Robert Fripp – God Save The Queen / Under Heavy Manners (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1980

God Save The Queen / Under Heavy Manners is an LP by Robert Fripp from 1980 released on the EG, Polydor label.

About this album

Robert Fripp’s God Save The Queen / Under Heavy Manners is a striking 1980 statement of post-punk-era experimentation. Split between the edited title piece and the more expansive Under Heavy Manners, the album pushes Fripp’s guitar language into angular loops, treated textures and austere ambient spaces, with Discipline-era collaborator Tony Levin among the key contributors. It reflects Fripp’s move away from conventional rock form towards disciplined improvisation and studio-based abstraction, drawing on ambient, avant-garde and art-rock ideas without losing its rhythmic tension. For listeners interested in how progressive rock evolved into colder, more experimental territory, it is one of Fripp’s most distinctive early solo releases.

Genre: Pop & Rock