RED

While I did like this album the first time I heard it, I could never really get into it. I kept telling myself I liked it, but the whole album is above average. Nothing throws itself at me to the point of complete awe. The effort is there and it is well planned out.

Red, Fallen Angel, and One More Red nightmare are all more or less equal in my opinion. Actually, One More Red nightmare rocks pretty hard. The vocal melody does make me satisfied. A good A side, not great but good.

Providence, I'm not very fond of that one. The awful distorted strings rub me the wrong way (much as they poor instruments were rubbed the wrong way) Starless I enjoyed a lot. I then read that some consider it a quintessential prog song with which I cannot agree with. I'm not particulaly fond of the spacey interlude, but I do like the bluesy finish that follows.

'Red' is remarkable from the standpoint that it came after such lineup changes as we all know befell King Crimson.