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King Crimson Albums - Best To Worst |
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Walkscore 
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Here is my list of the studio albums. Not only is Red my fav album, but Starless is one of my fav pieces of music, ever
1) Red 2) Discipline 3) Larks' Tongues in Aspic 4) In the Court of the Crimson King 5) Starless and Bible Black 6) Three of a Perfect Pair 7) Thrak 8) Beat 9) Lizard 10) In the Wake of Poseidon 11) The Power to Believe 12) Islands 13) The ConstruKction of Light 14) A Scarcity of Miracles
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Larkstongue41
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Posted: May 31 2018 at 17:56 |
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^ Agreed. These four are the essential KC. My personal order of preference: 1. Larks Tongues In Aspic 2. Discipline 3. Starless & Bible Black 4. Court 5. Lizard 6. Red 7. Islands 8. Beat 9. The Power to Believe 10. THRAK 11. The ConstruKction Of Light 12. Poseidon 13. Three of a Perfect Pair
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"Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar."
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Chaser
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Posted: May 31 2018 at 16:37 |
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For me, the four absolute must own KC classics are Red, Larks Tongues, In the Court, and Discipline, so my order would be:
1. Red 2. Larks Tongues in Aspic 3. Discipline 4. In The Court of The Crimson King 5. Starless and Bible Black 6. Lizard 7. Beat 8. Three of a Perfect Pair 9. In the Wake of Poseidon 10. The Power to Believe 11. Islands 12. THRAK 13. VROOM 14. The ConstruKction of Light
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Mortte
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Posted: May 31 2018 at 11:29 |
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KC havenīt made any bad album. Anyway hereīs my order:
1. In the Court 2. Red 3. Lizard 4. Larks Tongues In Aspic 5. In the Wake Of Poseidon 6. Starless & Bible Black 7. Islands 8. THRAK 9. Discipline 10. the ConstruKction Of Light 11. the Power to Believe 12. Beat 13. Three of a Perfect Pair
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Mavil64
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I'll rate only the albums that I've listened to from start to finish.
1.Lark's Tongue In Aspic 20/20 2.Lizard 20/20 (Could easily be in #1 but decided to put it second due to the fact that I listen to LTIA more) 3.Red 19/20 4.Islands 18/20 5.In the Court of the Crimson King 18/20 (I didn't enjoy I Talk to the Wind even though all the others were amazing. Even more than many songs above this but due to this fact I had to rate it down) 6.In the Wake of Poseidon 17/20 |
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mike1259
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I posted an opinion here 3 years ago admitting I rarely listened to the 2nd trilogy (Discipline, Beat, Three Of A Perfect Pair) and am here to report that since then I've come to appreciated those three albums in a huge way. It would seem at the earlier time I was using single full-range drivers (which I love) and I've discovered since then KC calls for large speakers with 2 or three drivers and high-quality crossovers. It would seem compression sets in otherwise and muddles the sound.
Yes, accessibility is not a factor when one is served up such dazzling musicianship. At this point I consider all three equal and each complementing the other two. I understand the Chapman Stick will put off some(Evoking memories of 'Seinfeld") but one person's wart could be a beauty mark to others. Buford's 'batterie' here shows he did indeed evolve and mounted the summit reserved for the finest world-class drummers of any genre. Likewise der Frippmeister could not have played his instrument any better. Though not quite as good as that 1st trilogy I'm very pleased overall and fortunate to have re-explored the KC cannon. |
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dr prog
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Posted: January 06 2017 at 17:27 |
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Posiedon-9/10 Lizard-8.5/10 Three of a perfect pair-8/10 Red-7.5/10 Larks-7.5/10 In the court-7/10 Kind of stopped collecting after that. |
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All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.
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Scorpius
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1. Red
2. ITCOTCK 3. Larks 4. Lizard 5. SABB 6. Islands 7. Discipline 8. ITWOP sticking to the ones I own, just to be fair.
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Woon Deadn
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Posted: January 06 2017 at 09:23 |
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1. Lizard
3. ITCOTCK 5. Red 6. In the wake of Poseidon Not a fan of KC.
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Lewian
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Discipline
Red Three of a Perfect Pair Beat Lark's Tongues Thrak In the Court Lizard Absent Lovers USA Power to Believe SBB Poseidon (...) Surely, Earthbound is the worst album I ever owned so it'll easily win the "worst" contest. |
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npjnpj
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Ranking KC albums is something I find hard to do, in fact I drew a blank, apart from a few exceptions. Generally I find most of them to be 4 star albums with a handful reaching 5 stars. And the 4 star albums would be 5 stars as well, if that handful didn't exist, so it's not a quality- but a comparison thing.
Here are my fivers: - Lizard - Islands - Power to Believe - Thrak - Red Yes, in that order. |
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Larkstongue41
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Lark's
Red Court Discipline S&BB Lizard Islands Poseidon Beat Power to Believe Thrak Construkction* 3oaPP* *Records I don't care much for Edited by Larkstongue41 - December 06 2016 at 18:31 |
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"Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar."
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Man With Hat
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Posted: December 06 2016 at 17:34 |
I still basically agree with this. I'd move Red up one and the middle bit (TOAPP, ITWOP, and SABB) are more or less interchangeable.
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I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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HosiannaMantra
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1. Starless and Bible Black (IMO the album that sums up everything King Crimson were great for)
2. Islands 3. Lark's Tongues in Aspic 4. In the Court of the Crimson King 5. In the Wake of Poseidon 6. Red 7. Lizard 8. Discipline 9. Beat 10. Thrak 11. Three of a Perfect pair 12. The Power to Believe 13. The ConstruKction of Light
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1. Starless and Bible Black (9/10)
2. The Power to Believe (8/10) 3. The ConstruKction Of Light (7/10) 4. THRAK (7/10) 5. Red (6/10) 6. In the Wake of Poseidon (5/10) 7. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (4/10) 8. In the Court of the Crimson King (2/10) The rest (1/10)
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EddieRUKiddingVarese
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1. In The Wake Of Poseidon (10/10)
2. Lizard (9/10) 3. In The Court Of The Crimson King (9/10) 4. Red (9/10) 5. Larks' Tongues In Aspic (8/10) 6. Islands (8/10) 7. Discipline (8/10) 8. Starless And Bible Black (7/10) 9. The Power To Believe (7/10) 10. Beat (7/10) 11. Three Of A Perfect Pair (7/10) 12. THRAK (6/10) 13. The ConstruKction Of Light (5/10)
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"Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes"
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1. Lizard
2. Larks' Tongues in Aspic 3. Islands 4. Discipline 5. In the Court of the Crimson King 6. Starless and Bible Black 7. In the Wake of Poseidon 8. Red #6 and #7 are interchangeable
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1. In the Wake of Poseidon
2. Lizard 3. In the Court of the Crimson King 4. Red 5. Islands 6. Larks' Tongues in Aspic 7. Discipline 8. Starless and Bible Black
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Posted: December 05 2016 at 22:27 |
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Best
Least best I'm not familiar enough with their other studio material to rank it, and I chose not to include any live recordings, either.
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when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents
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1. Red
2. In the Court of the Crimson King 3. Larks' Tounges in Aspic 4. In the Wake of Posiedon 5. Islands 6. Discipline 7. Lizard 8. Starless and Bible Black |
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