Jaszyk, Collins, Fripp and Co. - Scarcity of Miracles

[progman1975]

After a couple of yrs since its release, how has this held up???

[Sean]

Still cures insomnia.

[progman1975]

That bad....

[Zeuhlmate]

yup.

[Dave (in MA)]

I like it a lot.

I slightly prefer the alternate version of the album from the DVD release, and I made an MP3 album out of that with the raw improvs mixed in.

[yeselpkrimson]

After a couple of yrs since its release, how has this held up???

It worries me that 3/7 of the current King Crimson lineup wrote it and 5/7 perform on it.

But if the current lineup are just going to tour without recording any new KC material, then I guess it doesn't matter.

If they do stay together to record new music, I will hope that ASoM was the calm before the storm.

[polmico]

Listened to it again yesterday and got a lot of it. I like this one.

[Haruspex Carnage]

i don't get the hate...it's a much more airy and subtly arranged album that has more to do with the conversations between the players than say actual writing? Which has its pluses and minuses i suppose...don't see any future Crimson releases on the horizon either but i could be wrong...

[Sean]

Can something put me to sleep without it being tagged as hate?

[JKL2000]

What IS hate ?

[mozo-pg]

Forgettable.

[jkelman]

As per my review, I enjoyed it immensely. I think one big trick is not going in with expectations. Or, heck, you just don't like it, which is (of course) totally fine.

[grego]

i don't get the hate...it's a much more airy and subtly arranged album that has more to do with the conversations between the players than say actual writing? Which has its pluses and minuses i suppose...don't see any future Crimson releases on the horizon either but i could be wrong...

Bland. Nothing new. Check Jansen/Barbieri/Karn albums of the 90s - and you won't need this bad copy.

[gpeccary]

I listened to it on youtube, NOT what I expected at all. I don't hate it, but it would be a grower in my collection i think. There are some really great moments. Its got a heavy Jaszyk feel, not only the vocals, which I'm a fan of, but it really reminds me a LOT of Bruised Romantic Glee Club. As mentioned above, airy, subtle.
I think it falls into the same realm as the album Sylvian and Fripp did together in that it doesn't sound like either of them really.

[NogbadTheBad]

It's a nice Jakko album with a good guest list

[jkelman]

I listened to it on youtube, NOT what I expected at all. I don't hate it, but it would be a grower in my collection i think.

That's exactly right. Because it's not a hard-hitter, it can perhaps come off for some as a less-than-great record, though I liked it from the get-go; but repeated listens reveal many rewards, imo, that are not heard initially.

I'd say your assessment is right on GP; ever though of writing reviews?

[Hobo Chang Ba]

Average at best IMO.

I like the cover art though!

[gpeccary]

That's exactly right. Because it's not a hard-hitter, it can perhaps come off for some as a less-than-great record, though I liked it from the get-go; but repeated listens reveal many rewards, imo, that are not heard initially.

I'd say your assessment is right on GP; ever though of writing reviews?

ahhh, yours would be a hard act to follow, yours are always so good, but it would be worth a shot! I thought about it back when the internet was a young'un!

[N_Singh]

This thread makes me want to pull out the Romantic Glee Club. I think I will later on tonight

[mozo-pg]

This thread makes me want to pull out the Romantic Glee Club. I think I will later on tonight

Superb release. I think he's one of the strongest vocalist for Crim.

[jkelman]

ahhh, yours would be a hard act to follow, yours are always so good, but it would be worth a shot! I thought about it back when the internet was a young'un!

If I'm proof of anything (I started writing in 2001, when I was 45), it's that it's never too late....if you feel it, go for it!

[jkelman]

Superb release. I think he's one of the strongest vocalist for Crim.

Agree completely.

[chalkpie]

So far I'm underwhelmed after a few spins, but I WANT to like it. I'll keep trying.

[Scott Bails]

It's a nice Jakko album with a good guest list

Agreed.

I'm not the biggest Crimson fan. Never really gave them the time they deserve. One day, I suppose. But I saw this album as a "contemporary" way to see what they would be about. So, I bought it and liked it. So, I then got Jaksyk's Romantic Glee Club album and I have to agree with others that this seems to me to be more of a Jakko album than a Crimson or even Projekt album.

But, whatever - that shouldn't matter to one's enjoyment of it, and I do really enjoy it.

[notallwhowander]

I haven't warmed to it, or it hasn't warmed to me. Let's say I have yet to connect with the music. The same is true with Bruised Romantic Glee Club. Both hit me with a level of "adult contemporary" that is just hard for me to get over.