Islands

Tracklist

• 1
  Formentera Lady
  9:55
  3.5 ★
• 2
  Sailor's Tale
  7:20
  4.0 ★
• 3
  The Letters
  4:25
  2.0 ★
• 4
  Ladies of the Road
  5:29
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Prelude: Song of the Gulls
  4:14
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Islands
  9:14

More by King Crimson

In the Court of the Crimson King

In the Court of the Crimson King 1969

Red

Red 1974

Discipline

Discipline 1981

In the Wake of Poseidon

In the Wake of Poseidon 1970

Beat

Beat 1982

Larks’ Tongues in Aspic

Larks’ Tongues in Aspic 1973

Release credits

• Andy Hendriksen
  engineer [1-5], recording [1-5], sound [1-5]
• Bob Ellis
  photography
• Boz Burrell
  bass guitar [1-5], lead vocals [1, 3-4]
• Harry Miller
  double bass [1]
• Ian Wallace
  background vocals [1, 3-4], drums (drum set) [4], membranophone [1-5], percussion [1-5], vocal [4]
• Keith Tippett
  piano [1-5]
• King Crimson
  arranger [1-5], producer [1-5]
• Marc Charig
  cornet [1-5]
• Mel Collins
  background vocals [1, 3-4], flute [1-5], saxophone [1-5], vocal [4]
• Paulina Lucas
  soprano vocals [1]
• Peter Sinfield
  design
• Robert Fripp
  guitar [1-5], mellotron [1-5], mix [2], producer [2]
• Steven Wilson
  mix [2], producer [2]
• Wilfred Gibson
  violin [1, 5]
• [unknown]
  strings [5]

Issues

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  I
  (Combined release view)
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  I
  Islands

  12" Vinyl
  3 December 1971
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  I
  Islands

  12" Vinyl
  1972
• 

  I
  Islands

  12" Vinyl
  1979
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  I
  Islands

  CD
  1987
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  I
  Islands

  CD
  1987
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  I
  Islands

  CD
  21 June 1988
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  I
  Islands

  CD
  1989
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  I
  Islands

  CD (reissue)
  1989
• 

  I
  Islands

  CD (30th anniversary edition)
  1 March 2000
• I
  Islands

  HDCD (30th anniversary edition)
  May 2000
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  I
  Islands

  HDCD (30th anniversary edition; EMI Uden)
  2000
• I
  Islands

  HDCD (30th anniversary edition)
  2000
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  I
  Islands

  HDCD (30th anniversary edition)
  2004
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  I
  Islands

  HDCD
  2004
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  I
  Islands

  CD, DVD-Audio (40th anniversary series)
  4 October 2010
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  I
  Islands

  CD, 9x DVD-Audio
  3 November 2010
• I
  Islands

  12" Vinyl
  2014
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  I
  Islands

  Digital Media
  14 April 2015
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  I
  Islands (Elemental mixes)

  Digital Media
  25 September 2026
• I
  Islands

  Blu-ray, CD
  October 2026
• 

  I
  Islands

  12" Vinyl
• I
  Islands

  CD (1990s European repress EMI Swindon / STEMRA)
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