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The Condensed 21st Century Guide to King Crimson
2006 compilation album by King Crimson
The Condensed 21st Century Guide to King Crimson is a compilation by progressive rock band King Crimson, released in 2006. It contains select studio tracks from the two box sets, The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson – Volume One – 1969–1974 and The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson – Volume Two – 1981–2003.
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| Released | 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 1969–2003 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Label | Discipline Global Mobile | |||
| Producer | Robert Fripp | |||
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Disc One: In the Studio: 1969–1974
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "21st Century Schizoid Man" (including "Mirrors") | Robert Fripp, Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, Michael Giles, Peter Sinfield | In the Court of the Crimson King, 1969 | 7:23 |
| 2. | "Epitaph" (including "March for No Reason" and "Tomorrow and Tomorrow") | Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield | In the Court of the Crimson King | 8:55 |
| 3. | "The Court of the Crimson King" (Abridged version; including "The Return of the Fire Witch" and "The Dance of the Puppets") | McDonald, Sinfield | In the Court of the Crimson King | 7:16 |
| 4. | "Cat Food" (Single version) | Fripp, Sinfield, McDonald | In the Wake of Poseidon, 1970 | 2:47 |
| 5. | "Cadence and Cascade" | Fripp, Sinfield | In the Wake of Poseidon | 4:37 |
| 6. | "Ladies of the Road" | Fripp, Sinfield | Islands, 1971 | 5:30 |
| 7. | "Sailor's Tale" (Abridged version) | Fripp | Islands | 7:02 |
| 8. | "Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part I)" (Abridged version) | David Cross, Fripp, John Wetton, Bill Bruford, Jamie Muir | Larks' Tongues in Aspic, 1973 | 6:41 |
| 9. | "Book of Saturday" | Fripp, Wetton, Richard Palmer-James | Larks' Tongues in Aspic | 2:49 |
| 10. | "Fracture" (Abridged version) | Fripp | Starless and Bible Black, 1974 | 10:05 |
| 11. | "Starless" (Abridged version) | David Cross, Fripp, John Wetton, Bill Bruford, Richard Palmer-James | Red, 1974 | 4:37 |
| 12. | "Red" | Fripp | Red | 6:15 |
| 13. | "Fallen Angel" | Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James | Red | 5:55 |
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Disc Two: In the Studio: 1981–2003
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "Elephant Talk" | Adrian Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Tony Levin | Discipline, 1981 | 4:44 |
| 2. | "Frame by Frame" | Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin | Discipline | 5:08 |
| 3. | "Matte Kudasai" | Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin | Discipline | 3:46 |
| 4. | "Discipline" | Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin | Discipline | 5:02 |
| 5. | "Heartbeat" | Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin | Beat, 1982 | 3:54 |
| 6. | "Waiting Man" | Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin | Beat | 4:26 |
| 7. | "Neurotica" | Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin | Beat | 4:50 |
| 8. | "Three of a Perfect Pair" | Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin | Three of a Perfect Pair, 1984 | 4:10 |
| 9. | "Sleepless" (Abridged version) | Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin | Three of a Perfect Pair | 4:36 |
| 10. | "VROOOM" | Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Trey Gunn, Levin, Pat Mastelotto | THRAK, 1995 | 4:37 |
| 11. | "Coda: Marine 475" (Abridged version) | Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Mastelotto | THRAK | 2:05 |
| 12. | "Dinosaur" (Single version) | Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Mastelotto | THRAK | 5:18 |
| 13. | "Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream" | Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Mastelotto | THRAK | 4:48 |
| 14. | "The Power to Believe I: A Cappella" | Belew | The Power to Believe, 2003 | 0:43 |
| 15. | "Level Five" | Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto | The Power to Believe | 7:17 |
| 16. | "Eyes Wide Open" | Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto | The Power to Believe | 4:09 |
| 17. | "Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With" (EP version) | Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto | Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With EP, 2002; later released on The Power to Believe | 3:44 |
| 18. | "The Power to Believe III: Deception of the Thrush" | Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto | The Power to Believe | 4:10 |
| 19. | "The Power to Believe IV: Coda" | Fripp | The Power to Believe | 2:21 |
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King Crimson
- Robert Fripp – guitar, Mellotron, harmonium, sleeve notes, & other devices
- Peter Sinfield – lyrics, illumination, sound and vision
- Michael Giles – percussion, drums, back vocals
- Greg Lake – bass guitar & vocals
- Ian McDonald – reeds, Mellotron, keyboards, vocals, vibraphone, woodwind
- Mel Collins – sax, flute, Mellotron
- Peter Giles – bass guitar
- Gordon Haskell – vocals
- Andrew McCulloch - drums
- Boz Burrell – bass guitar & lead vocals
- Ian Wallace – drums
- Bill Bruford – percussion, drums, electronic percussion, electronic drums
- John Wetton – bass guitar & lead vocals
- David Cross – violin, viola & Mellotron
- Jamie Muir – percussion
- Adrian Belew – guitar & lead vocals
- Tony Levin – bass guitar, Chapman Stick & backing vocals
- Pat Mastelotto – acoustic/electronic drums and percussion, drum programming
- Trey Gunn – Warr Guitar, talker[clarification needed]
Additional personnel
- Keith Tippett – piano
- Robin Miller – oboe, English horn
- Marc Charig – cornet
- Richard Palmer-James – lyrics