IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING

King Crimson

Eclectic Prog

4.64 | 4815 ratings

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Kurpij

This album is where all start. Maybe is the first real prog rock album ever. As always King Crimson was marking the way to follow for all the other bands.

Musically this album has 2 great jewels: 21st Century schizoid man and The Court of the Crimson King. The rest in good rock, but nothing extraordinary.

21st Century schizoid man: Excelent and powerful rock song. Lake sings with a really distorsioned voice and plays great bass lines. The drums here are amazing, a lot of breaks and tempo changes.

I Talk to the Wind: Nice ballad, very distintive of Lake's compositions in later ELP. Again the drums play an important role, giving

Epitaph: Is very ambicious, Nice atmosferic keyboards, Lake gives a very emotive interpretation, with his angelical voice.

Moonchild: Another slow song, atmosferic and emotive. A Little boring at times.

The Court of the Crimson King: A real Classic, Everything about this amazing song is already said.

5 Stars, cause this is a key album in prog history

Kurpij | 5/5 | 2008-6-1

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