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    Posted: June 12 2005 at 08:07
  1. In the Court of The Crimson King
  2. Lark's Tongues in Aspic
  3. Starless and Bible Black
  4. Red
  5. USA
  6. Lizard
  7. In The Wake of Poseidon
  8. Three of a Perfect Pair
  9. Islands

This list is IN ORDER! From best to worst.
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I TOTALLY agree with this thread..

ITCOTCK...yuk....what is that crap on side 2? 'Moonchild...'..

I love 'Lizard', 'Red', 'Larks tongues..' all great...why their first album is so heralded loses me..I think 'in the wake of poseidon' craps on it.
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I like:

1. ITCOTCK - really their best, I think

2. Red - Their best album from the Wetton / Bruford - era

3. Larks' Tongues In Aspic

4. Lizard

5. In The Wake Of Poseidon

6. Thrak - their best post-Red album

and I don't like:

1. Beat - sounds like Talking Heads to me, and the songs do nothing for me
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Well, I agree it is more respected for it's pioneering (it is not the first prog album but it the one that puting the standard to anything that came after) and it's not a perfect album (but not very far away of it) but I would give it five stars for the combination between importance and music.

Ranking only the 70's staff (the rest is different but also good IMO) my list would be :

1. Red

2. Lizard

3. Lark's tounge in aspic

4. Islands

5. Starless & bible black

6. In the court of the crimson king

7. In the wake of Poseidon

8. Earthbound

All the first seven are 5 stars IMO !
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1. Larks Tongues

2. Red

3. Starless and Bible Black

4. Three of a Perfect Pair

5. Power to Believe

in the court...would be near the bottom for me.
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yes, it is a bit overrated, but still a great album.

KC has made much better on LTIA and Red, though. So, my list is:

1. Larks Tongues

2. Red

3. ITCOTKC

4. 3 Of A PP

5. Discipline
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Better to see them live.
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I think ITCOTCK is their best... and anything after Red was a waste of time!
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Anyone who abbreviates it any other way than ITCHYCOCK is quite simply wrong.  
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I like every studio album, and heres the order.

1. Red
2. Islands
3. Discipline
4. Power To Believe
5. Lizard
6. Construktion of light/In the wake of posiedon at a tie.
7. Beat/Starless at a tie
8. Three of a Perfect Pair
9. THRAK/Larks tounges at a tie
10. ITCOCK

but they are all very good!
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I Like:

  1. ITCOCK
  2. Lizard
  3. Islands
  4. Red
  5. In the Wake of Poseidon

I Don't Like:

  1. Lark's Tongues in Aspic
  2. Starless and Bible Black
  3. Everything Else
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Yes, it is their best, and probably the best album of all time.

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The live ProjeKcts are really interesting...and make for good party music.
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Originally posted by ozricman ozricman wrote:

I like...

  1. COCK
  2. Red
  3. Great Deceiver Box Set
  4. Larks Tongues
  5. Lizard

 

You know, we could also try being mature.
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Now that I own all the studio albums of the 70's KC, I have to say I enjoy each album in its own right - there is not a single weak album among them.

While ItCotCK (more specifically being blown away by Schizoid) introduced me to KC, I agree it is not their best album.  All but one tracks are stellar; Moonchild just is plain boring.  I'm sorry, I know Fripp is a genius and all (proven by his subsequent works) but no matter how "technical" Moonchild may be, I will never be entertained by it.

One of my more recent albums is In the Wake of Poseidon.  I really like it, and in some respects, I think it surpasses even the great debut album.  I'm no fan of ranking music, especially when it is all stellar, but ItCotCK (like most other KC albums) is just one song shy of being a complete masterpiece front to back.

That's my take on it.


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I like:

  1. Red
  2. Power to Believe
  3. Lark's Tongue
  4. In the Court
  5. Lizard (very underrated album)
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Originally posted by ozricman ozricman wrote:

I like...

  1. COCK
  2. Red
  3. Great Deceiver Box Set
  4. Larks Tongues
  5. Lizard

Waaaayyy too much information...
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I think it's a decent album but not their best by a long shot. 'Moonchild' is a poor track & was a sign of things to come when Fripp got full control of the band. I also disagree it was the album that started it all. 'The Nice' should be credited for that IMHO!
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I haven't really gotten into them aside from In the Court of the Crimson King, so I couldn't really express anything besides I think the album is fine as a whole.
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I like...

  1. COCK
  2. Red
  3. Great Deceiver Box Set
  4. Larks Tongues
  5. Lizard


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