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"Starless" is a composition by English progressive rock band King Crimson. It is the final track on their seventh studio album, Red, released on 6 October 1974.

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Part of
Red
Composer
Bill Bruford
Producer
King Crimson
Duration
736
Performer
King Crimson
Record label
Atlantic Records
Lyrics by
John Wetton
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publication date
1974-11-00
language of work or name
English language
form of creative work
song
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"Starless" is a composition by English progressive rock band King Crimson. It is the final track on their seventh studio album, Red, released on 6 October 1974.

== Background == The original chords and melody for "Starless" were written by King Crimson bassist John Wetton, who had intended for the song to be the title track of Starless and Bible Black. Guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Bill Bruford initially disliked the song and declined to record it for that album, and chose an instrumental improvisation as the title track.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Starless” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.