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“Three of A Perfect Pair” by King Crimson
From the album Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
“Three of A Perfect Pair” by King Crimson appears on 10 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2009. It was first released in 1984 on the album Three of a Perfect Pair. Its best result is #1706 on the CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,013 alternative song of all time.
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The title track of Three of a Perfect Pair, King Crimson's tenth studio album, came out in March 1984, and the writing credit belongs to the whole quartet: Adrian Belew, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin and Bill Bruford. Belew sings lead with Levin also on vocals, Belew and Fripp handle the guitars, Levin moves between Chapman stick and bass, and Bruford works both a regular kit and an electronic one, plus percussion. Rhett Davies produced it with the band, and Brad Davis engineered.
Fripp said the album split the band's personality across its two sides, one accessible and one excessive, and that the divide had confused the group as much as the public. It proved to be the quartet's last studio album: they broke up later in 1984, though all four came back in the six-man Crimson of THRAK in 1995.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1731 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1731 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1731 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1721 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1706 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1706 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1706 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2007 | 1962 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1948 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1970 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
Also listed as: Three Of A Perfect Pair.
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