Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal

Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal
Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal
Live album by King Crimson
Released	23 June 1998
Recorded	11 July 1984
Venue	The Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genre	Progressive rock, experimental rock
Length	104:38
Label	Discipline Global Mobile
Producer	Robert Fripp, David Singleton
King Crimson chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The A.V. Club	favourable^[2]

Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal is a live album (2-CD set) by the band King Crimson, recorded 11 July 1984, and released in 1998. This was taken from the final night of their 1984 tour and would subsequently be King Crimson's last performance until the warm-up shows in Argentina ten years later for the later-to-be-released album THRAK.

Track listing[]

All lyrics are written by Adrian Belew; all music is composed by Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp and Tony Levin, unless otherwise indicated.

Disc one
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Entry of the Crims"		6:27
2.	"Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part III)"		5:05
3.	"Thela Hun Ginjeet"		6:00
4.	"Red"	Fripp	5:49
5.	"Matte Kudasai" (待ってください, Please Wait for Me)		3:45
6.	"Industry"		7:31
7.	"Dig Me"		3:59
8.	"Three of a Perfect Pair"		4:30
9.	"Indiscipline"		8:14

Disc two
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Sartori in Tangier"		4:40
2.	"Frame by Frame"		3:57
3.	"Man with an Open Heart"		3:44
4.	"Waiting Man"		6:26
5.	"Sleepless"		6:08
6.	"Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)"	Fripp	7:54
7.	"Discipline"		5:04
8.	"Heartbeat"		5:15
9.	"Elephant Talk"		4:54

Personnel[]

King Crimson

Robert Fripp – electric guitar, guitar synthesizer, mixing, mastering, production
Adrian Belew – electric guitar, drums, vocals
Tony Levin – bass guitar, Chapman Stick, synthesizer, backing vocals, photography
Bill Bruford – drums, electronic drums, percussion

Technical staff

George Glossop – live mixing
Brad Davis – recording engineer
David Singleton – mixing, mastering, engineering, editing
Alex Mundy – assistant engineering
SADiE – digital editing
DOCdata – glass master

Visual staff

P. J. Crook – paintings "Absent Lovers I & II"
Steve Ball – "Discipline" logo
Hugh O'Donnell – sleeve design
Ryūji Sasaki (uncredited) – director of Three of a Perfect Pair live video (stills used on liner notes)

References[]

^ Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal at AllMusic
^ Klein, Joshua (29 March 2002). "Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal 1984 · King Crimson · Music Review King Crimson: Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal 1984 · Music Review · The A.V. Club". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 30 July 2016.

[1] Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal at AllMusic

[2] Klein, Joshua (29 March 2002). "Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal 1984 · King Crimson · Music Review King Crimson: Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal 1984 · Music Review · The A.V. Club". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 30 July 2016.

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