The Power to Believe
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The Power to Believe is an album by the band King Crimson
King Crimson
King Crimson are a rock band founded in London, England in 1969. Often categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, the band have incorporated diverse influences and instrumentation during their history...

 released in 2003, a companion to the preceding mini-album Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With
Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With
Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With is an EP by the band King Crimson released in 2002, a companion to the subsequent album The Power to Believe ....

(2002).

Alternative versions of "Eyes Wide Open," "The Power to Believe II" and "Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With" can be found on the Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With EP.

Track listing

  1. "The Power to Believe I: A Cappella" (Adrian Belew
    Adrian Belew
    Adrian Belew is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer...

    ) – 0:44
  2. "Level Five" (Belew, Robert Fripp
    Robert Fripp
    Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...

    , Trey Gunn
    Trey Gunn
    Trey Gunn is an American musician, known for his membership in progressive rock band King Crimson from 1994 to 2003, playing Warr Guitar and Chapman Stick.-Biography:...

    , Pat Mastelotto
    Pat Mastelotto
    Pat Mastelotto is a rock drummer who has worked with Mr. Mister and King Crimson, amongst others. For King Crimson he initially formed part of the "double trio" lineup, joining Bill Bruford on drums...

    ) – 7:17
  3. "Eyes Wide Open" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 4:08
  4. "EleKtriK" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 7:59
  5. "Facts of Life: Intro" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 1:38
  6. "Facts of Life" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 5:05
  7. "The Power to Believe II" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 7:43
  8. "Dangerous Curves" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 6:42
  9. "Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 3:17
  10. "The Power to Believe III" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 4:09
  11. "The Power to Believe IV: Coda" (Fripp) – 2:29

Personnel

  • Robert Fripp
    Robert Fripp
    Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...

     – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • Adrian Belew
    Adrian Belew
    Adrian Belew is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer...

     – guitar, vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Trey Gunn
    Trey Gunn
    Trey Gunn is an American musician, known for his membership in progressive rock band King Crimson from 1994 to 2003, playing Warr Guitar and Chapman Stick.-Biography:...

     – Warr guitars, Fretless Warr Guitar
  • Pat Mastelotto
    Pat Mastelotto
    Pat Mastelotto is a rock drummer who has worked with Mr. Mister and King Crimson, amongst others. For King Crimson he initially formed part of the "double trio" lineup, joining Bill Bruford on drums...

     – drums
    Drum kit
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    , traps and buttons

Additional info

Recorded & Engineered by Machine at The Tracking Room, StudioBelew and Pat's Garage

Additional engineering: Jeff Juliano; Additional programming: Machine

Mixed by Machine, at the Mixing Room, Nashville; remixing at The Shop, Hoboken, NJ

Produced by King Crimson & Machine.

Haiku Voice recorded at StudioBelew by Ken Latchney.

Voice Source on Elektrik: Tim Faulkner.

The Power to Believe: Coda produced by The Vicar and Robert Fripp. Soundscape recorded in live performance at Newlyn Church, Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

 on December 7th, 1997.

Tone Probe production mastering (compilation, sequencing, editing) by David Singleton & Robert Fripp at DGM SoundWorld on behalf of King Crimson.

Mastering by Simon Heyworth, David Singleton & Robert Fripp at The White House (Super Audio Mastering), Chagford, Devon.

Cover artwork from Fin de Siecle by P.J. Crook
P. J. Crook
P J Crook MBE is a British painter. Although she has shown successfully in London for many years, her work is perhaps better known in France and America, where she has a huge following...

; design : Hugh O'Donnell
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