Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0060768458529 Label: Sanctuary Records Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sanctuary Records Release Date: March 04, 2003 Sales Rank: 23470 Studio: Sanctuary Records
Rating: - Quite an album.
It seems that this album has created quite a following for itself. Around 130 people have reviewed this album (by the time I'm typing this), while it had reached only 150 on the billboard 200.
Meanwhile, King Crimson's debut (and probably most successful) album holds only around 72 reviews (by the time I'm typing this).
It goes to show that this album is good enough to have made a fuss about itself. This album is certainly an album in every sense of the word. The songs flow together, they are all connected, it is complete from beginning to end.
The music is constant in its creativity, thus not repetitive in any way imaginable. At times the atmosphere of the record can be quite industrial and gritty, while at other times it can be very serene and reposed. The result is quite beautiful, and the album never goes over the top without the musicians' superb musicianship bringing ... Read More
Rating: - Not for the weak of heart
I was a fan of crimson to start off with, and I was curious as to what direction the group could have possibly gone off in after three of a perfect pair, which I find to be an excellent album. Coming to Power to Believe we get something that is both beautiful, and about as inaccessible as you can get. Complex, crazy, amazing, and so completely worth it! The songs vary from spoken word through what I assume was some sort of vocoder, to tone exploration, to hard complex rocking. Appropriately enough, the gas masks on the cover feel like a good description of the feel of the album. My favorite song off the album has to be "Eyes Wide Open." Strange, and yet beautiful, it makes for quite the listen. If you're new to King Crimson, this will be like jumping into the deep end with no prior swimming experience, I'd recommend starting with something like Red, or Starless and Bible Black to ease you into the proper mindset. ... Read More
Rating: - Yet Another Esoteric, Dark, And Witty Masterpiece
Over a span of around thirty years, Robert Fripp has served as the talented mad genius around which the various other (equally talented) members orbit; producing avant-garde progressive musical statements which are often difficult to describe (and occasionally difficult to listen to), much less categorize. "The Power To Believe" continues in that tradition, while taking a step closer, perhaps, to a more modern prog-rock sound.
For those new to King Crimson, this is as good a place as any to start. King Crimson albums are loosely-conceptually themed progressive and experimental rock epics with complex and at times dissonant instrumentation and percussion, subversive and intelligent lyrics and an often satirical, sardonic black sense of humor on display. The lyrics of "Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With", for example, are an amusing and sarcastic inditement of the music industry...rounding out the package ... Read More
Rating: - AMAZING
This has been one of my favorite releases of the past four years.I must have listened to this a hundred times by now.The whole album is superb,but my favorites are the instrumentals.Level Five,electrik,and dangerous curves are extremely addictive.And man can these old guys get heavy when they want to.Fripp and Belew's guitar performances are nothing short of amazing.Im only really a fan of the Thrak,Construction Of Light,and Power to Believe Crimson.This is definitely not for everybody as Crimson are a very abstract and difficult band to understand.
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- Quite an album. 
- Yet Another Esoteric, Dark, And Witty Masterpiece
