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King Crimson Albums - Best To Worst |
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richardh 
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 Posted: February 11 2020 at 00:21 |
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In The Court Of The Crimson King (7/10) In The Wake of Poseidon (7/10) Lizard (8/10) Islands (6/10) Lark Tongues In Aspic (7/10) Starless and Bible Black (8/10) Red (10/10) Discipline (4/10) The Power To Believe (8/10) I haven't listened to the others enough to be able to have an opinion. I don't like eighties KC at all ,sorry!
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LAM-SGC
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Posted: February 10 2020 at 13:11 |
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I'm only going to list the ones I like and still listen to
Red Islands Itcotck Poseidob |
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: February 10 2020 at 07:53 |
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Oh I've tried, every few years, it just doesn't connect at all. What can I tell ya.
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Ian
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Cristi
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Posted: February 10 2020 at 07:20 |
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For someone who loves Marillion, that cruel emoticon hurt me really bad.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: February 10 2020 at 05:31 |
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I'm guessing you don't like Marillion. Me neither.
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SteveG
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Posted: February 10 2020 at 05:27 |
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1) LTiA
2) SaBB 3) ItCotCK 4) TPtB 5) Lizard And all the rest
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: February 10 2020 at 05:21 |
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I don't review albums I don't like either, just seems mean if other people love them and I'm probably won't do them justice.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: February 10 2020 at 05:15 |
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The thing is though, I didn't know those King Crimson albums were going to turn out to be two-star albums for me until I actually listened to them, and in the case of the Lizard album, which I'd always held in poor regard previously, it actually gained a star from me and became a very listenable three-star album instead of a two-star dud. One thing I wouldn't do though, is waste time in writing a two-star review for an album. If I come across an album that's only worthy of two stars, in my opinion, then I'll just skip right on by it and look for an album to review that's worthy of three stars or more. Anyway, I won't be reviewing any of King Crimson's albums any time soon, or ever, so no worries there on that score.
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: February 10 2020 at 04:58 |
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If you think LTiA, Discipline & SABB are two star albums I'm not sure why you are spending the time putting yourself through listening to them so that you can contribute to threads. That would be like me listening to Marillion's catalog so I can post in a Make Your Own Marillion album.
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Ian
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Posted: February 10 2020 at 04:04 |
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Lizard is another fave of mine. I think I generally go for the type of albums that divide opinion..at least regarding the more well-known groups. It’s never intentional though but usually tends to end up that way My four favourite Crimson albums are Lizard, Larks’ Tongues, Starless & BB and Discipline. I wouldn’t know how to rank these other than to say that they work differently on different occasions. It’s all down to my mood as to which one I’d reach for. |
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Posted: February 10 2020 at 03:50 |
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1. Red 2. Starless and Bible Black 3. Discipline 4. Larks' Tongues in Aspic 5. In the Court of the Crimson King 6. In the Wake of Poseidon 7. Three of a Perfect Pair 8. Lizard 9. The Power to Believe 10. The ConstruKction of Light 11. Islands 12. Beat 13. THRAK Very much subject to change: even the top spot isn't stable. Numbers 1-7 I absolutely adore, the three below that I still think are very good, and I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to any of the bottom three but I don't think any of them are bad. In my opinion the only truly bad album with the King Crimson name attached to it is Jakszyk, Fripp & Collins's A Scarcity Of Miracles
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: February 10 2020 at 03:35 |
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I listened to King Crimson's first eight albums just a few days ago in preparation for choosing my favourite eight songs for the Make Your Own King Crimson Album thread. At least the Lizard album picked up an extra star from me, because I'd always regarded it as a two-star album before, but after listening to Lizard again for the first time in over forty years, I was rather surprised to find I was actually beginning to like it.
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: February 10 2020 at 02:57 |
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I feel the same way Mårtte but then again this very site would be horrendously boring if we all shared the same tastes.
Crimson’s finest period is obviously from Lizard to Discipline  
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: February 10 2020 at 00:34 |
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It all comes down to a matter of personal choice. I'm sure you'll agree with my rating for King Crimson's universally acclaimed first album though.
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Posted: February 09 2020 at 22:01 |
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Already made this 2018, but here´s reprise (haven´t changed my mind):
KC haven´t made any bad album. Anyway here´s my order: 1. In the Court 2. Red 3. Lizard 4. Larks Tongues In Aspic 5. In the Wake Of Poseidon 6. Starless & Bible Black 7. Islands 8. THRAK 9. Discipline 10. the ConstruKction Of Light 11. the Power to Believe 12. Beat 13. Three of a Perfect Pair |
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: February 09 2020 at 17:38 |
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Surprised I never got around to this...
1. In the Court of the Crimson King 2. Lark's Tongue in Aspic 3. Red 4. Lizard 5. Starless and Bible Black 6. In the Wake of Poseidon 7. Islands 8. Everything else
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: February 09 2020 at 16:47 |
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1. In the Court of the Crimson King
 2. In the Wake of Poseidon  3. Lizard  4. Islands 5. Larks' Tongues in Aspic  6. Starless and Bible Black 7. Red 8. Discipline
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LakesideRitchie
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Posted: June 24 2019 at 14:26 |
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From worst to best: 13 The ConstruKction of Light Yes, I'm one of those people who think Lizard in Crimso's best output! Edited by LakesideRitchie - June 24 2019 at 14:28 |
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My second favorite band!
Starting with my least favorite 13: Construction Of Light The title track and FraKtured are great, the rest gives me a headache 12: Beat This ones got some good songs, just kinda poor in comparison to the rest of the discography 11: Three of a Perfect Pair Same deal as beat, the title track is good as is model man, nauges is also quite cool. Larks part 3 is the highlight 10: In the Wake of Poseidon This album is quite mixed, it opens with what I believe to be one of the best king crimson songs and is followed by the beautiful cadence and cascade. Wake of Poseidon just sounds too much like epitaph, side two is quite weak but still interesting 9: Thrak This is hard to put at 9 because it is quite a good album, not really any weaker tracks, dinosaur annoys me a bit but I just like the others better 8: Power to Believe I honestly love this album, I don't have anything bad to say about it 7: Discipline I always see this at the top of peoples rankings, side one is very very good side two is a bit mixed for me, the title track is probably the low point for me, still a great album. 6: Islands This was very hard to pick between this and lizard, this album is truly beautiful, love every second of it 5: Lizard Just a magical album, also quite heavy at times. There's just so much to keep coming back to here 4: Starless and Bible Black I was tempted to put this at 3. This contains some of my absolute favorite work with The Night Watch and Fracture as well as a favorite The Great Deceiver. Easily one of their best. 3: Larks Tongues in Aspic A big milestone for the band, love it all the way though. Easy Money and the Talking Drum are my two favorites 2: Red Heres when things go from great to amazing. First of all, starless is the best song ever made. The rest is just amazing. What can I say 1: Court of the Crimson King If starless is my favorite, 21st century, Epitaph and Court are my number 2, 3 and 4. Just a perfect album
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