RED

Like said before me this album is unforgettably magnificent. It holds creativity superior. It's an album of much contrast, many moods and atmosphere most powerful and great. I'm not a King Crimson specialist, I only own two of their albums (this one and the great ''In the court of the Crimson King) but having read about their other efforts I deem this is their best album. Many complain about flaws in it but for me there's none. True, the colourite changes with each track and usually albums of much contrast have the tendency of being plainly non-satisfying for me. On this one on the contraire there are five songs of brilliance and still, however it may be that the songs differ from eachother in many ways compositional, throughout it there is an atmosphere of sheer exceptional feeling. The atmosphere of powerful, creative (a little insane) beauty (that's whats prog about,isn't it?). The details on the compositions brilliant, brilliant. It, ''Red'', is one of my favourite albums of all time. I'd give the album 9 out of 10.

1. ''Red'' is quite fascinating. The jazzy structure of this instrumental is not simple but at the same time the tune is easily comprehensable. 9/10

2. ''Fallen Angel'' is more dramatic and emotional. Grandiosious atmosphere and good musicanship. Wettons vocals give it grandour. 9/10

3. ''One More Red Nightmare'' is powerful. Brufords drumming is as written before me, excellent. 9/10

4. ''Providence'' is a piece I wasn't able to comprehend at first. Later I realised that it was a great dodecaphonic composition, I found it to be a song very much to my liking. It is different than other songs on ''Red'' but in my oppinion it fits fine with the rest. The strongest and the greatest song here along with ''Starless''. I, with my love towards modern classical music and dodecaphonic structures like ''Providence'' above all other astonishing songs on this album. 10/10

5. ''Starless'' is the second highlight of this album. Considered by many as the only great song on this album, ''Starless'' is good indeed. A softer song but great as the other on ''Red''. Like ''Providence'', ''Starless'' is much different from the rest of the album. But in comparison to ''Providence'' it is very unsimilar, yet there is the same atmospheric line running through ''Starless'' also. It is beutiful in an other way than ''Providence'' and yet they fit together. In my imagination ''Providence'' is on one side of the scale of musical positive emotions and ''Starless'' on the other. And the rest of the songs are somewhere in the middle. Anyway it is the most widely appreciated song on this album and my second favourite. 10/10