IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING

King Crimson

Eclectic Prog

4.64 | 4732 ratings

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I first heard this album just under a year ago & after I finished listening to it for the 1st time I thought it was the greatest thing i had ever heard.

Epitaph takes the crown as the best on te album, with its thunderous entrance wonderful lyrics & gentle but very effective picked minor guitar chords.

21st century schizoid Man is a rocking start, with an awsome guitar riff and changes throughout the whole track. It has a very strange guitar solo in it given by Robert Fripp.

I Talk To The Wind is a beutiful track which carries some of Greg Lake's finest ever vocals and soothing Jazz flute playing from Ian McDonald.

The title track is very powerful which is an example of band members supporting each others parts on their instruments with another.

Moonchild however is the weakest of the lot. It starts off fine brilliant words sung by Lake but it all becomes very tedious & boring when the symbol plinking goes on for far too long. The rest of the album however makes up for it.

This is an album that I urge you to hear if you have not already done so. It is one of the best albums ever made. A MUST HEAR!!!!!!!!!!!

| 5/5 | 2005-12-15

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