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King Crimson Albums - Best To Worst |
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Nogbad_The_Bad 
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 Posted: July 24 2015 at 03:55 |
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Regardless of my opinion Fripp still classifies it as a ProjeKct rather than a full band release.
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agw801
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Posted: July 23 2015 at 22:36 |
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No doubt you have a view point that resonates with most people, from reading many reviews of A Scarcity of Miracles. But to my ears, this album sounds very much like a King Crimson work. I love the mood this album produces, reminding me very much of songs like Islands, Book of Saturday, Exiles, and the Night Watch while at the very same time, being a different cat altogether....that is exploring an uncharted area of the musical map. (I bet you find the saxophone texturing distracting, but I feel it adds one more layer of richness and depth.) Indeed, this is a pretty sounding album, but the tone expresses angst, the lyrics are multi-dimensional and for me create an atmosphere of an Eden-esque landscape during a time when one hell of a storm is approaching, with wind and rain damage foreshadowing the probability of more to come.
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Pretty bizarre seeing Scarcity rated so highly. I find it a very different cat to their discography, more like a Crimson influenced Jakko solo album. It's technically not a Crimson record.
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Posted: July 23 2015 at 15:47 |
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I'm very traditional 1) in the court  I rate them pretty much in order of appearance.2) In the wake 3 Lizard 4) Islands 5) Larks Tongues, Starless and Bible Black, Red - pick em I didn't much listen to the stuff post 1980. I did have "Beat" and didn't like it |
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Posted: July 23 2015 at 15:42 |
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I've got about 35 King Crimson albums, of one sort or another, but I can't grade all of them. So I'll do the top few and the bottom few.
1) Red 2) The Night Watch (Live at Amsterdam) 3) The Great Deceiver (4-CD set) 4) USA (30th Anniversary Edition) 5) In the Wake of Poseidon 6) THRAK 7) B'BOOM 8) Absent Lovers (Live in Montreal) . . . 31) Summit Studios, Denver 32) The Construkction of Light 33) The Power to Believe (I don't) 34) Live at the Marquee - 1969 35) Earthbound '69-74 Crimson is, has been, and always will be the best Crimson of all!
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Posted: July 23 2015 at 13:10 |
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I feel that the reason that the album Red is preferred by most listeners to Starless and Bible Black is that they feel Red was more advanced and forward thinking, anticipating the next phase in the '80s.
My viewpoint is 73-74 was a higher peak than the '80s. On a tune-to-tune comparison: I like Fractured better than Red: It's complexity transports the mind, while red just rocks. I like The Mincer better than Providence: The mood of this improv and the applied lyrics....one of a kind! The updated Starless from the 2014 Tour takes that tune to another level. |
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Posted: July 22 2015 at 21:14 |
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I dont know King Crimson discography so good, but I do know that I cant understand the low rating to "Starless and Bible Black" and the great rate to "Red" - the two album are so close in musical terms...
Love both, by the way. |
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Posted: July 22 2015 at 20:35 |
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Larks Tongues in Aspic
A Scarcity of Miracles The Elements 2014 Tour Box Starless and Bible Black Islands The Collectable King Crimson - Volume One In the Court of the Crimson King Lizard Live at The Orpheum Theatre Heavy Construction The Great Deciever Live at Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 1996 Red Three of a Perfect Pair The Construction of Light The Power to Believe Discipline Thrak Vroom Space Groove Live at Summit Studios, Denver 1972 In The Wake of Poseidon Beat Earthbound |
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Posted: January 18 2015 at 19:47 |
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1-Red
2-Larks Tongues In Aspic 3-In the Court of the Crimson King 4-Lizard 5-Discipline 6-Islands 7-Starless and Bibleblack 8-In the Wake of Poseidon 9-The Power to Believe 10-Thrak 11-Three of a Perfect Pair
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Lizard, ITCOTCK
 LTIA, ITWOP, Red, Thrakk  Islands, SaBB, Discipline , Power to Believe  Beat, 3oaPP, Constrkction of Light  |
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01. Red (9,9/10)
02. In The Court Of The Crimson King (9,8/10) 03. Larks' Tongues In Aspic (9,6/10) 04. Lizard (9,5/10) 05. Starless And Bible Back (9/10) 06. Discipline (8,8/10) 07. THRAK (8/10) 08. In The Wake Of Poseidon (7,9/10) 09. Beat (7,5/10) 10. The Power To Believe (7,5/10) 11. Islands (7,3/10) 12. The ConstruKction Of Light (7/10) 13. Three Of A Perfect Pair (5/10) |
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I believe that should be a good thing in this case.
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I actually struggle with this, although I'm a moderately big Crimson fan, because I pretty rarely listen to the studio albums. It's all about the live recordings for me, basically. For which we are rather well served!
Having said that, of the 69-74 albums, Larks and Red are tops. Starless, Islands, Court and Lizard after that. The 80s and onwards albums seem to be in a different category and I find it hard to make comparisons with the earlier groups. Edited by Mascodagama - January 17 2015 at 12:04 |
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1. Larks' Tongues in Aspic
2. In the Court of The Crimson King 3. Red 4. Lizard 5. Discipline 6. In The Wake of Poseidon 7. Islands 8. Beat 9. Thrak 10. The ConstruKtion of Light |
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Discipline
Larks' Tongues In Aspic In The Court of The Crimson King Lizard Red THRAK Three of a Perfect Pair The Power To Believe The ConstruKtion of Light VROOOM Starless and Bible Black In The Wake of Poseidon Beat Islands A very illustrious discography. Beat and Islands Are alright, and everything gets much better from there.
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Posted: November 14 2014 at 14:25 |
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Islands
Red
Lizard
Lark's Tounge
Starless
Wake
Court
The rest is music from a different band....some great stuff, especially Discipline, but it just ain't Crimso. Edited by Intruder - November 14 2014 at 14:25 |
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I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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1. Islands
2. In the Court of the Crimson King 3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic 4. Red 5. In the Wake of Poseidon 6. Discipline 7. Lizard 8. Thrak I haven't really listened to the others enough to rate them. But maybe now I'll get on that, just cause it's freaking king crimson 
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Even the last 3 are worth 3 stars from me, a consistently good band for several decades. Edited by sleeper - November 14 2014 at 11:47 |
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Posted: November 14 2014 at 10:57 |
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1. Lizard, Red, Starless and Bible Black, In the Court of the Crimson King, Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Islands, In the Wake of Poseidon 8. Discipline 9. The Power to Believe, Thrak |
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Posted: November 14 2014 at 10:54 |
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Pretty damn close
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