LIVE AT THE ORPHEUM

First off, the album is a slight disappointment because of the songs from the tour that were left off. I saw the tour when they cam to wisconsin, and I was blown away by the versatile Krim material they chose. Much to my chagrin, their incredible arrangements of Talking Drum, Lark's Tongues in Aspic Part Two, Red, Level Five, and of course, 21st Century Schizoid Man were not included on this live album. While I do appreciate the fact that it highlights some lesser known Krim songs, I would have liked to hear some more of the "hits" (if you can really call them that). Aside from that, it's pretty good. The mixing does a fairly good job in translating the triple drummer sound to your headphones (although most of the songs selected didn't really highlight it except ConstruKction of Light). And the sound quality of all the other instruments is also impeccable. The two best songs are undoubtably ConstruKction of Light and Starless, both utilizing the seven musicians to their maximum capacity.

Overall, the album doesn't represent the fearlessness that was shown during the concert, but it is worth having if you want to hear what the new King Crimson sounds like.