VROOOM VROOOM"
13.	"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream"
14.	"Two Sticks" (Improv)	Gunn, Levin
15.	"Elephant Talk"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
16.	"Indiscipline"	Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin
17.	"The Talking Drum"	Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir
18.	"Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)"	Fripp
19.	"People"
20.	"Walking on Air"

THRAK BOX Blu-ray 2 (Tony's Road Movies)
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Race"
2.	"Rehearsal I"
3.	"Rehearsal II"
4.	"Dressing Room"
5.	"Tokyo"
6.	"From the Hotel"
7.	"Mr. Bill at the Station"

THRAK BOX Blu-ray 2 (THRAK EPK)
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Electronic Press Kit"

Personnel

King Crimson

Robert Fripp – guitar, mellotron, soundscapes, vocals, production
Adrian Belew – guitar, lead vocals, production
Tony Levin – bass, extended-range bass, electric upright bass, funk fingers, backing vocals, production
Trey Gunn – Chapman Stick, Warr guitar, backing vocals, production
Bill Bruford – drums, production
Pat Mastelotto – custom percussion, production

Technical

David Bottrill – production

References

↑ "King Crimson | Full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
↑ Fripp's DGM Live diary
↑ Thrak at AllMusic
↑ Rolling Stone
1 2 Grant, Steven; Fleischmann, Mark; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: King Crimson". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.

External links

Thrak at Discogs (list of releases)

King Crimson

Studio albums

Live albums

General live albums	Earthbound USA The Great Deceiver B'Boom: Live in Argentina Thrakattak Epitaph The Night Watch Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal Live in Mexico City The ProjeKcts (Live at the Jazz Café, Masque) Heavy ConstruKction VROOOM VROOOM Ladies of the Road EleKtrik: Live in Japan Live at the Orpheum Live in Toronto Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind

Collector's Club	Live at the Marquee Live at Jacksonville The Beat Club, Bremen Live at Cap D'Agde On Broadway Live in San Francisco The Vrooom Sessions Live at Summit Studios Live in Central Park, NYC Live at Moles Club, Bath Live in Hyde Park Nashville Rehearsals Live at Plymouth Guildhall Live in Mainz Live in Berkeley, CA Live in Northampton, MA Live in Detroit, MI Live in Nashville Live at the Zoom Club The Champaign–Urbana Sessions Jazz Café Suite Live in Austin, TX

Compilations

EPs

Singles

Videos

ProjeKcts

ProjeKct One
ProjeKct Two (Space Groove)
ProjeKct Three
ProjeKct Four
ProjeKct X
- Heaven and Earth
ProjeKct Six
Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins
- A Scarcity of Miracles

Related bands

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