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 Post subject: 'King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King (#5373)'
PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:42 pm 
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King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
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I really really really need to start listening to King Crimson.


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I've always considered this album a type of mindfuck. It's an atmosphere builder. Don't know if I like it but it definitely takes you some where.


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Needs more saxophone.

But, an amazing album nonetheless. Would just be even more amazing with more saxophone.


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Love it!


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Classic! :dio:

Now "Red"! :cool:


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Great album, whether for it's mind boggling technicality or the way it effortlessly washes over you with waves of sonic bliss.
Nothing else to say really.


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My first and fav King Crimson...

"Cats foot iron claw
Neuro-surgeons scream for more
At paranoias poison door.
Twenty first century schizoid man."

classic. Nothing more to say.


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I like "In the Wake of Poseidon" better. But this album is a classic as well.


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Not really my thing, but definitely a good way to give some variety to the reviewed classics. I think another Napalm Death review would have probably started some sort of flame war :wink:


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I guess this is a classic since it's afaik the first prog rock album, but I could live without hearing "I Talk to the Wind" or "Moonchild" ever again, and later incarnations of the band made "21st Century Schizoid Man" even better. As far as studio albums go, Red and Discipline are way better than this, although when I want to listen to King Crimson I usually end up going for a live album.


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Awesome album. Even though I can understand how most people think Red and Lark Tongues In Aspic are better, you still gotta give this album props for wonderfully crafting the art of prog rock.
This was the album that got me into King Crimson, so it's pretty special to me (with the exception of Moonchild).


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You have a problem with Moonchild? :huh: It's a great song! :wub:


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The Annoying Frenchman wrote:
You have a problem with Moonchild? :huh: It's a great song! :wub:


I like Moonchild too, but I can certainly understand why casual listeners of prog might lose patience with it. It's not the sort of thing that's immediate for everyone.


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Thrashtildeth wrote:
The Annoying Frenchman wrote:
You have a problem with Moonchild? :huh: It's a great song! :wub:


I like Moonchild too, but I can certainly understand why casual listeners of prog might lose patience with it. It's not the sort of thing that's immediate for everyone.


The first few minutes are good, but after a while, the ambiance of the rest of the song gets kinda boring, considering it's a twelve minute song. I actually know people who say this is their favorite song on the album.


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At the time, there was very little going around as good as this album. That said it probably wouldn't make my top 1000. But it's still in the top 25%.

Good record, but very dated unless you confine yourself to that era exclusively for a while.

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Dated? Not in you top 1000?
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Adveser wrote:
At the time, there was very little going around as good as this album. That said it probably wouldn't make my top 1000. But it's still in the top 25%.

Good record, but very dated unless you confine yourself to that era exclusively for a while.


You haven't the slightest clue what you're talking about. This album is one of the albums that defined Prog Rock. It's so groundbreaking and so artful beyond mere language that it's sometimes hard to comprehend.

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I kinda want to see your top 1000 now, Adveser.


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All three James Gang albums with Joe Walsh are probably more fun to listen to though.

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