Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With
EP by King Crimson
Released	October 8, 2002
Genre	Progressive rock, progressive metal
Length	34:34
Label	Sanctuary
Producer	Robert Fripp, David Singleton, Adrian Belew, King Crimson
King Crimson chronology
Ladies of the Road (2002) Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With (2002) The Power to Believe (2003)

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Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With (stylized in lowercase) is the third EP by prog rock band King Crimson released in 2002, a companion to the subsequent album The Power to Believe (2003). Many of the songs on Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With can also be found on The Power to Believe, but there are differences between recordings; this version of "Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With" is longer by one chorus, and "Eyes Wide Open" uses primarily acoustic instrumentation.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Bude" (Adrian Belew) – 0:26
2. "Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With" (Belew, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, Pat Mastelotto) – 4:12
3. "Mie Gakure" (見え隠れ Appear and Disappear) (Belew, Fripp) – 2:00
4. "She Shudders" (Belew) – 0:35
5. "Eyes Wide Open" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 4:08
6. "Shoganai" (しょうがない It Can't be Helped) (Belew) – 2:53
7. "I Ran" (Belew) – 0:40
8. "Potato Pie" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 5:03
9. "Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part IV)" (Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto) – 10:26

   Including:

   • "I Have a Dream"

   Recorded live at 328 Performance Hall, Nashville, USA, November 2001

10. "Clouds" (Belew) – 4:11

• The song "Clouds" ends at 0:30. The hidden track "Einstein's Relatives" starts at 1:00, after 30 seconds of silence.

Personnel

• Robert Fripp – guitar
• Adrian Belew – guitar, vocals
• Trey Gunn – Warr guitar, bass guitar
• Pat Mastelotto – drums, electronic percussion