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Posted: August 25 2005 at 13:17 |
These three albums by King Crimson are considered "essential: a masterpiece of progressive music" in the archives and are also the most popular albums by King Crimson. Which is their closest in perfection and importance?
They are all not perfect, but the weak points are overshadowed by those geniously moments, which are very dominant on all of these three prog classics.
For me it's and always will be the birth of symphonic prog: In The Court Of The Crimson King - Long live the king!
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Damen
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Posted: August 25 2005 at 13:30 |
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In The Court of the Crimson King started everything, even though Larks' was more proggish, ITCOTCK will always hold a place in my heart.
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Scrambled_Eggs
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Posted: August 25 2005 at 13:50 |
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In the Court of the Crimson King. Truly their masterpiece.
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Posted: August 25 2005 at 13:52 |
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Posted: August 25 2005 at 14:05 |
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Posted: August 25 2005 at 14:10 |
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I would say ITCOTCK...though they are all fantastic.
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Posted: August 25 2005 at 14:30 |
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None of the above; "Lizard" is the best.
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Posted: August 25 2005 at 16:34 |
Red is a stunning record. To me it epitomises KC best. The changing styles on the record, from full-on prog rock to the jazzier elements. an immense record. And it features Bruford! 
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The Miracle
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Posted: August 25 2005 at 16:42 |
ITCOTCK for me
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: August 25 2005 at 17:26 |
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ITCOTCK or Red
both are wonderful
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Posted: August 25 2005 at 19:18 |
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'RED' was the only very good album. King Crimson never released any masterpieces IMHO!
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Posted: August 25 2005 at 19:26 |
In my opinion, not a single King Crimson is a masterpiece, but ITCOTCK is definitely the best King Crimson album.
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Posted: August 26 2005 at 03:26 |
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Red...
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Posted: August 26 2005 at 03:35 |
ISLANDS, ISLANDS, ISLANDS, ISLANDS, ISLANDS
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Posted: August 27 2005 at 02:00 |
In The Court Of The Crimson King turned them into prog legends.
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"Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day"
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Posted: September 19 2005 at 08:21 |
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Still alive...
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Posted: September 19 2005 at 11:16 |
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Posted: September 19 2005 at 12:25 |
 BaldJean wrote:
None of the above; "Lizard" is the best.
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And Starless and Bible BLack for me
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lunaticviolist
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Posted: September 19 2005 at 18:07 |
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I can't vote because I haven't heard Larks yet!!!!!!!!! I'm saving up my money. But Red is better than ITCOTCK for sure.
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My recent purchases:
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Posted: September 20 2005 at 04:57 |
red........................................
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