LARKS' TONGUES IN ASPIC

Now I realize that many people think this album is a masterpiece of progressive music. Fripp, Buford, Wetton, Cross, Muir...how can it be anything less than awesome instrumentalists putting on a display of improv, rock, prog, whatever... Well, I can only give this 4 stars for my personal rating. I have tried many times with this album, but it just doesn't stand up to their 1st album, for me anyways. I think this album is just too soft in too many places for me. I get bored easily with Lark's Tongue Part I and find myself wishing it would get rolling faster. Book of Saturdays and Exiles are good Crimson but are also a bit short for me on interest. Easy Money is awesome but the rest of the album bores me a lot again. Too sophisticated for me, perhaps. Too eclectic for me, perhaps. However, because of who they are and because of the influence and sheer guts put into releasing this, I raise what would normally be a 3 star to a 4 star effort. Groundbreaking and influential, yes, but not really my cup of tea.