Islands vs. Islands - Progressive Rock Music Forum

King Crimson gets the vote here.

The new TFK didn't do much for me, rather tired of their sound. Ermm

Island’s Pictures was the first album I thought of.

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Guldbamsen wrote:

Island’s Pictures was the first album I thought of.

First I thought of too actually. Much as I like KC’s Islands, Island’s Pictures would get my vote if they were in this poll. I will check out this TFK, though I never really got into the band.

So I managed to listen to 25 minutes of that TFk, with some skipping through, but still a good chunk and that's all I saw on YouTube. I like it more than I was expecting to, but still I feel very comfortable voting for KC. Listening to all 93 minutes of that TFk I do think would be a chore. -- one issue I have had with TFK is that they seemed not to be believers in the less is more, show some restraint, and avoid excessive noodling camp. An editor could help. KC's Islands seems far more refined.

Edited by Logan - May 26 2021 at 02:52

I love The Flower Kings, but they are no match for King Crimson, specially this album.

Oh hell yeah! I get to be the contrarian this time! Flower Kings for me!

I wrote an at length review of TFK islands last year. To sum it up, i've never been a fan of the band, a lot times due to the daunting size and length of their catalog and compositions and the sound just not being for me. Like another user put it, I always grouped them in with "dad-prog" or "modern prog for old people who don't actually like modern prog." However, last year that record totally changed my mind and perception on the band, and it actually wound up being my album of the year. Even over the likes of Wobbler, Haken and Motorpsycho, which are all bands that I generally like a lot more than TFK. I love all those songs, I like that they're shorter and more easily digestible, how melodic they are, and at the end of the day, the songs just makes me happy. When it came out, it was in a time that I really could've used something just like that and it really resonated and hit the spot.

Now, I like King Crimsons islands, I don't think its perfect but there's a lot of brilliant creative ideas and songs across that record. Boz is a great vocalist too, underrated even. However, I gotta vote for the album that I actually feel like I have a deeper connection with, and today that is Flower Kings.

Edited by dougmcauliffe - May 26 2021 at 07:29

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This is one where I go against the trend. TFK on this one. KC's Islands is decent enough, but the weakest album in their discography.

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TFK by a slight margin. Both are good (but only good) albums. But TFK has lots of ideas for this one (too many, in fact, but whatever). KC's Islands feels vert short!

projeKct wrote:

TFK by a slight margin. Both are good (but only good) albums. But TFK has lots of ideas for this one (too many, in fact, but whatever). KC's Islands feels vert short!

Most albums would feel short when comparing to the experience of a TFK album.

Like with me, brevity and concision it might be said is not its greatest strength.

Poll Question: Which 'Islands' album do you prefer?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
'Islands' by King Crimson	37	[78.72%]
'Islands' by The Flower Kings	10	[21.28%]
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