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* {{Instrumentals}}: "The Talking Drum" and both parts of the title track are instrumentals. This, combined with the instrumental sections on the remaining songs, make the majority of the album instrumental.
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''Larks' Tongues in Aspic'' is the fifth studio album by English ProgressiveRock band Music/KingCrimson, released on 23 March 1973 through Creator/IslandRecords in the United Kingdom and Creator/AtlanticRecords in the United States. After splitting up the band at the conclusion of the ''Islands'' tour, Robert Fripp enlisted a new group of musicians, which included violinist David Cross, percussionist Jamie Muir, former Family bassist John Wetton and former Music/{{Yes}} drummer Music/BillBruford. Bruford himself had just departed Yes just before they toured for ''Music/CloseToTheEdge'', burned out by the recording process and feeling that he had done all he could for the band, and having long admired King Crimson felt that he could use an outlet for further experimentation.
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''Larks' Tongues in Aspic'' is the fifth studio album by English ProgressiveRock band Music/KingCrimson, released on 23 March 1973 through Creator/IslandRecords in the United Kingdom and Creator/AtlanticRecords in the United States. After splitting up the band at the conclusion of the ''Islands'' tour, Robert Fripp Music/RobertFripp enlisted a new group of musicians, which included violinist David Cross, percussionist Jamie Muir, former Family bassist John Wetton and former Music/{{Yes}} drummer Music/BillBruford. Bruford himself had just departed Yes just before they toured for ''Music/CloseToTheEdge'', burned out by the recording process and feeling that he had done all he could for the band, and having long admired King Crimson felt that he could use an outlet for further experimentation.
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The resulting album is a radical departure from the band's previous albums, ditching the traditional ProgressiveRock sound that they helped birth on [[Music/InTheCourtOfTheCrimsonKing their debut album]] in favor of incorporating elements of WorldMusic, HeavyMetal, and JazzFusion. Gone were the saxophone and flute that were crucial to the band's early sound, instead shifting focus towards percussion and strings. The band would continue to explore the sound created on this album until their first breakup in 1974, and it would still leave a lasting influence on their material during subsequent reunions, eventually culminating in the ProgressiveMetal direction of their latter-day output.
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The resulting album is a radical departure from the band's previous albums, ditching the traditional ProgressiveRock sound that they helped birth on [[Music/InTheCourtOfTheCrimsonKing their debut album]] in favor of incorporating elements of merging their JazzFusion stylings with WorldMusic, HeavyMetal, and JazzFusion.European free improvisation. Gone were the saxophone and flute that were crucial to the band's early sound, instead shifting focus towards percussion and strings. The band would continue to explore the sound created on this album until their first breakup in 1974, and it would still leave a lasting influence on their material during subsequent reunions, eventually culminating in the ProgressiveMetal direction of their latter-day output.
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The resulting album is a radical departure from the band's previous albums, ditching the traditional ProgressiveRock sound that they helped birth on [[Music/InTheCourtOfTheCrimsonKing their debut album]] in favor of incorporating elements of WorldMusic, HeavyMetal, and JazzFusion. Gone were the saxophone and flute that were crucial to the band's early sound, instead shifting focus towards percussion and strings. The band would continue to explore the sound created on this album until their first breakup in 1974, and it would still leave a lasting influence on their material during subsequent reunions, eventually culminating in the ProgressiveMetal direction of their latter-day output.
The album's TitleTrack would become a particular point of focus for King Crimson in subsequent decades. While it was initially presented as a two-part suite on this album, the band would revisit it several more times over the years, first including a belated Part III as the closing track to ''Music/ThreeOfAPerfectPair'' ten years later, then a fourth installment on ''[=the construKction of light=]'' in 2000, before finally putting out "Level Five", a stealth fifth entry, on ''The Power to Believe'' in 2003, thirty years after this album's release.
The album's TitleTrack would become a particular point of focus for King Crimson in subsequent decades. While it was initially presented as a two-part suite on this album, the band would revisit it several more times over the years, first including a belated Part III as the closing track to ''Music/ThreeOfAPerfectPair'' ten years later, then a fourth installment on ''[=the construKction of light=]'' in 2000, before finally putting out "Level Five", a stealth fifth entry, on ''The Power to Believe'' in 2003, thirty years after this album's release.
* BookEnds: The album opens with part one of the TitleTrack and closes with part two.
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* EvilLaugh: "Easy Money" ended in a sinister laugh that played out to the end of the track, presumably from one of the children's toys Jamie Muir uitilized.
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''Larks' Tongues in Aspic'' is the fifth studio album by English ProgressiveRock band Music/KingCrimson, released on 23 March 1973 through Creator/IslandRecords in the United Kingdom and Creator/AtlanticRecords in the United States. After splitting up the band at the conclusion of the ''Islands'' tour, Robert Fripp enlisted a new group of musicians, which included violinist David Cross, percussionist Jamie Muir, former Family bassist John Wetton and former Music/{{Yes}} drummer Music/BillBruford. Bruford himself had just departed Yes just before touring for ''Music/CloseToTheEdge'', burned out by the recording process and feeling that he had done all he could for the band, and having long admired King Crimson felt that he could use an outlet for further experimentation.
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''Larks' Tongues in Aspic'' is the fifth studio album by English ProgressiveRock band Music/KingCrimson, released on 23 March 1973 through Creator/IslandRecords in the United Kingdom and Creator/AtlanticRecords in the United States. After splitting up the band at the conclusion of the ''Islands'' tour, Robert Fripp enlisted a new group of musicians, which included violinist David Cross, percussionist Jamie Muir, former Family bassist John Wetton and former Music/{{Yes}} drummer Music/BillBruford. Bruford himself had just departed Yes just before touring they toured for ''Music/CloseToTheEdge'', burned out by the recording process and feeling that he had done all he could for the band, and having long admired King Crimson felt that he could use an outlet for further experimentation.
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* TitleOnlyChorus: "Easy Money" consisted of the title leading up to the last refrain, where it is simply changed to "Just making easy money".
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* TitleOnlyChorus: The chorus to "Easy Money" consisted of the title leading up to the last refrain, where it is simply changed to "Just making easy money".
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You make my life and times a book of bluesy Saturdays\\
And I have to choose"'']]
''Larks' Tongues in Aspic'' is the fifth studio album by English ProgressiveRock band Music/KingCrimson, released on 23 March 1973 through Creator/IslandRecords in the United Kingdom and Creator/AtlanticRecords in the United States. After splitting up the band at the conclusion of the ''Islands'' tour, Robert Fripp enlisted a new group of musicians, which included violinist David Cross, percussionist Jamie Muir, former Family bassist John Wetton and former Music/{{Yes}} drummer Music/BillBruford. Bruford himself had just departed Yes just before touring for ''Music/CloseToTheEdge'', burned out by the recording process and feeling that he had done all he could for the band, and having long admired King Crimson felt that he could use an outlet for further experimentation.
!!Tracklist
[[AC:Side A]]
#"Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One" (13:36)
#"Book of Saturday" (2:53)
#"Exiles" (7:40)
[[AC:Side B]]
#"Easy Money" (7:54)
#"The Talking Drum" (7:26)
#"Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two" (7:07)
!!Principal members:
* Music/BillBruford: drums, timbales, cowbell, wood block
* David Cross: violin, viola, Mellotron, Hohner pianet, flute ("Exiles")
* Robert Fripp: guitars, Mellotron, Hohner pianet, devices
* Jamie Muir: percussion, drums, "[[EverythingIsAnInstrument allsorts]]"
* John Wetton: bass, vocals, piano ("Exiles")
!!My tropes was a place by the sand:
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The intro to "Easy Money" features some... rather ''squishy'' percussion from Jamie Muir, which is likely boots worn on his hands plunging into mud or a similar substance. As the song is already about [[IntercourseWithYou sex]], this may have been the intention; that's at least what the perverted mind wants to think.
* EpicRocking: There was only one of six tracks that was less than seven minutes: the three-minute "Book of Saturday". "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One" is thirteen minutes long.
* EvilLaugh: A hearty l
* EverythingIsAnInstrument: Jamie Muir, an experimental percussionist, had a knack for this. A far-reaching selection of items from bells, wooden blocks, scrap metal, children's toys, and a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbira thumb piano]] were used to record "Larks' Tongues in Aspic".
* IntercourseWithYou: "Easy Money" is a song about taking an interest in a prostitute who would slay and generate a huge income based on looks alone.
* LastNoteNightmare: The screechy bike horns at the climax of "The Talking Drum" can easily scare someone. That they come right before the very hard-rocking "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part II" doesn't help things--and they also fall off the beat which makes it even easier to catch the listener off guard.
* LongestSongGoesFirst: "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One" started off the new era of King Crimson with a thirteen-and-a-half minute instrumental.
* NewSoundAlbum: The album where Robert Fripp took the band to a heavier, even more experimental direction, which is felt in their subsequent albums up to ''Music/{{Red|KingCrimsonAlbum}}''. Even the experienced Jazz drummer Bill Bruford adapted his own drumming style after performing alongside Muir.
* TextlessAlbumCover: In virtually all releases of the album, the cover remains simply the picture of the sun and moon together.
* TitleOnlyChorus: "Easy Money" consisted of the title leading up to the last refrain, where it is simply changed to "Just making easy money".
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You make my life and times a book of bluesy Saturdays\\
And I have to choose"'']]
''Larks' Tongues in Aspic'' is the fifth studio album by English ProgressiveRock band Music/KingCrimson, released on 23 March 1973 through Creator/IslandRecords in the United Kingdom and Creator/AtlanticRecords in the United States. After splitting up the band at the conclusion of the ''Islands'' tour, Robert Fripp enlisted a new group of musicians, which included violinist David Cross, percussionist Jamie Muir, former Family bassist John Wetton and former Music/{{Yes}} drummer Music/BillBruford. Bruford himself had just departed Yes just before touring for ''Music/CloseToTheEdge'', burned out by the recording process and feeling that he had done all he could for the band, and having long admired King Crimson felt that he could use an outlet for further experimentation.
!!Tracklist
[[AC:Side A]]
#"Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One" (13:36)
#"Book of Saturday" (2:53)
#"Exiles" (7:40)
[[AC:Side B]]
#"Easy Money" (7:54)
#"The Talking Drum" (7:26)
#"Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two" (7:07)
!!Principal members:
* Music/BillBruford: drums, timbales, cowbell, wood block
* David Cross: violin, viola, Mellotron, Hohner pianet, flute ("Exiles")
* Robert Fripp: guitars, Mellotron, Hohner pianet, devices
* Jamie Muir: percussion, drums, "[[EverythingIsAnInstrument allsorts]]"
* John Wetton: bass, vocals, piano ("Exiles")
!!My tropes was a place by the sand:
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The intro to "Easy Money" features some... rather ''squishy'' percussion from Jamie Muir, which is likely boots worn on his hands plunging into mud or a similar substance. As the song is already about [[IntercourseWithYou sex]], this may have been the intention; that's at least what the perverted mind wants to think.
* EpicRocking: There was only one of six tracks that was less than seven minutes: the three-minute "Book of Saturday". "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One" is thirteen minutes long.
* EvilLaugh: A hearty l
* EverythingIsAnInstrument: Jamie Muir, an experimental percussionist, had a knack for this. A far-reaching selection of items from bells, wooden blocks, scrap metal, children's toys, and a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbira thumb piano]] were used to record "Larks' Tongues in Aspic".
* IntercourseWithYou: "Easy Money" is a song about taking an interest in a prostitute who would slay and generate a huge income based on looks alone.
* LastNoteNightmare: The screechy bike horns at the climax of "The Talking Drum" can easily scare someone. That they come right before the very hard-rocking "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part II" doesn't help things--and they also fall off the beat which makes it even easier to catch the listener off guard.
* LongestSongGoesFirst: "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One" started off the new era of King Crimson with a thirteen-and-a-half minute instrumental.
* NewSoundAlbum: The album where Robert Fripp took the band to a heavier, even more experimental direction, which is felt in their subsequent albums up to ''Music/{{Red|KingCrimsonAlbum}}''. Even the experienced Jazz drummer Bill Bruford adapted his own drumming style after performing alongside Muir.
* TextlessAlbumCover: In virtually all releases of the album, the cover remains simply the picture of the sun and moon together.
* TitleOnlyChorus: "Easy Money" consisted of the title leading up to the last refrain, where it is simply changed to "Just making easy money".
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