RED

Wow... there are only a very few times I'm willing to admit I was too quick to judge... and I'll admit it now. I was too quick to judge... this album is brilliant. Next time, I promise to actually give albums an honest shot many times over before judging it because it's a band I'm not a huge fan of.

So... of the series, it worked up for me way different than I anticipated. I wasn't the biggest fan of Larks', for me it was a bit messy and the ideas they were trying weren't working for me much on it. Then I took a listen to Starless and enjoyed it a bunch, the quirky behavior of The Great Deceiver, Lament, etc.

However... something about this was just ... a large improvement.

Red was the powerhouse opener, how this song didn't click on the first listen is beyond me. Listening to this album over and over really has lit a spark for this album. It honestly has the best experimentation I've heard in an album. The instrumentation is unbelievably well done here, even though I was never a huge fan of Fripp, I always thought his style was very interesting. The work he did on the song is actually very interesting, and he did some work that actually worked for me. I might have been very biased about King Crimson, since the... THRAK incident. This is honestly way better than THRAK, I can actually appreciate the experimentation this album brings.

Fallen Angel was the continuation I wanted from the opener, only more... John Wetton's brilliant vocals. His harmonies on this track are brilliant... again... why I didn't give this more listens. (now I know there are going to be people who will now criticize the fact I'm calling this a masterpiece now... so please just appreciate I gave this another listen and changed my mind. Alright?)

One More Red Nightmare... the experiment continues... the little funky bits in the 2 minute section. I don't enjoy this song as much as the rest of the album but still this is pretty good.

Providence has the extremely slow and yet amazing build to the faster climax, I really can get into this experimenting. This worked for me a bunch more than the previous two.

Starless... my favourite piece on the album. John Wetton's vocals, the slow and melodic build, then to a more experimental jam at about the 6 minute mark, and well... the climax of the album...

Alright, I admit it. I was totally wrong about this album... I'm sorry. I don't think I'll ever make it up to the people I offended, but hopefully this is a start... but to be clear... I didn't do it for them... I wanted to give this one more listen. Then when I wanted to listen to this again... then again... and then again.... yeah alright... I was really wrong about this album.