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Wanorak 
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 18:46 |
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Islands; a beautiful and highly under-rated album that often gets overlooked.
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 18:13 |
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Islands over World Record, and World Record way, way over The Missing Piece.
Had the missing piece ever been missing, then it should have stayed missing imo. Not all bad, though.
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 18:12 |
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 16:06 |
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What an odd comparison. Missing Piece proves quite weak up against the other two, and World Record can be termed more powerful than eclectic. Islands was surely the shoe-in from the start.
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 15:30 |
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Sorry guys but I have to go with Van Der Graaf here. World Record is sublime and Hammill is back with mellower vocals (Wondering) reminding of his early works like The Least We Can Do...
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 15:22 |
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 07:23 |
Islands is my favourite KC album and obviously on top of these three,
Both World Record and The Missing Piece are kneefalls for their respective bands although these albums are still good (both 3.5/5 imho).
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 06:33 |
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Islands +1
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 04:45 |
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Van Der Graaf Generator - World Record
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 02:46 |
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 01:46 |
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very one sided poll. "Islands" is the last KC album with mellow pastoral tracks to speak of. Uneven and flawed in an endearing way. Easily my choice
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 00:58 |
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Definitely going with the masses on this one !!
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Posted: April 27 2014 at 16:56 |
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Posted: April 27 2014 at 11:46 |
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I'm a KC fan so Islands for me, though I do like VDGG's World Record.....and Piece is a very mediocre LP by GG.
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Posted: April 27 2014 at 11:32 |
Islands - some great moments although overall a mediocre album for KC 
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Posted: April 27 2014 at 10:44 |
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yes but Sailors Tale is fabulous !
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Posted: April 27 2014 at 10:34 |
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All three are amongst the least regarded albums of those three acts. Personally I think each only has one standout track: "Memories Of Old Days," "Sailor's Tale" and "Meurglys III" respectively.
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Magma America Great Make Again
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Posted: April 27 2014 at 09:47 |
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Odd choice of albums, since Islands was released in 1971, while World Record and The Missing Piece were released in 76 and 77, respectively. If you wanted King Crimson to win your poll by a landslide, I suppose this is the way to go about it, without being so forward as to use an album like ItCotCK or LTiA.
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Posted: April 27 2014 at 08:58 |
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Islands easily amongst these three.
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Posted: April 27 2014 at 07:08 |
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Islands
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