ISLANDS

From all the studio works from the 70's this is the only bad moment of King Crimson... The album in it's in intirety is boring and uninspired. After the brilliance of Lizard, Fripp exaggerated in the horn instruments and forgot to play guitar. I'm not saying that Mel Collins did a bad work here, no... He's a great flute/sax player and made his job very very well, but... where are the guitar outbreaks and crazy instrumentations of the previous albuns? This recording overstate in calm (and boring) passages that don't go to anywhere... And the bad vocals of Boz Burrell don't help in nothing (the best place for this guy is in Bad Company, only playing the bass, with closed mouth). There are some few good moments in the songs "Sailors Tale", "The Letters". And "Ladies of the Road" is a great track, but they aren't capable to save the album... I could give maybe 2 stars, but are so many people here giving this album what it don't deserve... only 1 star!!!