King Crimson Albums - Best To Worst |
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Psychedelic Paul
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The thing is though, I didn't know those King Crimson albums were going to turn out to be two-star albums for me until I actually listened to them, and in the case of the Lizard album, which I'd always held in poor regard previously, it actually gained a star from me and became a very listenable three-star album instead of a two-star dud. One thing I wouldn't do though, is waste time in writing a two-star review for an album. If I come across an album that's only worthy of two stars, in my opinion, then I'll just skip right on by it and look for an album to review that's worthy of three stars or more. Anyway, I won't be reviewing any of King Crimson's albums any time soon, or ever, so no worries there on that score.
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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I don't review albums I don't like either, just seems mean if other people love them and I'm probably won't do them justice.
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Ian
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1) LTiA
2) SaBB 3) ItCotCK 4) TPtB 5) Lizard And all the rest
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Psychedelic Paul
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I'm guessing you don't like Marillion. Me neither.
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Cristi
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For someone who loves Marillion, that cruel emoticon hurt me really bad. Auch...
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Oh I've tried, every few years, it just doesn't connect at all. What can I tell ya.
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Ian
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LAM-SGC
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I'm only going to list the ones I like and still listen to
Red Islands Itcotck Poseidob |
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richardh
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In The Court Of The Crimson King (7/10) In The Wake of Poseidon (7/10) Lizard (8/10) Islands (6/10) Lark Tongues In Aspic (7/10) Starless and Bible Black (8/10) Red (10/10) Discipline (4/10) The Power To Believe (8/10) I haven't listened to the others enough to be able to have an opinion. I don't like eighties KC at all ,sorry!
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Are these your own star ratings or did you pull these from somewhere? Genuinely curious!
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"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Yes, they're my own genuine star ratings and they're the same ratings I'll give when I eventually get around to rating King Crimson's albums officially.
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Ok, I was like "WTF did he find those particular ratings", lmao. So KC gets less interesting with each release, regarding your ears?
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Psychedelic Paul
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Yes, I've only listened to King Crimson's first eight albums so far, but the Discipline album was the least appealing of all (to put it politely) in my opinion, so I'm not looking forward to hearing the albums that followed it. I gave the Red album a three-star rating, because it contains the song Starless which I really like, but there weren't any other stand-out songs on the Red album for me. I was surprised to find it on the Red album though, because I'd naturally assumed Starless would be on the Starless and Bible Black album, but then again, Robert Fripp has always been unpredictable. Do you remember his bizarre appearance on the Mr & Mrs game show with his wife Toyah Wilcox?
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Lark's Tongues In Aspic 10/10
Red 10/10 In the Court of the Crimson King 9/10 Starless and Bible Black 9/10 Discipline 7/10 In the Wake of Poseidon 7/10 Lizard 7/10 The Construkction of Light 7/10 Three of a Perfect Pair 6/10 Beat 5/10 The Power to Believe 4/10 THRAK 4/10
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Discipline Lizard Red Three of a Perfect Pair Beat Lark's Tongues In the Court Thrak Starless and Bible Black The Power to Believe Wake of Poseidon Islands ConstruKction of Light There's not a single one I'd give less that 3 stars, and 3 stars means "good".
And this one I like a lot, too! I'd probably put it around where Power to Believe is in my list.
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I believe you donīt like after Discipline albums, theyīre not my biggest KC favorites too, although I like them.
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richardh
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I'm with you on Discipline certainly. I'm a bit obsessed with Red though to the point that I have tended to ignore the other albums. However I'm glad you like the albums with Greg Lake on if nothing else! BTW If I was to pick the only song from Red that you would like then I would have expected Fallen Angel and definitely not Starless and Bible Black! But its good that you appreciate the latter |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Yes, the rich tones of Greg Lake on the first two King Crimson albums are what really made those two albums shine for me. I also liked the use of the Mellotron on those first two albums, especially on "Epitaph". I really didn't like the vocals at all on the "Discipline" album though, and it's not an album I'd be inclined to listen to again any time soon.
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Lark's Tongues In Aspic 10/10
Red 10/10 In the Court of the Crimson King 10/10 Lizard 9/10 Discipline 8/10 In the Wake of Poseidon 8/10 Starless and Bible Black 7.5/10 Three of a Perfect Pair 6/10 Beat 5.5/10 The Power to Believe 4/10 The Construkction of Light 4/10 THRAK 3/10
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Mortte
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Edited by Mortte - February 12 2020 at 06:52 |
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