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Title: King Crimson cover... well, King Crimson!
Review: 'Happy with what you have to be happy with' is a good swipe at younger bands who lack any talent (I think Limp Bizkit especially). But that is the irony; 'Happy' is the only song on this album that is any fun to listen to... The other songs are tired, obligatory attempts by King Crimson at being, well, King Crimson.Very formulaic It's King Crimson doing their thing, which means making sure they sound like themselves. I think it is worth noting it took a long time to make a subsequent album, maybe because their creativity well was drying up.Except for the burst of energy that is 'Happy with what you have to be happy with', which is fun, most of this material is copy and paste of past Crimson material, e.g. 'Level 5' should be called 'Thrakcture' 'cause it simply is that, a reworking of two previous songs kind of mixed together. Rating *1/4 (1.25)
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