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1. Red

2. Islands

3. Larks' Tongues In Aspic

4. Lizard

5. In The Court Of The Crimson King

6. Starless And Bible Black

7. In The Wake Of Poseidon

Islands and LTIA might switch...

hasn't this been already done??

1- Lizard

2- Court

3 Aspic

4 Red

5 Poseidon

space

6 Islands

7 tied: SABB & Discipline.

8 tied: Thrak & Believe

Finally, I've been waiting for you to make this one (Although it is a bit unexpected).

Top 7 would be:

1. Larks' Tongues in Aspic

2. Lizard

3. In the Court of the Crimson King

4. The Power to Believe

5. Red

6. THRAK

7. In the Wake of Poseidon

(8. Islands

9. Discipline

10. The ConstruKction of Light)

2. Court

3. Red

4. Starless

5. Thrak

6. Lizard

7. Poseidon

I had a feeling this had been done already too, but I've just been back through the last 15 pages of Top 10's & Lists and all I could find was Top 5 & Top 10 King Crimson songs.

2) In the Wake

3) Lizard

4) Islands

5) Larks Tongues

6) tie - Starless and Red

That worked out quite nicely

2. Red

3. ITCotCK

4. Discipline

5. Lizard

The rest rotates on any given day.

2. The Power To Believe

3. Starless and Bible Black

4. Lizard

5. In The Wake Of Poseidon

6. Larks Tongues In Aspic

7. In The Court Of The Crimson King

 

1. In the Court of the Crimson King (56 points)

2. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (55 points)

3. Red (53 points)

4. Lizard (42 points)

5. In the Wake of Poseidon (25 points)

6. Islands (18 points)

7. Starless & Bible Black (15 points)

 

8. The Power to Believe (12 points)

1 Discipline

2 Red

3 Beat

4 Lizard

5 Three Of A Perfect Pair

6 In the Court

7 LTIA

 

 

1. Red (61 points)

3. Larks Tongues In Aspic

4. Lizard

5. Three of a Perfect Pair

6. Discipline

7. THRAK

2. In the Court of the Crimson King

4. Larks Tongues in Aspic

5. Discipline

6. Lizard

7. Islands

 

 

1. In the Court of the Crimson King (70 points)

 

 

1. Red (81 points)

This is bound to change within a week probably but:

1. Red

2. Starless And Bible Black

3. Larks' Tongues In Aspic

4. Discipline

5. In The Court Of The Crimson King

6. In The Wake Of Poseidon

7. The Power To Believe

 

1. Larks Tongues in Aspic

2. In the wake of Poseidon

3. In the court of the crimson king

4. Red

5. Starless and bible black

6. Lizard

7. Discipline

Unofficial since only 7 count:

8. Three of a  perfect pair

9. Islands

10. Beat

Top 7 update with your votes added:-

 

1. Red

2. In the Court of the Crimson King

3. The Construcktion of Light

4. Discipline

5. Three of a Perfect Pair

6. Larks' Tongues in Aspic

7. Lizard

2. Red

These two are absolute masterpieces.

3. Islands

4. Lizard

5. Larks Tongues in Aspic

These three are small masterpieces or almost masterpieces.

6. Beat

7. The Power to Believe.

(Discipline is closed)

Very good albums.

I have heard all the later studio albums at least once but no longer have the last two(TCOL and tPtB). I recently ordered thrak which I never had before and played it once so far(I liked it quite a bit but not as much as discipline although maybe better than Beat and TOOPP). I will eventually get the last two as well as live stuff(I only ever had USA a long time ago). With so much prog out there it's easy to get sidetracked with lesser known bands(and newer bands which are often the same thing).

I should have guessed you're a big King Crimson fan just from your username alone. As for me, I loved the first two albums they did with Greg Lake, but after he left the band, I no longer had The Power to Believe in King Crimson and his court.

everyone knows you dislike KC, now you can stop... 

Well that's nonsense, the later albums are good to great, people prefer the earlier ones, it doen't discount the later ones. I'd take The Power To Believe ahead of any Yes in the last two decades.

I don't dislike King Crimson as a whole. I like five of their early albums. After all, I wouldn't have posted this thread and listed my Top 7 King Crimson albums if I really disliked the band totally.

That's absolutely fine, in just the same way as I'd prefer to listen to the Yes: Heaven & Earth album instead of any King Crimson album after 1970.

2. Larks' Tongues In Aspic

3. In the Court of the Crimson King

4. Lizard

5. Discipline

6. Starless And Bible Black

7. Islands

 

 

Expect the unexpected with Crimson... always.

 

 

I think the results of the Van der Graaf Generator poll are going to prove a revelation to me too, especially considering that the much-loved Pawn Hearts album didn't even feature in my Top 7. I have a feeling Pawn Hearts is going to be rated the top VDGG album when all the votes have been counted. 

Paul, how does one know if they are not missing much if they haven't heard their later albums.  This is the attitude too many people have about way too many artists out there, so they think the only good music was released in the 70's.  This is so incorrect.  I understand that you don't like them, but you have no right to pass judgement on what other people might like or dislike.  I happen to think Thrak is perfect.  I know not many people agree, but in my world, it's perfect, and I listen to it knowing that only a select few love it as much as I do.  That's okay.  But I don't go around saying that you have to love it because I love it or vice-versa.  To me, King Crimson is the epitome of progressive music, because their music has always progressed and constantly been the spark that ignited so many different future styles.

I agree with Ian.  The Power to Believe is close to perfect for me (not as perfect as Thrak though ).  I would take it over many of Yes' later albums (though I think "The Ladder" would come close).  I'm a big fan of KC though and recognize that much of progressive music is out there because of them.  They are truly one of the bands that pave the way for Progressive music and have managed to remain so even now, while many others have given in to commercial pressure.  But, then that is my opinion.  You're free to have yours too, but don't tell others to base their opinions on your opinion when they haven't even had a chance to hear it yet.  

While I recognise that Paul, as he tends to do, was partially joking, it still grates. I abhor the attitude that, as you state, so many have about way too many artists out there. Given how openminded and mind expanding prog originally was (and still is), it constantly amazes me how closed-minded and intransigent some fans are. It also irks me when someone says something along the lines of “I listen to anything except that rap crap” to try and proclaim that they are open-minded.

I listen to and love music, and don’t really care about the genre or era. There is good music from all eras, and across all genres. I am never going to claim that I love country music (for example), but conversely I’ll never claim to hate it. I’ve yet to find a genre that I don’t like at least something from. Heck, I enjoyed a grindcore album a couple of days ago - which is something I wasn’t ever sure I’d do. My point, badly made, is that one should never write off entire genres, nor eras. Just because you haven’t heard something yet that you enjoy, doesn’t mean you never will. And even if you never do, that doesn’t mean others don’t enjoy it. There’s no point pissing on someone else’s parade.

So yeah, Paul, as much as I usually enjoy your posts (and surprisingly often agree with them), it’s not a nice thing to do, to tell someone that they’re not missing much. Rather, let them listen and decide for themselves that they hadn’t missed much. Or, maybe - just maybe - they might like it. 🤷🏻‍♂️

2. In the Wake of Poseidon

3. In the Court of the Crimson King

4. Red

5. Lizard

6. Larks' Tongues in Aspic

7. THRAK

I've been deservedly shot down in flames for airing my highly subjective ignorant views on King Crimson's later albums. After all, I'm hardly a world authority on King Crimson when I've admittedly only listened to each of their albums once only, so why should anyone take any notice of what I think. That will be my Epitaph:- Here lies Psychedelic Paul who knows next to nothing about King Crimson.

 

 

 

2: Red

3: Lark's Tongues in Aspic

4: Discipline

5: In the Wake of Poseidon

6: Starless and bible black

7: Islands

 

1. Starless & Bible Black

2. Larks Tongues in Aspic

3. Red

4. In the Court...

5. Lizard

6. Discipline

7. Islands

 

Larks Tongue in Aspic

Lizard

Red

Starless and Bible Black

In the Wake of Poseidon

Islands

 

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.

4. Discipline

5. ITCOTCK

6. In The Wake Of Poseidon

 

2. Red

3. In The Wake...

4. Larks Tongues

5.Starless & Bible..

6. Lizard

7. Islands

 

 

  1969: In the Court of the Crimson King - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAR8hb_3eiT9intke4mlRxu" rel="nofollow -  1970: In the Wake of Poseidon - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzACr6Ouh9_W0uCtYbp5O6gV" rel="nofollow -  1970: Lizard - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAa1Fp7AxWQTx5iMzyIbGM7" rel="nofollow -  1971: Islands - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCwAN4Za2cTRm6UjO0LYp9F" rel="nofollow -  1973: Larks' Tongues in Aspic - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCSsnNBychNS2L6JKELTkdk" rel="nofollow -  1974: Starless & Bible Black - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCQaxGZ9z1S0u6R7K6Cs3Z3" rel="nofollow -  1974: Red - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCHuIroJHWGkdEjzDnrLwyy" rel="nofollow -  1981: Discipline - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDJlh0afIydQATzcTBArrQ3" rel="nofollow -  1982: Beat - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBt2sqTMx0gZVk3njR2XzDY" rel="nofollow -  1984: Three of a Perfect Pair - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzA6HojVMHdvAcO-26Sz23GZ" rel="nofollow -  1995: THRAK - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCopXrBTIlo-IUXG8fU5J3y" rel="nofollow -  2000: The ConstruKction of Light - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB5zjlJSe71ykE-njnU4OfO" rel="nofollow -  2003: The Power to Believe - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCI7RF31FXL6_GVqA_2n9pd" rel="nofollow -  2015: Live in Japan - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBb6txPuOSDAc4QMnXVnJlh" rel="nofollow -

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBxEf1UWDjbIEoh2MAQR7zQ" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBxEf1UWDjbIEoh2MAQR7zQ

 

 

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

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.

2 Red

3 In The Court Of The Crimson King

4 Larks Tongues In Aspic

5 The Power To Believe

6 Three Of A Perfect Pair

7 Starless & Bible Black

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.

1) Lizard

2) ItCotCK

3) Red

4) Lark's

5) ItWoP

6) Islands

7) Starless

They're the only two real favourite KC albums for me too. 

1. Red 

2. Lizard 

3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic 

I've been going back on Floyd and Crimson recently.  I ended up loweering my ratings a bit for three Floyd albums.

WYWH: 100 - 95

Animals: 97 - 93

Meddle: 95 - 93.5

Still have to go back to Piper.  For King Crimson, it's a little different.

Discipline: 97 - 98

Starless: 96 - 96, the same

Islands: 85 - 100

Ironically, you're number 1 is still my number 1, but your avatar and number 7 became my number 2.

1. Red

2. Islands

3. Discipline

4. In the Court

5. Starless and Bible Black

6. Lizard

7. Larks' Tongues in Aspic

I feel like this was the album In the Court wanted to be in a way.  It was a brilliantly written album, but the immediate shift from 21st Century Schizoid Man's hard-hitting jazz to an entire album of softer more folk-oriented tracks was a little disappointing, considering the opener is the best song.  This issue is fixed on the more balanced but just as beautiful Islands.

Counting live albums:

1. Live in CHicago

2. Red

3. Islands

4. Absent Lovers

5. Discipline

6. USA

7. In the Court

My results are as follows: