The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson – Volume Two – 1981–2003
2005 live album by King Crimson
The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson – Volume Two – 1981–2003 is a 4-CD retrospective box set of the English progressive rock band King Crimson, issued in 2005. A follow-up to the previous year's The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson – Volume One – 1969–1974, the second set features studio and live recordings from the group's 1981–2003 phase. A 2-CD distillation of the two volumes,The Condensed 21st Century Guide to King Crimson, appeared in 2006.
Track listing
Disc One: In the Studio: 1981–1984
All songs written by Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, and Tony Levin, except where noted.
"Elephant Talk" – 4:44
"Frame by Frame" – 5:08
"Matte Kudasai" – 3:46
"Thela Hun Ginjeet" – 6:26
"The Sheltering Sky" – 8:23
"Discipline" – 5:02
"Heartbeat" – 3:54
"Waiting Man" – 4:26
"Neurotica" – 4:49
"Requiem" – 6:36
"Three of a Perfect Pair" – 4:10
"Sleepless" – 5:24
Bonus tracks: 1983–2004
"The King Crimson Barber Shop" (Levin) – 1:36
"Form No. 1" (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Pat Mastelotto) – 3:03
"Bude" (Belew) – 0:25
"Potato Pie" (abridged) (Belew, Fripp, Trey Gunn, Mastelotto) – 4:33
"Clouds" (Belew) – 0:33
"Einstein's Relatives" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 3:08
Tracks 1–6 from Discipline (1981)
Tracks 7–10 from Beat (1982)
Tracks 11–12 from Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
Bonus track 1 from Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson, Heartbeat: The Abbreviated King Crimson (both from 1991), and the 2001 reissue of Three of a Perfect Pair
Bonus tracks 3–6 from the Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With EP (2002)
Bonus track 2 previously unreleased (2005)
Disc Two: Live: 1981–1984
All songs written by Belew, Bruford, Fripp, and Levin.
"Entry of the Crims" (Live at Le Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 11 July 1984) – 4:42
"Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part III" (Abridged) (Live at Le Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 11 July 1984) – 2:47
"Thela Hun Ginjeet" (Live at Le Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 11 July 1984) – 5:54
"Matte Kudasai" (Live at Le Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 11 July 1984) – 3:40
"The Sheltering Sky" (Live at the Arena, Fréjus, France, 27 August 1982) – 10:32
"Neal and Jack and Me" (Live at the Arena, Frejus, France, 27 August 1982) – 5:39
"Indiscipline" (Live at Le Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 11 July 1984) – 8:10
"Sartori in Tangier" (Live at Le Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 11 July 1984) – 4:21
"Frame by Frame" (Live at Le Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 11 July 1984) – 3:55
"Man with an Open Heart" (Live at Le Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 11 July 1984) – 3:40
"Waiting Man" (Live at Le Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 11 July 1984) – 6:00
"Sleepless" (Live at Le Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 11 July 1984) – 6:11
"Three of a Perfect Pair" (Live at Le Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 11 July 1984) – 4:24
"Discipline" (Live at Le Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 11 July 1984) – 4:52
"Elephant Talk" (Live at the Arena, Cap D'Agde, Agde, France, 26 August 1982) – 5:02
Tracks 1–4 & 7–14 from Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal (1998)
Tracks 5–6 from Neal and Jack and Me (2004)
Track 15 from Live at Cap D'Agde (1999)
Disc Three: In the Studio 1995–2003
Tracks 1–8 written by Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Gunn, Levin, and Mastelotto and tracks 9–18 written by Belew, Fripp, Gunn, and Mastelotto, except where noted.
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