''Thrakattak'' (written with consonants capitalized as ''THRaKaTTaK'' on the album cover) is a live album by the band

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, released in 1996. *Compiled from performances, including improvisations, from the "Thrak" tour in the

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and Japan. *Track 2, "Fearless and Highly Thrakked", is also featured on the live album (2-CD set) ''

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'' (1999) (disc 2, track 12), and an alternative version of the track entitled "Biker Babes of the Rio Grande" is featured on the live album (2-CD set) '' Vrooom Vrooom'' (2001) (disc 1, track 11).

Track listing

All tracks written by

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Trey Gunn Trey Gunn (born December 13, 1960) is an American musician, known for his membership in the progressive rock band King Crimson from 1994 to 2003, playing Warr Guitar and Chapman Stick. Biography A native Texan who now resides in Seattle, Washi ...

Tony Levin Anthony Frederick Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an American musician and composer, specializing in electric bass, Chapman Stick and upright bass. He also sings and plays synthesizer. Levin is best known for his work with King Crimson (since 1 ...

and

Pat Mastelotto Lee Patrick Mastelotto (born September 10, 1955) is an American rock drummer and record producer. He has been a member of King Crimson, Stick Men, Mr. Mister and O.R.k., as well as working as a session drummer with XTC, The Pointer Sisters an ...

. #"Thrak" – 2:20 #:Recorded at: #::

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, New York, United States, 21 November 1995 #"Fearless and Highly Thrakked" – 6:35 #:Recorded at: #::Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 20 November 1995 #::Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 21 November 1995 #"Mother Hold the Candle Steady While I Shave the Chicken's Lip" – 11:18 #:Recorded at: #::Nagoya Shimin Kaikan, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, 8 October 1995 #::

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, Japan, 10 October 1995 #::Omiya Sonic Hall, Saitama, Saitama, Japan, 12 October 1995 #"Thrakattak (Part I)" – 3:42 #:Recorded at: #::Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 2 October 1995 #::Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 3 October 1995 #:: Festival Hall, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, 9 October 1995 #"The Slaughter of the Innocents" – 8:03 #:Recorded at: #::Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 14 October 1995 #:: Paramount Theater, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, 17 November 1995 #::

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, United States, 8 November 1995 #:: Roxy Theatre,

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, United States, 11 November 1995 #"This Night Wounds Time" – 11:16 #:Recorded at: #::Tupperware Convention Center,

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, United States, 9 November 1995 #::Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 22 November 1995 #::Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 24 November 1995 #::Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 25 November 1995 #:: Palace Theatre, Columbus, Ohio, United States, 27 November 1995 #:: Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont,

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, United States, 29 November 1995 #"Thrakattak (Part II)" – 11:08 #:Recorded at: #::Auditorium Theatre,

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, United States, 16 November 1995 #::Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 22 November 1995 #::Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 25 November 1995 #::Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont, Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 29 November 1995 #"Thrak (Reprise)" – 2:52 #:Recorded at: #::

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, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, 5 October 1995 #::Longacre Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, 20 November 1995

Personnel

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

, mellotron *

– guitar *

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bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

Chapman Stick The Chapman Stick is an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. A member of the guitar family, the Chapman Stick usually has ten or twelve individually tuned strings and is used to play bass lines, melody lines ...

Ned Steinberger upright bass The electric upright bass (EUB) is an instrument that can perform the musical function of a double bass. It requires only a minimal or 'skeleton' body to produce sound because it uses a pickup and electronic amplifier and loudspeaker. Therefore, ...

–

Warr Guitar The Warr Guitar is an American-made touch guitar, a type of instrument that combines both bass and melodic strings on a single fretboard. It is related to the Chapman Stick, another two-handed tapping instrument. The Warr guitar is designed for ...

– drums,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

– drums, percussion

Charts

References

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