Type: Extended Play (EP), Lyrics are included with the album
Genre: Rock
Review
To reward longtime King Crimson fanatics who waited ten long years (1984-1994) for new studio material, the band issued this EP of six tracks that would (for the most part) later appear on the full-length THRAK. The band is caught at its rawest and most passionate, erasing any doubts that may have surfaced concerning whether the regrouped KC could still cut it. They haven't rocked this hard in years, the proof being in the first two songs -- the long and winding instrumental title track and "Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream," which contains some classic paranoid Adrian Belew vocals. "Cage" is a not-so-distant ancestor to their old track "Neurotica" (off 1982's Beat), due to its message and approach. And as for the three other songs, "Thrak" is as primal as KC have ever gotten; "When I Say Stop, Continue" is moody background music; and "One Time" is a slow, pretty number. And as on past releases, King Crimson are not scared to use cacophony to create musical tension -- there's lots of it on VROOOM. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide
David Bottrill (Producer), Adrian Belew (Vocals), George Glossop (Engineer), Bill Smith (Computer Imaging), David Singleton (Editing), David Singleton (Digital Editing), Carlos Pulido (Assistant Engineer), David Singleton (Mastering), Noah Evens (Assistant Engineer), Adrian Belew (Guitar), Bill Bruford (Drums), Richard Chadwick (Coordination), David Bottrill (Engineer), King Crimson (?), Adrian Belew (Lyricist), King Crimson (Producer), Bill Smith (Design), Robert Fripp (Mastering), Meabh Flynn (Mixing Assistant), Bill Bruford (Cymbals), Noah Evens (Engineer), Pat Mastelotto (Drums)
Vrooom is an EP by the band King Crimson released in 1994, a companion to the subsequent album THRAK (1995).
All of the tracks on Vrooom (with the exception of "Cage" and "When I Say Stop, Continue") reappeared on THRAK as different recordings. The THRAK versions were mixed in a way which more clearly separates the individual parts played by band members, while the Vrooom versions are recorded in more of a naturalistic way.
