Starless and Bible Black
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Starless and Bible Black is an album released by the British progressive rock band King Crimson in 1974. Most of the vocal pieces on the album are satires on the sleaziness and materialism of society, similar to the track "Easy Money" on their previous 1973 album Larks' Tongues in Aspic.
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Overview
The most serene track is an instrumental piece for violin, bass guitar and mellotron flute titled "Trio" (even though there are no drums on the piece, drummer Bill Bruford received a composition co-credit because the piece was improvised live in concert and Bruford's decision not to add any percussion was seen by the rest of the band as a crucial choice).
The last two tracks on the album, "Starless and Bible Black" and "Fracture", are instrumental jazz-rock fusion pieces similar to those on Larks' Tongues in Aspic.
The album art is by painter Tom Phillips. The enigmatic phrase "this night wounds time", which appears on the back cover, is a quotation from Phillips's signature work, the "treated novel" A Humument (p. 222).
Track listing
- (04:02) "The Great Deceiver"
- (04:00) "Lament"
- (03:46) "We'll Let You Know"
- (04:37) "The Night Watch"
- (05:41) "Trio"
- (04:10) "The Mincer"
- (09:11) "Starless and Bible Black"
- (11:14) "Fracture"
Credits
- by Robert Fripp / John Wetton / Richard Palmer-James
- by Robert Fripp / John Wetton / Richard Palmer-James
- by David Cross / Robert Fripp / John Wetton / Bill Bruford
- by Robert Fripp / John Wetton / Richard Palmer-James
- by David Cross / Robert Fripp / John Wetton / Bill Bruford
- by David Cross / Robert Fripp / John Wetton / Bill Bruford / Richard Palmer-James
- by Robert Fripp / John Wetton / Richard Palmer-James
- by Robert Fripp
Personnel
- David Cross - violin, viola, keyboards
- Robert Fripp - guitar, mellotron, devices
- John Wetton - bass, voice
- Bill Bruford - percussives
- George Chkiantz - acoustic coordinator
- Peter Henderson - assistant engineer
- Tom Phillips - cover design
- Chris and Tex - equipment