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    Posted: October 21 2014 at 07:46
Just wondering which you prefer. Both are respectively the band's most experimental album (in my opinion), and they're very closely rated. For me, LTIA is a masterpiece, but Pawn Hearts is just on another level.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 08:23
Larks Tongue.........
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 08:26
A close call. Both albums are good, but somewhat overrated. Imho these belong somewhere in the middle of the 3.5-4 star range.

I give my vote to Pawn Hearts because this album has one outstanding track: Man-erg.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 08:34
Tough call indeed, but I'll have to give it to Crimson. 
Both are very unique sounding albums though. Barking mad in each their own way....but always interesting and, in some instances, pioneering a certain frivolous and disjointed soul of rock music.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 08:40
Larks by miles for me
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 08:54
Larks Tongues............I do like VDGG but this is KC we are talking about.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 09:42
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 09:47
I dig both bands, especially right at the time of both records.....but I have to go with Crimso.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 09:50
Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

Larks Tongue.........

Yes indeed.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 09:51
Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Larks Tongues............I do like VDGG but this is KC we are talking about.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 10:03
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 10:15
Neither, so no vote.

Two of my least favourite prog bands, I'm afraid.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 10:26
Can't decide. Both are quite impressive, though.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 10:39
 KC. I like VDGG but KC better than VDGG (IMO).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 11:11

"LTiA."

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 11:22
LTIA by a slim margin.

I love Lemmings and Man ERG from Pawn Hearts but never really got into Plague.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 11:32
Pawn Hearts by a massive margin.

A top 10 fav album - up against a band that I've just never got!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 11:43
Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Neither, so no vote.

Two of my least favourite prog bands, I'm afraid.
 
Really...? So just curious....who are two of your most favorite prog bands?
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 11:57
Larks Tongues..
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2014 at 12:11
Lark's Tongues was a masterpiece of intent more than realization: I never felt the actual recorded album did justice to the radical departure of the music itself, as heard in Crimson's live performances from the era.
 
Pawn Hearts seems to me even now a more uncompromising musical statement: Hammill and company didn't pull their punches in the studio the way Fripp and Crimson did.
 
On stage I would go with the Crimson King every time, all the time. But when comparing the albums I'll usually reach for Pawn Hearts...at least today. Ask me again tomorrow and the answer might be different...
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