Meltdown: Live in Mexico City

Meltdown: Live in Mexico City is a Blu-ray and triple-disc CD live album by the English progressive rock band King Crimson. Recorded over five nights in July 2017, Meltdown was released on 20 October 2018 and was produced by the band's keyboardist Bill Rieflin from Multitrack recordings. The release was announced in August 2018 and was preceded by streaming of the track "Indiscipline" on 4 October.

Content
Comprising three compact discs and a Blu-ray, Meltdown: Live in Mexico City is a robust package documenting an incarnation of King Crimson that the group's founder Robert Fripp described as "the best band I’ve been in, musically, personally, professionally." The three CDs distill King Crimson's five concerts in Mexico City from 14 to 19 July 2017 down to three and a half hours, and the Blu-ray video further condenses the performances to two and a half hours.

Meltdown marked the first release to feature recordings of the band's extended lineup playing "Breathless", "Discipline", "Moonchild" and the cadenzas of Tony Levin and Jeremy Stacey. These recordings are taken from concerts during the band's June–July 2018 European tour, and are featured at the end of the third disc as the 2018 Official Bootleg.

In his road diary, Levin surmised that the series of concerts would impact how the band played in the future.

Critical reception
Writing for All About Jazz, John Kelman praised Meltdown, highlighting the video recording of the performance as well-edited. He considered the release an improvement on 2016's similar box set, Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind.

Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes

King Crimson
 * Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards, production, liner notes
 * Mel Collins – saxophones, flute
 * Tony Levin – basses, Stick, backing vocals, photography
 * Pat Mastelotto – drums, percussion, additional footage
 * Gavin Harrison – drums
 * Jeremy Stacey – drums, keyboards
 * Jakko Jakszyk – guitar, flute, voice
 * Bill Rieflin – keyboards, mix production

Technical personnel
 * David Singleton – production, compilation, mastering, photography
 * Don Gunn – mixing
 * Matt Skerritt – video director
 * David Taylor – cameras
 * Chris Porter – bonus tracks live mixing
 * Neil Wilkes – Blu-ray mastering
 * Bearhand Design – artwork, design