IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING

Precisely a surreal phenomenon in the end of the 60s...The Court Of The Crimson King is definitely a wind of change in the world of Music,This Primordial Prog has already attained attributes that were not Primordial after all...

21st Century Schizoid Man is a perfect example...Starting from the sound of train locomotive in the background where suddenly a BANG was PINNED to your senses in the early duration, thus forcing us to plunge and also dragging us to a scene of sheer Power and sound far ahead of its' time,a demonstration of extremity the musical instruments could bring...as if we're having sonicbooms delivered straight to our eyes,but leaves our ears addicted to it nevertheless.And Yes,none could forget Grandpa Fripp's screeching solo here... This adds to Layers of sounds that is hard to decipher,yet each layers played in every sectors inside our ear,Resonating and Dissonating at the same time,delivering subliminal and addictive pleasure that locks itself on your memory.A Highly Suggestive,powerful track that was like Big Bang,blasting mass of enormous energy that gave birth to our beloved genre Progressive Rock.

I Talk To The Wind is a very special track i'd consider.Among all the tracks,this delivers a charming set of combination,both the melody and the vocals were great,perfectly fusing into a soft song that would make your nerves relax.This is a brilliant song which i truly acknowledge as a work of geniuses.

Epitaph-Ah,the engine of sadness and emotional drowning.Sadness,Pain,even the drums here suggests ourselves a feeling of our ends.Mortality.This song brilliantly conveys that particular issue,making it a contemplation song that would carry our heart through an endless tunnel of thinking,where even the slightest concern of our ends could also appear there in this eternal journey that was compressed in only eight minutes...

Moonchild-Alas,readers.Forgive these lines below if you considered it an insult,but this song should be cut to only two minutes.Why don't they create two or three songs for the remaining ten minutes? A Subject beyond debate or whether this is due to the genius of Grandpa Fripp himself that probably could evoke a "vision" or something the older,pro reviewers here were talking about.The cause of the statement was the ten minutes of void,weird sounds without any hint or guide to comprehension... Well,it is very subjective for people to judge this part,and subjugations were everybody's right...

But Logically,i'd call it a waste of time.Creating two or three good songs for the ten minutes would make this album scratchless,and beyond any other comparison in progressive rock.And none would give this album a One Star...This was the song that i really loved in the first two minutes,and ironically the song that i deeply regretted to exist. This is a double edged sword for KC's first album.

In The Court-This song was strategically put in the end,to open all of the senses to the majestic display of skill and ambience crafting KC has. Being repetitive is a point,but being powerful answered your need for a quality track. ITC significantly builds the atmosphere over minutes,with the mellotron and the repetition being the key.

Overall,The First KC album could have done so much better without this flaw in the fourth track moonchild,but didn't my description described the creativity,power and influence it brought? And let the relativity of taste be justice in enjoying prog,fellow prog fans....