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DAMAGE - LIVE (WITH ROBERT FRIPP)David SylvianCrossover Prog4.14 | 78 ratings |
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You would think that by paring down the songs, playing them with a live ferocity, and trading Rick
Marotta (the Ringo Starr of the prog world) with Pat Mastelotto, and adding Michael Brook, you would
greatly improve the quality over the studio version. Well, yes and no.The songs did sound better live. Robert. Fripp really did seem to be enjoying this group (that's possibly why Fripp, Trey Gunn and Mastelotto joined Adrian Belew to form the next King Crimson a few years later). And without the too long endings, the songs are more enjoyable. The reason I give this album the same rating as the studio album is first, Mastelotto appears to be hanging back throughout the album. We know he could play more adventurous beats. Perhaps he didn't want to show up Marotta. Second, the mix is disappointing. Trey Gunn in particular gets buried most of the time. As a bass player, and a fan of Gunn, it brings the album down. But still, Fripp plays some wild Frippery here, and even the hip-hop styled Darshan is made listenable.
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