Here we have "Islands" another King Crimson album with an almost completely different lineup than
the last one. So once again sounds nothing alike the last album. This one to me is more melody based
than jazzy/experimental. So it's a little more acsesable as well. Islands might be a good album to
pick up after you have ITCOTCK. It has what could have been a very big radio hit in "Ladies of the
Road". The album is very "pretty" sounding if you know what I mean. Very light, and easy to enjoy.
My favorite piece is the title track, with Formentera Lady close behind. The glory here is that each
track has something to bring to the table. The album would not be the same if it lost any of the
pieces which is nice. Islands is a great piece of music and is IMO the second most powerful album in
the early era of the band up until Larks.
Billy Pilgrim |4/5 |
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