Discipline (King Crimson album)

Discipline
Studio album by King Crimson
Released	2 October 1981
Recorded	May and June 1981
Studio	Island (Notting Hill, London)
Genre	Art rock progressive rock new wave dance-rock
Length	38:15
Label	E.G. Warner Bros.
Producer	King Crimson Rhett Davies
King Crimson chronology
USA (1975) Discipline (1981) Beat (1982)
King Crimson studio chronology
Red (1974) Discipline (1981) Beat (1982)
Singles from Discipline
"Matte Kudasai" Released: November 1981 "Thela Hun Ginjeet" Released: 1981 (Spain)

Discipline is the eighth studio album by English progressive rock band King Crimson, released on 2 October 1981 by E.G. Records in the United Kingdom and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States.^[1]

This album was King Crimson's first following a seven-year hiatus. Only band co-founder and guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Bill Bruford remained from the previous incarnation. 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.^[2] The album introduced a new sound for the band, influenced by new wave, post-punk, minimalism and Indonesian gamelan music,^[2][3] while retaining an experimental character, helping lay the groundwork for what would eventually become known as post-progressive rock.^[4]