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Points: 15926 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2015 at 19:23
Fripp had bills to pay too.......
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Points: 1281 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2015 at 18:01
And around that same time, he played on David Bowie's "Heroes", which hit #3 on the UK charts and guest starred on "Fade Away And Radiate" by Blondie, whose parent album, Parallel Lines, topped the charts in the UK and hit #3 in the US.
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Points: 18785 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2015 at 17:56
It's funny that Fripp held Crimson back, and then went and collaborated with none other than Daryl Hall, who was in the beginning stages of the mega-stardom he'd achieve as half of Hall & Oates.
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Points: 15926 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2015 at 16:11
Definitely LTIA over Red, but Red still a top notch album.
I thought the 80's era achieved commercial success, especially with Sleepless. I don't think Fripp minded at that stage.
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Points: 1079 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2015 at 16:06
Well I think it's because Kurt Cobain said it was one of his favourite albums that's got a lot of attention.
"Red" is very, very good. But I've always preferred LTIA any day. 
I used to have a friend who loved ITCOTCK, and yeah that's impressive, but LTIA light years futher!
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I've noticed that about Fripp. To an extent, he reminds me a bit of Syd Barrett with his own unease when it came to commercial success.
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Points: 7420 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2015 at 14:47
This article showed up online:


Although I do enjoy "Red," I don't consider it to be my favorite of the LTIA era KC albums.  I thought that LTIA was the superior LP of the three, but I'm sure this is controversial. 

Interesting that Bob deliberately "held Crimson back" from commercial success!!  What was he thinking??

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