Top 7 King Crimson Songs
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Topic: Top 7 King Crimson Songs
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Top 7 King Crimson Songs
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 02:52
By popular demand, it's the long-awaited Top 7 King Crimson songs poll as a replacement for the now defunct Top 5 KC songs poll.  Simply list your Top 7 King Crimson songs in order of preference below and then I'll assign the usual system of points to your listings:- 1st song - 12 points 2nd song - 8 points 3rd song - 6 points 4th song - 4 points 5th song - 3 points 6th song - 2 points 7th song - 1 point My Top 7 King Crimson songs to kick things off with:- 1. Epitaph (12 points) 2. The Court of the Crimson King (8 points) 3. In the Wake of Poseidon (6 points) 4. I Talk to the Wind (4 points) 5. Starless (3 points) 6. 21st Century Schizoid Man (2 points) 7. Prince Rupert Awakes (1 point)
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Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 06:48
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1. Starless 2. The Talking Drum 3. Fracture 4. Elephant Talk 5. Lark's Tongues in Aspic, pt II 6. 21st Century Schizoid Man 7. Book of Saturday ------------- “I don’t like country music, but I don’t mean to denigrate those who do. And for those who like country music, denigrate means to ‘put down.'” – Bob Newhart |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 07:00
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The Court Of The Crimson King Starless
Sailor's Tale Fracture Elephant Talk Lark's Tongues In Aspic, pt II 21st Century Schizoid Man |
Posted By: Big Sky
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 07:15
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1) Starless 2) Easy Money 3) LTIA part 1 4) Red 5) Fracture 6) LTIA part 2 7) One More Red Nightmare |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 07:16
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Top 7 update with Wizz D Kidd & Octopus II's votes added:- 01. Starless (23 points) 02. The Court of the Crimson King (20 points) 03. Epitaph (12 points) 04. Fracture (10 points) 05. The Talking Drum (8 points) 06. Elephant Talk (7 points) 07. In the Wake of Poseidon (6 points) 07. Sailors Tale (6 points) 09. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II (5 points) 09. 21st Century Schizoid Man (5 points) 10. I Talk to the Wind (4 points) |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 07:22
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Top 7 update with Big Sky's votes added:- 01. Starless (35 points) 02. The Court of the Crimson King (20 points) 03. Fracture (13 points) 04. Epitaph (12 points) 05. Easy Money (8 points) 05. The Talking Drum (8 points) 07. Elephant Talk (7 points) 07. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II (7 points) 09. In the Wake of Poseidon (6 points) 09. Sailors Tale (6 points) 09. Larks' Tongue in Aspic Part I (6 points) 12. 21st Century Schizoid Man (5 points) 13. I Talk to the Wind (4 points) 13. Red (4 points) |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 08:39
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Epitaph Lizard (the whole suite) Starless Indoor games The Talking Drum In The Court of Exiles . ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 09:11
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Top 7 update with Sean Trane's votes added:- 01. Starless (41 points) 02. Epitaph (24 points) 03. The Court of the Crimson King (22 points) 04. Fracture (13 points) 05. The Talking Drum (11 points) 06. Easy Money (8 points) 06. Lizard (8 points) 08. Elephant Talk (7 points) 08. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II (7 points) 10. In the Wake of Poseidon (6 points) 10. Sailors Tale (6 points) 10. Larks' Tongue in Aspic Part I (6 points) 13. 21st Century Schizoid Man (5 points) 14. I Talk to the Wind (4 points) 14. Red (4 points) 14. Indoor Games (4 points) |
Posted By: BasedProgger
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 09:13
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Like last time I'm sticking with one song per album. I didn't pick Starless last time because it was already 1st by far. 1. Starless 2. Fracture 3. 21st Century Schizoid Man 4. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Parts One and Two 5. Sailor's Tale 6. Cirkus 7. Frame by Frame |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 09:23
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Top 7 update with Based Progger's votes added:- 01. Starless (53 points) 02. Epitaph (24 points) 03. The Court of the Crimson King (22 points) 04. Fracture (21 points) 05. The Talking Drum (11 points) 05. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II (11 points) 05. 21st Century Schizoid Man (11 points) 08. Larks' Tongue in Aspic Part I (10 points) 09. Sailors Tale (9 points) 10. Easy Money (8 points) 10. Lizard (8 points) 12. Elephant Talk (7 points) 13. In the Wake of Poseidon (6 points) 14. I Talk to the Wind (4 points) 14. Red (4 points) 14. Indoor Games (4 points) |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 11:22
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1. Lark's Tongues in Aspic, Part IV 2. Fracture 3. The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum 4. Level Five 5. Dangerous Curves 6. Starless 7. 21st Century Schizoid Man ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 11:33
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Top 7 update with Prog Aardvark's votes added:- 01. Starless (55 points) 02. Fracture (29 points) 03. Epitaph (24 points) 04. The Court of the Crimson King (22 points) 05. Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part IV (12 points) 05. 21st Century Schizoid Man (12 points) 07. The Talking Drum (11 points) 07. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II (11 points) 09. Larks' Tongue in Aspic Part I (10 points) 10. Sailors Tale (9 points) 11. Easy Money (8 points) 11. Lizard (8 points) 13. Elephant Talk (7 points) 14. In the Wake of Poseidon (6 points) 14. The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum (6 points) 16. I Talk to the Wind (4 points) 16. Red (4 points) 16. Indoor Games (4 points) 16. Level Five (4 points) |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 12:40
I never really accepted that the previous poll was a top five, so I'll quote myself from my second attemnt there:
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Saperlipopette! wrote:Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 12:42
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And I did top a seven too in the earlier topic 9top five), so i will just repeat what I wrote there: This order today (May, 2024). I did a top seven for the first seven classic albums.. 1. "Lizard" 2. "Starless" 3. "Islands" 4. "In the Wake of Poseidon" 5. "Epitaph" 6. "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One" 7. "Starless and Bible Black" |
Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 12:54
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1) Epitaph 2) Moonchild 3) The Court of the Crimson King 4) 21st Century Schizoid man 5) Cat Food 6) in the Wake of Poseidon 7) Formentera Lady ------------- Is it any wonder that the monkey's confused? |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 14:20
You were the main inspiration for extending it to a Top 7 poll.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 14:29
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Starless Fracture Larks Tongues In Aspic Part 2 In The Court Of The Crimson King Sailors Tale Lizard The Night Watch ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 15:25
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Top 7 update with Saperlipopettel's votes added:- 01. Starless (67 points) 02. Fracture (29 points) 03. Epitaph (28 points) 04. The Court of the Crimson King (24 points) 05. Lizard (16 points) 06. Sailors Tale (15 points) 07. Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part IV (12 points) 07. 21st Century Schizoid Man (12 points) 09. The Talking Drum (11 points) 09. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II (11 points) 11. Larks' Tongue in Aspic Part I (10 points) 12. In the Wake of Poseidon (9 points) 13. Easy Money (8 points) 14. Elephant Talk (7 points) 15. The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum (6 points) 16. I Talk to the Wind (4 points) 16. Red (4 points) 16. Indoor Games (4 points) 16. Level Five (4 points) |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 17:07
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I usually like to do no more than one song per album but I don't really have 7 KC albums that I have a favorite from 1. In the Wake of Poseidon 2, In The Court of the Crimson King 3. Epitaph 4. Cirkus 5. Cadence and Cascade 6. I Talk to the Wind 7. The Night Watch
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 05 2025 at 21:40
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1. Epitaph 2. Starless 3. Level Five 4. Lizard 5. In The Wake Of Poseidon 6. Book Of Saturday 7. The Night Watch
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 06 2025 at 01:20
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Top 7 update with Logan's votes added:- 01. Starless (75 points) 02. Epitaph (31 points) 03. Fracture (29 points) 04. Lizard (28 points) 05. The Court of the Crimson King (24 points) 06. Sailors Tale (15 points) 07. In the Wake of Poseidon (13 points) 08. Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part IV (12 points) 08. 21st Century Schizoid Man (12 points) 08. Larks' Tongue in Aspic Part I (12 points) 11. The Talking Drum (11 points) 11. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II (11 points) 13. Easy Money (8 points) 14. Elephant Talk (7 points) 15. The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum (6 points) 15. Islands (6 points) 17. I Talk to the Wind (4 points) 17. Red (4 points) 17. Indoor Games (4 points) 17. Level Five (4 points) |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 06 2025 at 04:43
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Top 7 update with Floydoid's votes added:- 01. Starless (75 points) 02. Epitaph (43 points) 03. The Court of the Crimson King (30 points) 04. Fracture (29 points) 05. Lizard (28 points) 06. 21st Century Schizoid Man (16 points) 07. Sailors Tale (15 points) 07. In the Wake of Poseidon (15 points) 09. Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part IV (12 points) 09. Larks' Tongue in Aspic Part I (12 points) 11. The Talking Drum (11 points) 11. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II (11 points) 13. Easy Money (8 points) 13. Moonchild (8 points) 15. Elephant Talk (7 points) 16. The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum (6 points) 16. Islands (6 points) 18. I Talk to the Wind (4 points) 18. Red (4 points) 18. Indoor Games (4 points) 18. Level Five (4 points) |
Posted By: Jaketejas
Date Posted: February 06 2025 at 08:09
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Transferring over: Larks Tongues In Aspic Part 2 Red Fracture Starless and Bible Black Elephant Talk The Court of the Crimson King Discipline |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 06 2025 at 08:47
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Top 7 update with Nogbad the Bad's votes added:- 01. Starless (87 points) 02. Epitaph (43 points) 03. Fracture (37 points) 04. The Court of the Crimson King (34 points) 05. Lizard (30 points) 06. Sailors Tale (18 points) 07. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II (17 points) 08. 21st Century Schizoid Man (16 points) 09. In the Wake of Poseidon (15 points) 10. Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part IV (12 points) 10. Larks' Tongue in Aspic Part I (12 points) 12. The Talking Drum (11 points) 13. Easy Money (8 points) 13. Moonchild (8 points) 15. Elephant Talk (7 points) 16. The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum (6 points) 16. Islands (6 points) 18. I Talk to the Wind (4 points) 18. Red (4 points) 18. Indoor Games (4 points) 18. Level Five (4 points) |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 01:12
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Top 7 update with KenethLevine's votes added:- 01. Starless (87 points) 02. Epitaph (49 points) 03. The Court of the Crimson King (42 points) 04. Fracture (37 points) 05. Lizard (30 points) 06. In the Wake of Poseidon (27 points) 07. Sailors Tale (18 points) 08. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II (17 points) 09. 21st Century Schizoid Man (16 points) 10. Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part IV (12 points) 10. Larks' Tongue in Aspic Part I (12 points) 12. The Talking Drum (11 points) 13. Easy Money (8 points) 13. Moonchild (8 points) 15. Elephant Talk (7 points) 15. Cirkus (7 points) 17. The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum (6 points) 17. Islands (6 points) 17. I Talk to the Wind (6 points) 20. Red (4 points) 20. Indoor Games (4 points) 20. Level Five (4 points) |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 04:30
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Top 7 update with RichardH's votes added:- 01. Starless (95 points) 02. Epitaph (61 points) 03. The Court of the Crimson King (42 points) 04. Fracture (37 points) 05. Lizard (34 points) 06. In the Wake of Poseidon (30 points) 07. Sailors Tale (18 points) 08. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II (17 points) 09. 21st Century Schizoid Man (16 points) 10. Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part IV (12 points) 10. Larks' Tongue in Aspic Part I (12 points) 12. The Talking Drum (11 points) 13. Level Five (10 points) 14. Easy Money (8 points) 14. Moonchild (8 points) 16. Elephant Talk (7 points) 16. Cirkus (7 points) 18. The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum (6 points) 18. Islands (6 points) 18. I Talk to the Wind (6 points) 21. Red (4 points) 21. Indoor Games (4 points) |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 10:15
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Top 7 update with Jaketejas' votes added:- 01. Starless (95 points) 02. Epitaph (61 points) 03. The Court of the Crimson King (44 points) 04. Fracture (43 points) 05. Lizard (34 points) 06. In the Wake of Poseidon (30 points) 07. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II (29 points) 08. Sailors Tale (18 points) 09. 21st Century Schizoid Man (16 points) 10. Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part IV (12 points) 10. Larks' Tongue in Aspic Part I (12 points) 10. Red (12 points) 13. The Talking Drum (11 points) 14. Level Five (10 points) 14. Elephant Talk (10 points) 16. Easy Money (8 points) 16. Moonchild (8 points) 18. Cirkus (7 points) 19. The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum (6 points) 19. Islands (6 points) 19. I Talk to the Wind (6 points) 22. Starless and Bible Black (5 points) 23. Indoor Games (4 points) |
Posted By: ThyroidGlands
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 10:59
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1) Starless 2) Fracture 3) Larks' Tongues in Aspic pt. I 4) The Devil's Triangle 5) The Court of the Crimson King 6) Red 7) The Night Watch
------------- Bloody bloody racket and rumpus |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 11:31
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Top 7 update with ThyroidGlands' votes added:- 01. Starless (107 points) 02. Epitaph (61 points) 03. Fracture (51 points) 04. The Court of the Crimson King (47 points) 05. Lizard (34 points) 06. In the Wake of Poseidon (30 points) 07. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II (29 points) 08. Larks' Tongue in Aspic Part I (18 points) 08. Sailors Tale (18 points) 10. 21st Century Schizoid Man (16 points) 11. Red (14 points) 12. Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part IV (12 points) 13. The Talking Drum (11 points) 14. Level Five (10 points) 14. Elephant Talk (10 points) 16. Easy Money (8 points) 16. Moonchild (8 points) 18. Cirkus (7 points) 19. The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum (6 points) 19. Islands (6 points) 19. I Talk to the Wind (6 points) 22. Starless and Bible Black (5 points) 23. Indoor Games (4 points) 23. The Devil's Triangle (4 points) 23. The Night Watch (4 points) |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 12:51
Pleasantly surprised to see this "filler track" (according to Grumpyprogfan) doing so well:)
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 13:35
I wish every King Crimson album had a "filler track" as good as Epitaph.
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 16:20
New list.  Starless Matte Kudasai Fracture Larks Part II Discipline Dinosaur Eyes Wide Open |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: February 07 2025 at 16:26
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 08 2025 at 04:30
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Top 7 update with GrumpyProgFan's votes added:- 01. Starless (119 points) 02. Epitaph (61 points) 03. Fracture (57 points) 04. The Court of the Crimson King (47 points) 05. Lizard (34 points) 06. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II (33 points) 07. In the Wake of Poseidon (30 points) 08. Larks' Tongue in Aspic Part I (18 points) 08. Sailors Tale (18 points) 10. 21st Century Schizoid Man (16 points) 11. Red (14 points) 12. Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part IV (12 points) 13. The Talking Drum (11 points) 14. Level Five (10 points) 14. Elephant Talk (10 points) 16. Easy Money (8 points) 16. Moonchild (8 points) 16. Matte Kudasai (8 points) 19. Cirkus (7 points) 20. The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum (6 points) 20. Islands (6 points) 20. I Talk to the Wind (6 points) 23. Starless and Bible Black (5 points) 24. Indoor Games (4 points) 24. The Devil's Triangle (4 points) 24. The Night Watch (4 points) 24. Discipline (4 points) |
Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: February 09 2025 at 01:21
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Epitaph In the Court of the Crimson King Level Five Starless Red Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II B'Boom
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 09 2025 at 01:36
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Top 7 update with tdfloyd's votes added:- 01. Starless (123 points) 02. Epitaph (73 points) 03. Fracture (57 points) 04. The Court of the Crimson King (55 points) 05. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II (35 points) 06. Lizard (34 points) 07. In the Wake of Poseidon (30 points) 08. Larks' Tongue in Aspic Part I (18 points) 08. Sailors Tale (18 points) 10. Red (17 points) 11. Level Five (16 points) 11. 21st Century Schizoid Man (16 points) 13. Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part IV (12 points) 14. The Talking Drum (11 points) 15. Elephant Talk (10 points) 16. Easy Money (8 points) 16. Moonchild (8 points) 16. Matte Kudasai (8 points) 19. Cirkus (7 points) 20. The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum (6 points) 20. Islands (6 points) 20. I Talk to the Wind (6 points) 23. Starless and Bible Black (5 points) 24. Indoor Games (4 points) 24. The Devil's Triangle (4 points) 24. The Night Watch (4 points) 24. Discipline (4 points) |
Posted By: Jaketejas
Date Posted: February 09 2025 at 12:29
| I thought that there would be more love for Discipline. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: February 09 2025 at 13:10
Nowhere else on the internet (or outside the internet) but at PA would the song in red end up outside the top ten. I love the Schizoid Man, but I still like that "we" can place Sailor's Tale above it. At least for now. |
Posted By: itziar
Date Posted: February 10 2025 at 03:46
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The Court of the Crimson King Larks Tongues in aspic part II Fracture Cirkus Moonchild Lizard Discipline
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 10 2025 at 03:51
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Top 7 update with Itziar's votes added:- 01. Starless (123 points) 02. Epitaph (73 points) 03. The Court of the Crimson King (67 points) 04. Fracture (63 points) 05. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part II (43 points) 06. Lizard (36 points) 07. In the Wake of Poseidon (30 points) 08. Larks' Tongue in Aspic Part I (18 points) 08. Sailors Tale (18 points) 10. Red (17 points) 11. Level Five (16 points) 11. 21st Century Schizoid Man (16 points) 13. Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part IV (12 points) 14. The Talking Drum (11 points) 14. Cirkus (11 points) 14. Moonchild (11 points) 17. Elephant Talk (10 points) 18. Easy Money (8 points) 18. Matte Kudasai (8 points) 20. The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum (6 points) 20. Islands (6 points) 20. I Talk to the Wind (6 points) 23. Starless and Bible Black (5 points) 23. Discipline (5 points) 25. Indoor Games (4 points) 25. The Devil's Triangle (4 points) 25. The Night Watch (4 points) |