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It's my favorite Crimso album.  There's not a weak track.

Originally posted by Orbert Orbert wrote:

Someone said there's a live track on Red; I'm assuming they meant "Providence", but I always thought "Providence" was live in the studio, which isn't quite the same as live before an audience.

Providence was recorded in the studio (in Providence as a matter of fact).
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Red is BRILLIANT.

It can't possibly be overrated.
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Points: 31644 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2005 at 14:03
Red is slightly overrated, IMO. I like ITCOTCK, LTIA and S&BB much better. Still a excellent album, though!
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I'm not too impressed with the title track, but the rest are top-notch
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Red is still my favorite King Crimson album, followed closely by USA. That's probably not a coincidence. I love that lineup. I'll admit to skipping "Providence" once in a while, if I'm not feeling mellow enough for it.

Someone said there's a live track on Red; I'm assuming they meant "Providence", but I always thought "Providence" was live in the studio, which isn't quite the same as live before an audience.
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I'd say it's King Crimson's best and most consistent album after 'ITCOTCK', as it has the most straightforward, and clearly structured, songs since then. It actually has the same format as 'ITCOTCK', with 4 straight songs and 1 experimental piece, in the same order- side 1 has three rock songs, side 1 has an experimental piece then another more straight song.

'Red', and in fact the John Wetton period in general, still sounds amazingly fresh and vibrant today, possibly due to the downplaying of keyboards in this era, that whilst I love keyboards, were very much a typically 70s phenomena.

 
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I bought "Red" 10 years after its original release. Listening to it for the first time was a better experience than listening to "Larks Tongues in Aspic" - but, today, I prefer "Larks..." to "Red".
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Points: 1823 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2005 at 05:36
The album is OK but personally I prefer music that is faster and not so depressing.


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Originally posted by FragileDT FragileDT wrote:

Red is an incredible album though I would take Lark's Tongues in Aspic over
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I agree. Red is excellent but Lark's Tongues had a bigger impact on me.
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BTW maiden has instrumentals that are much more progressive than RED which had such a weak riff i had to laugh the first time i heard it

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Red has very good music on it. I loved it from the very first notes. It was immediately: "wow"!
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Points: 3254 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2005 at 03:15
It is a really weak album without any special moments....The mars volta shows King crimson how it should be done on  Frances the mute
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VERY TRUE
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I think that "Red" is best of their official studio albums (though theres one live track on it). Some of their live recordings from that line-up, which were released officially later, are still better musically, though they have a bit poorer sound quality!
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Starless - my favorite prog song ever and I'm not even a Crimso junkie
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i think it is too overrated.

i would say half the album is good.

this record started the alternative rock genre.Confused

kurt cobain loved this recordConfused
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Points: 28427 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 01 2005 at 21:40
Indeed... That was my first KC, and I fell in love with it instantly
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Points: 30 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 01 2005 at 21:34
a great album by a great band .. thanks to this record im hooked in prog right now ..
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Points: 95 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 01 2005 at 21:32
I made the mistake of getting both in the court, and red at the same time
WOW. both unbelieveable albums which got me hooked on prog
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