ISLANDS

I think that Islands is a uniq and diffrent crimson's album, becuase all the bands member was replaced with newOnes(fripp wasn't of course)- poor fripp fired all the members after this album, an act that I thing is wrong, cus I like very much this LineUp...

Anyway this album had 6 songs:

1) Formentera Lady- a doleful start to that album, start with chello and a beautifull piano works, and "Boz" singing match perfectly with the music, in the ending of the song, there is a very good sax solo by collins- collins's play in this album just extraordinary. I will give this song: 4.5.

2)Sailor's Tale- start with an unuseal tempo, and then fripp and collins join with waining notes, that make very good impression. after the start come one of the best guitar's solos in progrock history!, amazing, uniq solo by fripp- wow!. fripp work at this song due with guitar and due with the mellotron are very very good. great song: 5 stars!.

3)The Letters-a very theatrical and melodramatic song, like a movie, Boz singing is just fine, and Sinfield words are good too. I think that in that song there is the best sax solo in the entire album, when fripp guitar wine with the woman cry and after that collins join in with the sax-shivering!. 5 stars too.

4)Ladies Of The Road- weill I think this the worst song in the album, thought he is still good, but attitude to the album he is not very good... this like an werid RandB song, with fripp touch. fripp guitar solo is just pitiful- fripp dont know to do a blus solo.(sorrey fripp). collins sax blus solo is a lot more better then fripp solo. nice song:4.0 stars.

5) Prelude: Song Of The Gulls- in this song its visible to understand that crimson try to do something there not good at it, a touching, easy song, I dont like very much this song, he is very intresting. 3.5 stars

6) Islands- a beautifull song for the first times, after the first times he comes a little boared. collins and Boz work are very good in this song. that song is very exciting at first times, but after couple of hearings it becomes chisy. 4 stars.

I love this crimson album, its a pity that songs 3) and 4) are not so good like the others, but very uniq album, with a lot of exiting and intersting crimson's moments.

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