Top 7 King Crimson Albums - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Top 7 update after three more rounds of voting:-

1. Red (196 points)

2. In the Court of the Crimson King (194 points)

3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (154 points)

4. Lizard (105 points)

5. Starless & Bible Black (76 points)

6. In the Wake of Poseidon (70 points)

7. Discipline (58 points)

8. Islands (46 points)

9. The Power to Believe (23 points)

The Red album takes the lead for the first time. Geek

I can't take part in this as I can't place KC's seven first in any kind of preferred order. I engage and immerse myself in whichever one of those I'm listening to, and it's always something special.

-For "fun", I can place them in order of most listened to KC album - to least: In the Court of the Crimson King, Red, Lizard, Islands, In the Wake of Poseidon, Starless and Bible Black, Larks Tongue in Aspic - maybe that counts for something. I don't know. It's almost the same order as I achieved them:)

-These are followed by their 1980's comeback albums - and Discipline would be my 8th. I don't connect the same way with the rest of what I've tried. And it hasn't really helped seeing later material performed live. I feel like I'm on the outside of the music, while with early KC, I'm always on the inside.

The Crimson King & Queen: Toyah Wilcox with husband Robert at the Isle of Wight Festival in 2023.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - September 05 2024 at 13:47

chopper wrote:

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

King Crimson's Albums

You're missing "Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind" from 2017.

I'll skip that album, seeing as it's listed on Prog Archives as a 3-CD compilation.

Top 7 update with Grantman's votes added:-

1. In the Court of the Crimson King (174 points)

2. Red (168 points)

3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (145 points)

4. Lizard (91 points)

5. Starless & Bible Black (72 points)

6. In the Wake of Poseidon (64 points)

7. Discipline (46 points)

8. Islands (36 points)

9. The Power to Believe (20 points)

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - January 08 2021 at 08:33

1.in the court of the crimson king
2.in the wake of the posideon
3.islands
4.starless and bible back
5.red
6.usa
7.thrak

Top 7 update with DrWu23's votes added:-

1. Red (165 points)

2. In the Court of the Crimson King (162 points)

3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (145 points)

4. Lizard (91 points)

5. Starless & Bible Black (68 points)

6. In the Wake of Poseidon (56 points)

7. Discipline (46 points)

8. Islands (30 points)

9. The Power to Believe (20 points)

Top 7 update with Argo2112's votes added:-

1. Red (157 points)

2. In the Court of the Crimson King (150 points)

3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (141 points)

4. Lizard (89 points)

5. Starless & Bible Black (65 points)

6. In the Wake of Poseidon (50 points)

7. Discipline (46 points)

8. Islands (29 points)

9. The Power to Believe (20 points)

nick_h_nz wrote:

The top three aren’t surprising for me, and I expected Red to be number one, but there’s not much in it. What does surprise me is how far behind Larks is. I thought those three would all be quite close, and far ahead of the rest.

The Top 3 are a big surprise to me. I was expecting In the Court of the Crimson King to win this poll easily, as it's consistently rated as being one of the best debut prog albums of all time. I've never been a fan of the Larks' Tongues in Aspic album , although I know it has a big following here.

Top 7 update with The Dark Elf's votes added:-

1. Red (151 points)

2. In the Court of the Crimson King (147 points)

3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (129 points)

4. Lizard (89 points)

5. Starless & Bible Black (57 points)

6. In the Wake of Poseidon (48 points)

7. Discipline (42 points)

8. Islands (29 points)

9. The Power to Believe (20 points)