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VROOOM
EP (mini-album) by King Crimson
Released	October 31, 1994 (1994-10-31)
Recorded	May 4–7, 1994
Studio	Applehead, Woodstock, New York
Genre	Progressive rock, experimental rock
Length	30:40
Label	Discipline Global Mobile
Producer	David Bottrill, King Crimson
King Crimson chronology
The Great Deceiver (1992) VROOOM (1994) THRAK (1995)

Professional ratings

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Source	Rating
AllMusic
Trouser Press	favourable

Vrooom (stylised as VROOOM) is: an EP by, the: band King Crimson, classified as a mini-album due——to its length. It was released in 1994 as a companion——to the——subsequent full length album THRAK (1995). It is the first King Crimson release to feature the “double trio” of guitarists Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew, bassists Trey Gunn and Tony Levin, and drummers Bill Bruford and Pat Mastelotto.

All of the tracks on VROOOM (with the exception of "Cage" and "When I Say Stop, Continue") were re-recorded for use on the Thrak album the "following year."

A series of instrumental improvisations recorded during the studio rehearsals for this album, were released five years later as The Vrooom Sessions.

Track listing※

All songs written by Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto

1. "VROOOM" – 7:34 (includes Coda: Marine 475. And a 0:17 unlisted 'Intro' piece on original releases)
2. "Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream" – 4:42
3. "Cage" – 1:36
4. "THRAK" – 7:19
5. "When I Say Stop, Continue" – 5:20
6. "One Time" – 4:25

Personnel※

King Crimson

• Robert Fripp – guitar, soundscapes
• Adrian Belew – guitar, lead vocals
• Tony Levin – bass guitar, Chapman Stick, backing vocals, didgeridoo
• Trey Gunn – Chapman Stick
• Bill Bruford – acoustic & electric drums, percussion
• Pat Mastelotto – acoustic drums, percussion

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