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Originally posted by WrytXander WrytXander wrote:

Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

I made a top 10 for each era, splitting between 1969-1974 and then 1980-present

I personally think KC have 5 eras:

1) 1969 - 71 era (First era)
2) 72 - 74 era (Larks' era)
3) 1981 - 1985 (Discipline/ New Wave era)
4) 1994 - 2004 (Modern era)
5) Current era.


Would you call the current era, the post-modern era?
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Originally posted by WrytXander WrytXander wrote:

 

I personally think KC have 5 eras:

1) 1969 - 71 era (First era)
2) 72 - 74 era (Larks' era)
3) 1981 - 1985 (Discipline/ New Wave era)
4) 1994 - 2004 (Modern era)
5) Current era.

Looks very reasonable. I kind of simplified to 3 eras:

#1. Pre-Bruford KC
#2. Bruford KC 
#3. Post-Bruford KC, which includes everything after the Discipline and is of little interest to me, for some reason.

I can't tell what KC songs I like specifically. IMO the quantum of KC music is an album, not a song. 


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21st Century Schizoid Man
Pictures of a City 
Larks Tongues in Aspic part 1
Lament
We'll Let You Know
Red
One More Red Nightmare
Level Five
Facts of Life
Happy With What You Have to be Happy With
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OK here we go(in no order):

1. Ladies of the road
2. Epitaph
3. Lament
4. The nightwatch
5. Starless
6. 21st century schizoid man
7. Lark's tongues in aspic part 2
8. One more red nightmare
9. Thela Hun Ginjeet
10. Easy Money
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Originally posted by musitron musitron wrote:

I love Cat Food for the piano. I'm wondering who is the piano player.


I'm pretty sure it's Keith Tippett.


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Epitaph
Pictures of a city
Lizard
A sailors tale
Book of Saturday
Fallen angel
Starless
Nightwatch
Three of a perfect pair
Dinosaur

..and many others....!
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10. Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part One (Larks' Tongues In Aspic)
9. Fallen Angel  (Red)
8. Red (Red)
7. One Time (THRAK)
6. Frame by Frame (Discipline)
5. Thrak (THRAK)
4. One More Red Nightmare (Red)
3. Dinosaur (THRAK)
2. Elephant Talk (Discipline)
1. People (THRAK)
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I'm not the percent you think survives
I need sanctuary in the pages of this book."

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In order:

1. Lizard
2. Prelude: Song of The Gulls/Islands 
3. Epitaph
4. Pictures of A City
5. 21st Century Schizoid Man
6. Cadence and Cascade
7. In The Wake of Poseidon
8. Cirkus
9. Moonchild
10. The Court of The Crimson King
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My list would be...

10. Talking Drum
9. LTIA pt. 1 and 2
8. Exiles
7. 21st century schizoid man
6. Easy Money
5. Islands
4. Moonchild
3. In the court of the crimson king
2.Starless
1. Epitaph 
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Originally posted by Scorpius Scorpius wrote:

My list would be...

10. Talking Drum
9. LTIA pt. 1 and 2
8. Exiles
7. 21st century schizoid man
6. Easy Money
5. Islands
4. Moonchild
3. In the court of the crimson king
2.Starless
1. Epitaph 

Good to see that someone else on this site appreciates Moonchild as much as I do! Over the past few months I'd probably update my list to:

1. Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Pt. 1
2. Prelude: Song of the Gulls/Islands
3. Lizard
4. Exiles
5. Pictures of a City
6. In the Wake of Poseidon
7. Cadence and Cascade
8. Moonchild
9. Cirkus
10. 21st Century Schizoid Man
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Oh God, let's try...

Epitaph
Islands
Exiles
Trio
The Night Watch
In the Wake of Poseidon
Lark's Tongues in Aspic Part 1
I Talk to the Wind
In the Court of the Crimson King
Fracture

But there are many great pieces missing...
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My list in no particular order:

21st Century Schizoid Man
Epitaph
Pictures of a City
Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)
Fracture
Cirkus
Starless
Matte Kudasai
Indiscipline
Thela Hun Ginjeet
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01. Starless (studio version oddly any KC song live or studio is fine by me - except Starless: it's perfect).
02. Frame By Frame
03. Discipline
04. Red
05. LTIA 1,2,3 and 4
06. Thela Hun Ginjeet ;)
07. 21st Century Schizoid Man
08. Fractured
09. Lizard
10. VROOM, VROOM VROOM, VROOM VROOM (Coda)
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I have always maintained that this band was so far ahead of their time that their time hasn't yet arrived. Still feel that way. Hard to narrow their output to a top 10, but here goes:

(1) The Court of the Crimson King  (duh)
(2) The Great Deceiver  (an all-time great uptempo rocker. WILDLY underrated)
(3) Lament  (beautiful...goosebumps)
(4) Book of Saturday  (fabulous ballad)
(5) 21st Century Schizoid Man  (can't believe I've got this ranked so low)
(6) Cirkus  (so who the hell was Gordon Haskell anyway?)
(7) Lizard  (same album as above. Jon Anderson's best song ever??)
(8) In the Wake of Poseidon  (serious progness)
(9) Matte Kudasai (best of the Belew era. That this is only #9 tells you how damn fabulous these guys were)
(10) The Night Watch  (Same comment as on previous song. Apologies to Sleepless, I Talk to the Wind, Fallen Angel, Sailor's Tale and even One Time for not making the cut!)
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1. Islands
2. Lizard
3. 21st Century Schizoid Man
4. Larks' Tongues in Aspic Pt. 1
5. Cirkus
6. The Talking Drum
7. Moonchild
8. Matte Kudasai
9. Formentera Lady
10. Elephant Talk

My apologies to The Devil's Triangle, Easy Money, Epitaph, and side B of Starless and Bible Black.
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Originally posted by DeadSouls DeadSouls wrote:

My list in no particular order:

21st Century Schizoid Man
Epitaph
Pictures of a City
Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)
Fracture
Cirkus
Starless
Matte Kudasai
Indiscipline
Thela Hun Ginjeet

Pictures of a City
21st Century Schizoid Man
Cirkus
The Sailor's Tale
Starless
One More Red Nightmare
Matte Kudasai
Indiscipline
In the Wake of Poseidon
Groon


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In the wake of Poseidon
Lament
21st century schizoid man
Cirkus
Epitaph
Exiles
Man with an open heart
Starless
Larks tongues part 2
One more red nightmare



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Larks part 1
Larks part 2
Starless
Cadence and Cascade
Pictures of a City
Cirkus
In The Court of the Crimson King
Lizard
Indoor Games
In the Wake of Poseidon
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apparently, I missed this thread for some seven years of its like
 
+/- in chronological order
 

21st Century Schizoid Man

Epitaph

I Talk to the Wind

In the Court of the Crimson King

Pictures of a City

In the Wake of

Cat Food

Cirkus

Indoor Games

Happy Family

Lizard (the whole suite)+

(yes nothing from Islands in my top KC)

Larks Tongues in Aspic

Exiles

Easy Money

Fracture

Fallen Angel

Starless

Asbury Park

 
Nothing afterwards (not saying I don't like it, though)


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I guess I'm  a little late joining the thread, but here's my list:
1. Starless
2. Fracture
3. 21st Century Schizoid Man
4. Lark's Tongues in Aspic Part 1
5. Great Deceiver
6. Fallen Angel
7. Red
8. Lizard
9. Pictures of a City
10. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part 2
11. Epitaph
12. Indiscipline
13. One More Red Nightmare
14. Easy Money
15. Cirkus
16. Devil's Triangle
17. Lament
18. Indoor Games
19. Sailor's Tale
20. Level Five
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