King Crimson - Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With
	Released: 2002 Label: Sanctuary Cat. No.: 06076-84580-2 Total Time: 34:33
	Reviewed by: Eric Porter, January 2003 In the heyday of prog, 33 minutes could make up an entire album. King Crimson’s latest Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With is sold as an EP at a discount price, as a sampler for the soon to be released Power To Believe. The opening “Bude” is basically Adrian Belew’s voice synthesized (done on about 4 other tracks as well), before slamming into the heavy riffing metallic edge of the title track. Completely shifting gears again, “Mie Gakure” opens with more synthesized vocals and melds into a Fripp atmospheric soundscape. “Eyes Wide Open” is a warm acoustic piece, showing that this band is open to just about anything when it comes to making music. Diversity is the name of the game. “Shoganai” is a percussion based instrumental and is very musical. “Potato Pie” has a bluesy feel, and again the "Larks Tongues" are dragged out, this time as "(Part IV)", in its heavy glory. The final track “Clouds” is a montage of sound and snips of songs, with a nice tip of the hat to “In The Court Of The Crimson King." The cover art again features the work of PJ Crook, who over the last few years has been featured on most of the bands releases. As big a fan as I am of Levin and Bruford, I can't say that I honestly miss their presence here. The band sounds fine in this form to me. I can always count on a King Crimson record to give me something challenging, and yet ultimately rewarding to listen to, and this EP is no exception. [See also Keith's review - ed.] More about Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With: Track Listing: Bude (00:26) / Happy with what you have to be happy with (4:12) / Mie Gakure (2:00) / She Shudders (00:35) / Eyes Wide Open (4:08) / Shoganai (2:53) / I Ran (00:40) / Potato Pie (5:03) / Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part IV) (10:26) / Clouds (4:10) Musicians: Adrian Belew – guitar & vocals Robert Fripp – guitar Trey Gunn – Warr guitar, rubber bass, fretless warr guitar Pat Mastelotto – drumming Contact: Website: www.king-crimson.com Note: will open new browser window Discography In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969) In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970) Lizard (1970) Islands (1971) Earthbound (1972) Larks' Tongues In Aspic (1973) Starless & Bible Black (1974) Red (1974) USA (1975) Young Person's Guide To King Crimson (1976) Discipline (1981) Beat (1982) 3 Of A Perfect Pair (1984) Frame By Frame (1991) The Great Deceiver (Live 1973-1974) (1992) Vroom (1995) Thrak (1995/2002) B'Boom (Live In Argentina) (1995) Thrakattak (1996) Epitaph (1997) Live In Central Park, NYC 07-01-74 (2000) The ConstruKCtion Of Light (2000) Deja VROOOM (DVD) Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With (ep) (2002) The Power To Believe (2003) Article: A Young Person’s Guide to All Things Crimson, Part 1: The Early Years Article: A Young Person’s Guide to All Things Crimson, Part 2: The Adrian Belew Years
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