Top 3 KC Albums - Progressive Rock Music Forum

1. ITCOTCK
2.Red
3.Islands

I look at the world and see no understanding...
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ITCOTCK,LTIA and Red for me.

1. In the Court of the Crimson King
2. Red
3. Starless and Bible Black
4. In the Wake of Poseidon
5. Larks' Tongues in Aspic
6. Lizard
7. Islands

I've been meaning to get The Night Watch and The Great Deceiver for the longest time, but I never got the chance to, and didn't want to order. Earthbound is okay, so is Epitaph Vol. 3&4.

I probably never gave Lizard enough chances to shine, being one of the last albums I acquired, but it simply doesn't strike with me in the same way that some parts on other albums do.

Islands is, well, the only one that remains constant in being last place, and probably the one I heard the most thanks to being one of my father's favourites. The rest of them are prone to switches, but Starless was the third album of theirs I ever heard, and the first of the second era, thus being one I have more of a relationship to than others.

Wake is horribly underrated in my eyes. If I could, I'd just pretend that Wake and Court were a double album and rate that as the second constant, this time as first.

Edited by Trial and Error - February 10 2009 at 07:22

1. Larks Tongues in Apsic unquestionably. Everything on that is pure gold. Maybe it's my favorite album of all time.
2. Lizard. I love the jazziness of it. Once again, not a weak moment on the album but the good parts aren't as good.
3. Islands. I don't understand how this is rated so low. I like how mellowness bookends the album. The funkiness of Sailor's Tale, the sadness of The Letters along with the out-of-left-field in-your-face cacophony of sounds, and the pure fun of Ladies of the Road make this a wonderful album.

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.

#1 Red

#2 In the Wake of Poseidon

#3 Islands

#4 Larks Tongues in Aspic

#5 In the Court of the Crimson King

#6 Lizard

#7 Starless and Bible Black

Edited by valravennz - February 11 2009 at 02:15

"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence"
- Robert Fripp

In the court

Larks Tounges

Red

In the wake close 4th

Larks
Lizard
In The Court

First - RED. "Starless" is peerless - a piece of pure majesty.

Second - THE NIGHT WATCH. This is the full gig at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw that formed the basis of the "Starless and Bible Black" album, but "The Fright Watch - The Talking Drum - Larks' Tongues in Aspic" sequence is utterly rivetting.

Third - USA. An electrifying gig. DGM (King Crimson's label) issued the entire gig on a mail order only release - it isn't as good.

Honorary mentions - the Poseidon album (slightly better than ITCOTCK), particularly the title track, and "Sailor's Tale" on the "Islands" album.

With the exception of THRAK, most of KC's output from 1982 onwards should br given a final cigarette, put up against a wall, and very slowly shot!

I am one of only about 1,800 people in the world with an original M400 Mellotron!

mrcozdude wrote:

Larks
Lizard
In The Court

Yes.

All in all each man in all men

[Insert any configuration of KC albums save for Three of a Perfect Pair]

Edited by WalterDigsTunes - February 20 2009 at 14:36