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Lead Performance: King Crimson; Genre: Reissues

By Tom Sinclair

Tom Sinclair

Tom Sinclair is a senior writer for EW and has been called "the handsomest man in rock criticism'' (by his wife)

KING CRIMSON Absent Lovers (DGM) This 1984 Montreal concert is rife with the sort of crafty guitar extrapolations and fusion-damaged exhibitionism that led many to dismiss the group's efforts as highbrow head music. But even if your taste runs to less esoteric fare, there's no denying that the two-disc Lovers is as weird and rarefied as larks' tongues in aspic. You just know some cutting-edge DJ will sample this stuff sooner or later. B-

Posted Sep 11, 1998

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