Prog Album of the Week - Week 83 (05/19/2015): King Crimson - Beat

As always, we encourage participation from everyone - if you've never heard the album, there's a YouTube link provided! Go check it out and report back!

Welcome to the eighty-third week of r/progrockmusic's Album of the Week! Last week we discussed Khan's Space Shanty and that was lovely.

If you'd like to peruse previous weeks' discussions, please visit the archive.

Our final review of the Discipline trio of King Crimson albums.

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###King Crimson - Beat (1982)

Track Listing:

Track listing: 1) Neal and Jack and Me; 2) Heartbeat; 3) Sartori Tangier; 4) Waiting Man; 5) Neurotica; 6) Two Hands; 7) The Howler; 8) Requiem.

• Album on YouTube
• Album on Wikipedia
• Progarchives review (2.99)

####Potential Discussion Questions:

• It doesn't come as a surprise that prog purists don't like this record. Belew's influence on the poppier, new-wave-ier side of prog which the band invented in 1980 is in full force here. How does r/progrockmusic like the pop influences?

• How would you personally rate the album?

• Are there any moments on the album you consider particularly strong or particularly weak (i.e., favourite/least favourite moments)?

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