IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING

Like on 'Lizard' and 'Islands', I don't like how the drums were recorded on this album; featuring the same drummer, they sound quite clearer on the next one, only one year later.

Despiting this, it contains really great moments, like 'Schizoid man' solos and 'Moonchild' improvisation. This was my first KC album, and after the first listen, I didn't understand why did they put a 10-minute improv after 'Moonchild' beauty, but when I get used to KC, this became my favourite part. I hope they would have recorded 20 more improv minutes.

Unlike this, 'Epitaph' and 'In the court of the Crimson King' sound quite simple, based in only a few chords (E minor, D, A minor, B and C); for me, lyrics are a lot more interesting than music, which souds very repetitive (why did they add the last 2 minutes of 'In the court...'?).

To justify my 3-star rating (at the moment, only a 7% of reviewers have rated like me), I think Robert was in process of improoving his composer abilities through the years and the albums, and the result can be listened on every new album (compared to the previous one), and especially on the second KC "generation" ("Larks", "Starless" and "Red" albums). They reached a high level of abstraction, and for me this is their best quality, the one that has always made KC a respected band, unlike many other 70's ones. For all of this, lots of thanks Robert.

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