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The Power To Believe - King Crimson
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72 out of 100

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8.9 out of 10

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  • Summary: The veteran prog-rock outfit led by guitarist Robert Fripp returns with their first full album of new material in thee years.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Rolling Stone
    80
    It is the sound of apocalypse now.
  2. Dusted Magazine
    80
    You can hear the absolute precision, yes; but the head and hands have not left the heart and soul behind.
  3. Blender
    60
    Crimson's current incarnation combines the sounds of previous editions, especially the early math-rock of the mid-'70s and the deft, Talking Heads-redolent Ph.D-funk of the early '80s. [#14, p.138]
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  1. Positive: 14 out of 14
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  1. A.Iesi
    10
    Powerfull and incredible sound
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  2. julienb
    10
    Sigh what can I say? ok nothing...
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  3. ChristopherB
    10
    Abolutely anything done by King Crimson or any of its current or past members deserves hours and hours of dedicated listening. Each member is a virtuoso, and when assembled together, the result is music that is progressive, mathematical, intense, impossible, sometimes geniusly improvised, other times geniusly compoed, yet melodic and emotional. This album is particularly heavy and industrial-like at times, picking up where Construction of Light left off.… Expand
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