favourite king crimson-album

hi

just curious what album is the most beloved one
i would say it's a close one between Lark's Tongues and Lizard but i it's hard for me to chose because i love all of them

This is difficult. Today I choose Starless and Bible Black.

thank you for the nice welcoming

i thought about splitting the king crimson era into periods too but the problem is, that, strictly speaking, every album from 1969 to 1974 was recorded with a different line-up a different lineup and therefor i would consider every one of those albums a "period" in king crimson.

Very difficult to choose between Red and Larks Tongue. I went with Red simply because of Starless, though. I don't think any one King Crimson album matches up with these two, not even In the Court of the Crimson King, which I find to be a tad+ overrated.

There are so many good albums, so I will have to decide by which one gets the most time in my CD player.

 

And the winner is....

 

LARK'S TONGUES IN ASPIC!!!

maani wrote: Alfi: First, welcome to ProgArchives.  I hope you are having fun. Re your poll, I would have to choose different albums for the different "periods." My "first period" album would be In the Court. My "second period" album would be Beat. My "third period" album would be a toss-up between ConstruKction and Power. Peace.

C'mon maani, the second period includes Lark's Tongues, Starless and Red. Beat is third period and Power/Construkction is fourth period.

 

Sticking with maani's system.

1st Court

2nd Lark's Tongues

3rd Discipline

4th Power

 

Overall: Lark's Tongues

ITCOTCK is not only their best album but one of the best albums of all time.

your classification of the king crimson periods is probably the best way to do it but my problem with this is that i love the album lizard so much more than the other albums of the court-period and i also think that it`s very difficult to compare albums like In the Court/Poseidon, Lizard or Islands because they are musically really totally different.
also: the 80s Crimson-period is also not just Discipline - (i don't like Beat and TOaPP too much)
same with 90s Crimson
i thought it would be interesting to make a poll with every Crimson album seperated

'In the court of the crimson king'

This album paved the way for progressive rock

Did i mention what a fantastic vocalist on this album!

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Edited by Karnevil9

I can't chose a favorite...my most often played KC albums are Starless & Bible Black and Discipline, but my single favorite work is "Starless" from Red.

I'd pick any of the three '2nd period' albums over any of the 1st period, although I find both Lizard and Islands unique and fascinating in their own right.

I think all three of the Discipline-era albums are incredible, although sometimes I find it hard to listen to them due to the extremely 80s sound of the recordings (the slap bass on "Sleepless" still makes me cringe).

And the Thrak period buried me; I like what I've heard but I haven't become as familiar with it yet. I don't think it will overshadow any of the earlier stuff in my mind, but after all- what could?