Thrak

"Dinosaur"
Thrak
Studio album by King Crimson
Released	3 April 1995
Recorded	24 October – 4 December 1994
Studio	Real World, Box, Wiltshire
Genre	Progressive rock; progressive metal; industrial rock;
Length	56:35
Label	Virgin
Producer	King Crimson; David Bottrill;
King Crimson chronology
King Crimson studio chronology
Singles from Thrak
	"Dinosaur"; Released: 1995; "Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream"; Released: 1995; "Walking on Air"; Released: 1995; "People"; Released: 1995;

Thrak (stylised as THRAK) is the eleventh studio album by the band King Crimson released in 1995 through Virgin Records. It was preceded by the mini-album Vrooom in 1994. It is their first full-length studio album since Three of a Perfect Pair ten years earlier, and the only full album to feature the 1994-1997 lineup of Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Trey Gunn, Bill Bruford and Pat Mastelotto.

Recording

Recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, U.K. with producer David Bottrill, the recording presents the group in a series of unique ways. With the band consisting of two guitarists, two bassists and two drummers, the opening track begins with all six musicians in the center of the audio mix. As the album progresses, they are split into two trios, with one guitarist, bassist and drummer heard in the left channel and the other guitarist, bassist and drummer heard coming from the right channel.

"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream" and "One Time" were developed at studio rehearsals for the 1994 Vrooom mini-album in Woodstock, New York during April and May 1994, shortly after the reformation of King Crimson. Instrumental outtakes and improvisations from these sessions would later be released as The Vrooom Sessions in 1999. "Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream" developed from the instrumental outtake "No Questions Asked", with a riff that differs significantly from the finished song later recorded at Real World Studios.

"Fashionable" was another instrumental from The Vrooom Sessions that was re-recorded at Real World Studios during the recording of Thrak. Despite being reworked with various additions and refinements by the band members, the upbeat piece ended up being dropped off the final album.[1]

Vrooom Vrooom incorporates a middle section originally composed by Fripp in 1974 for Red’s instrumental title track (which is actually a rhythmical variation of Red's original middle section).[2]

Release

First released on 3 April 1995, THRAK reached number 58 in the UK Albums Chart, their last release to chart.[3] The album was reissued on CD in 2002 in a remastered edition. A significantly different 5.1 surround sound mix by Jakko Jakszyk was released as a CD/DVD-A release [4] in October 2015 for the “40th Anniversary Series”. This edition also featured a reimagined new stereo mix by Robert Fripp and Jakszyk. These two mixes were also included in the THRAK BOX, that also included previously unissued studio and live recordings from the 1994-1997 period.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Maxim
Q
Rolling Stone	[6]
Trouser Press	favourable [7]

Trouser Press described it as "an absolute monster, a cerebral sextet adventure stunning in its precisely controlled rock power."[7]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Adrian Belew, except "Coda: Marine 475" by Robert Fripp; all music is 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"	2:42
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"	5:21
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

2015 20th Anniversary edition

Disc one - CD - Original Album - 2015 Stereo Mix
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vrooom" (2015 Stereo Mix - instrumental)	4:38
2.	"Coda: Marine 475" (2015 Stereo Mix)	2:42
3.	"Dinosaur" (2015 Stereo Mix)	6:37
4.	"Walking on Air" (2015 Stereo Mix)	4:38
5.	"B'Boom" (2015 Stereo Mix - instrumental)	4:11
6.	"Thrak" (2015 Stereo Mix - instrumental)	3:59
7.	"Inner Garden I" (2015 Stereo Mix)	1:47
8.	"People" (2015 Stereo Mix)	5:53
9.	"Radio I" (2015 Stereo Mix - instrumental)	0:44
10.	"One Time" (2015 Stereo Mix)	5:21
11.	"Radio II" (2015 Stereo Mix - instrumental)	1:03
12.	"Inner Garden II" (2015 Stereo Mix)	1:16
13.	"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream" (2015 Stereo Mix)	4:50
14.	"Vrooom Vrooom" (2015 Stereo Mix - instrumental)	5:50
15.	"Vrooom Vrooom: Coda" (2015 Stereo Mix - instrumental)	3:01

Disc two - DVD-A (various mixes and bonuses)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vrooom" (Original Album Remixed - MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround - instrumental)	4:38
2.	"Coda: Marine 475" (Original Album Remixed - MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround)	2:42
3.	"Dinosaur" (Original Album Remixed - MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround)	6:37
4.	"Walking on Air" (Original Album Remixed - MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround)	4:38
5.	"B'Boom" (Original Album Remixed - MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround - instrumental)	4:11
6.	"Thrak" (Original Album Remixed - MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround - instrumental)	3:59
7.	"Inner Garden I" (Original Album Remixed - MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround)	1:47
8.	"People" (Original Album Remixed - MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround)	5:53
9.	"Radio I" (Original Album Remixed - MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround - instrumental)	0:44
10.	"One Time" (Original Album Remixed - MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround)	5:21
11.	"Radio II" (Original Album Remixed - MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround - instrumental)	1:03
12.	"Inner Garden II" (Original Album Remixed - MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround)	1:16
13.	"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream" (Original Album Remixed - MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround)	4:50
14.	"Vrooom Vrooom" (Original Album Remixed - MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround - instrumental)	5:50
15.	"Vrooom Vrooom: Coda" (Original Album Remixed - MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround - instrumental)	3:01
16.	"Vrooom" (Original Album Remixed - DTS 5.1 Digital Surround - instrumental)	4:38
17.	"Coda: Marine 475" (Original Album Remixed - DTS 5.1 Digital Surround)	2:42
18.	"Dinosaur" (Original Album Remixed - DTS 5.1 Digital Surround)	6:37
19.	"Walking on Air" (Original Album Remixed - DTS 5.1 Digital Surround)	4:38
20.	"B'Boom" (Original Album Remixed - DTS 5.1 Digital Surround - instrumental)	4:11
21.	"Thrak" (Original Album Remixed - DTS 5.1 Digital Surround - instrumental)	3:59
22.	"Inner Garden I" (Original Album Remixed - DTS 5.1 Digital Surround)	1:47
23.	"People" (Original Album Remixed - DTS 5.1 Digital Surround)	5:53
24.	"Radio I" (Original Album Remixed - DTS 5.1 Digital Surround - instrumental)	0:44
25.	"One Time" (Original Album Remixed - DTS 5.1 Digital Surround)	5:21
26.	"Radio II" (Original Album Remixed - DTS 5.1 Digital Surround - instrumental)	1:03
27.	"Inner Garden II" (Original Album Remixed - DTS 5.1 Digital Surround)	1:16
28.	"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream" (Original Album Remixed - DTS 5.1 Digital Surround)	4:50
29.	"Vrooom Vrooom" (Original Album Remixed - DTS 5.1 Digital Surround - instrumental)	5:50
30.	"Vrooom Vrooom: Coda" (Original Album Remixed - DTS 5.1 Digital Surround - instrumental)	3:01
31.	"Vrooom" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96) - instrumental)	4:34
32.	"Coda: Marine 475" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96))	2:36
33.	"Dinosaur" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96))	6:37
34.	"Walking on Air" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96))	4:43
35.	"B'Boom" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96) - instrumental)	4:10
36.	"Thrak" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96) - instrumental)	3:59
37.	"Inner Garden I" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96))	1:47
38.	"People" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96))	5:51
39.	"Radio I" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96) - instrumental)	0:42
40.	"One Time" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96))	5:22
41.	"Radio II" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96) - instrumental)	0:57
42.	"Inner Garden II" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96))	1:16
43.	"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96))	4:46
44.	"Vrooom Vrooom" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96) - instrumental)	5:32
45.	"Vrooom Vrooom: Coda" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96) - instrumental)	2:57
46.	"Vrooom" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/96) - instrumental)	4:34
47.	"Coda: Marine 475" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/96))	2:36
48.	"Dinosaur" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/96))	6:37
49.	"Walking on Air" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/96))	4:43
50.	"B'Boom" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/96) - instrumental)	4:10
51.	"Thrak" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/96) - instrumental)	3:59
52.	"Inner Garden I" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/96))	1:47
53.	"People" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/96))	5:51
54.	"Radio I" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/96) - instrumental)	0:42
55.	"One Time" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/96))	5:22
56.	"Radio II" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/96) - instrumental)	0:57
57.	"Inner Garden II" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/96))	1:16
58.	"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/96))	4:46
59.	"Vrooom Vrooom" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/96) - instrumental)	5:32
60.	"Vrooom Vrooom: Coda" (2015 Stereo Album Mix - PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/96) - instrumental)	2:57
61.	"Vrooom" (Original Album Mix - 30th Anniversary Remaster 2002)	4:38
62.	"Coda: Marine 475" (Original Album Mix - 30th Anniversary Remaster 2002)	2:42
63.	"Dinosaur" (Original Album Mix - 30th Anniversary Remaster 2002)	6:37
64.	"Walking on Air" (Original Album Mix - 30th Anniversary Remaster 2002)	4:38
65.	"B'Boom" (Original Album Mix - 30th Anniversary Remaster 2002)	4:11
66.	"Thrak" (Original Album Mix - 30th Anniversary Remaster 2002)	3:59
67.	"Inner Garden I" (Original Album Mix - 30th Anniversary Remaster 2002)	1:47
68.	"People" (Original Album Mix - 30th Anniversary Remaster 2002)	5:53
69.	"Radio I" (Original Album Mix - 30th Anniversary Remaster 2002)	0:44
70.	"One Time" (Original Album Mix - 30th Anniversary Remaster 2002)	5:21
71.	"Radio II" (Original Album Mix - 30th Anniversary Remaster 2002)	1:03
72.	"Inner Garden II" (Original Album Mix - 30th Anniversary Remaster 2002)	1:16
73.	"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream" (Original Album Mix - 30th Anniversary Remaster 2002)	4:50
74.	"Vrooom Vrooom" (Original Album Mix - 30th Anniversary Remaster 2002)	5:50
75.	"Vrooom Vrooom: Coda" (Original Album Mix - 30th Anniversary Remaster 2002)	3:01

n.b. for the box set track listing set the THRAK (King Crimson Live And Studio Recordings 1994-1997) article.

Personnel

King Crimson

Robert Fripp – electric guitar, Mellotron, soundscapes
Adrian Belew – electric and acoustic guitars, lead vocals
Tony Levin – bass guitar, Chapman Stick, electric upright bass, backing vocals
Trey Gunn – Chapman Stick, Warr guitar, backing vocals
Bill Bruford – drums, percussion
Pat Mastelotto – drums, percussion

Technical

David Bottrill – production, recording

References

Live, D. G. M. (10 October 2016). "King Crimson, 30 October, 1994 Fashionable, 1994". DGM Live. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
Live, D. G. M. (7 November 2016). "The Double Trio - Robert Fripp". DGM Live. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
"King Crimson | Full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
"Fripp's DGM Live diary". Dgmlive.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
Gioffre, Daniel. King Crimson - THRAK (1995) album review, credits & releases at AllMusic
Bambarger, Bradley (19 September 2008). "King Crimson - THRAK (1995) album review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2018.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Grant, Steven; Fleischmann, Mark; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: King Crimson". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.

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[1] Live, D. G. M. (10 October 2016). "King Crimson, 30 October, 1994 Fashionable, 1994". DGM Live. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[2] Live, D. G. M. (7 November 2016). "The Double Trio - Robert Fripp". DGM Live. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[3] "King Crimson | Full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 August 2016.

[4] "Fripp's DGM Live diary". Dgmlive.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2018.

[5] Gioffre, Daniel. King Crimson - THRAK (1995) album review, credits & releases at AllMusic

[6] Bambarger, Bradley (19 September 2008). "King Crimson - THRAK (1995) album review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2018.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[Trouser_Press-7] Grant, Steven; Fleischmann, Mark; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: King Crimson". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.