Discipline is the eighth studio album by the English progressive rock band King Crimson, released by E.G. Records in the United Kingdom on 2 October 1981. Warner Bros. Records released the album in the United States the same month.
This album was King Crimson's first following a seven-year hiatus; only co-founder and guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Bill Bruford remained from previous incarnations of the band. They were joined by two American musicians: vocalist, guitarist and frontman Adrian Belew, previously a member of Frank Zappa and David Bowie's backing bands and a touring member of Talking Heads, and bassist, Chapman Stick player, and backing vocalist Tony Levin, a session musician Fripp had met while both were working with Peter Gabriel.
The album introduced a new sound for the band, influenced by new wave, post-punk, minimalism and Indonesian gamelan music, while retaining an experimental character, helping lay the groundwork for what would eventually become known as post-progressive rock. Music publications have described Discipline as having elements of art rock, progressive rock, new wave, and dance-rock.
I'm a bit surprised this album wasn't on the original list. I've always liked King Crimson, though I consider myself a casual fan. In the Court of the Crimson King is the only album I've listened to enough to be really familiar with, others I've listened to maybe once or twice. It's interesting that they're such a progressive rock icon, yet this album has a lot of shades of Talking Heads, which I think of as fairly opposite to progressive rock. Whatever, it's a great album. 5 stars.
Discipline is a classic prog-rock album by the 1980s version of King Crimson. So that's an album with Adrian Belew and Robert Fripp, two of the most inventive guitar players ever. This makes the album sometimes a bit experimental and complicated, but never too much.
I've always liked King Crimson, but realized hearing this that I'm a lot more familiar with the late 60s/70s stuff. But I liked where this went- it still had that math art intricacy, but the new member additions brought more new wave and avant garde adjacent elements reminiscent of artists like Eno, Gabriel, and Laurie Anderson. I liked the signing here too - not necessarily better than the older stuff, but differently.
About as proggy and out there as you’d expect from Crimson, missing some of the raw energy that defined ‘Court’ but has its own kind of mellow weirdness to it. Does feel a bit piecemeal and lacking in full album-like cohesion but I still had a good time.
I found Discipline to be the dullest King Crimson album we've had; the others had some decent highs sprinkled in all the crap proggy shit, this one was just boring. 2/5 and a low 2 at that.
Tycker det känns skevt att en person som bara har lyssnat på 71 album på ursprungslistan ska få nominera ett album. Även om personen är bidragsgivare. Känns som nomineringslistan riskerar att bli urvattnad. Beträffande den här plattan så når den inte några höjder i mitt tycke. Tycker det räcker med en platta med King Crimson. Detta är den tredje på listan.
Sometimes when you’re a prog rock band you’re gonna experiment with some sounds that don’t work. King Crimson which created one of the most influential albums ever try on Discipline with new wave sounds that will shape the 80s in a way that doesn’t mesh with their other musical abilities. This album was pretty cluttered and messy. Just felt like it was trying too hard to have a spark while rubbing two synthesizers together. It’s not terrible but it just doesn’t hit the mark. 5.7/10
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