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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 08 2015 at 22:54
ITKOTCK- Schizoid Man
In the Wake of Poseidon- Pictures of a City
Lizard- Lizard
Islands- Sailor's Tale
Larks Tongues in Aspic- Larks Tongues in Aspic Part 1
Starless and Bible Black- Fracture
Red- Starless
Discipline- Indiscipline
Beat- Neal and Jack and Me
Three of a Perfect Pair- Larks Tongues in Aspic Part 3
Thrak- Thrak
Construkction of Light- Fractured
Power to Believe- Level Five
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 09 2015 at 17:50
Schizoid, Pictures, Lizard, Saturday, Red, Nightwatchman, Discipline, Frame.
I haven't got Islands or Beat yet and stopped collecting at the mid 80s
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 07 2015 at 09:09
ITCOTCK - 21st century schizoid man
In the wake of Poseidon - Devil's triangle
Lizard  - Lizard
Islands - Islands
Larks' tongues in aspic - Larks tongues in aspic
SABB - Fracture
Red - Starless
Discipline - Sheltering sky
Beat - Sartori in tangier
Three of a perfect pair - Three of a perfect pair
Thrak - VROOOM VROOOM
The Construkction of light- Larks part 4
The power to believe - Level five


Edited by Larkstongue41 - December 14 2016 at 13:38
"Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar."
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2015 at 07:14
In the Court... - Epitaph
In the Wake... - In the Wake...
Lizard - Cirkus
Islands - The Sailors Tale
Larks Tongues - Exiles
Starless & BB - Toss-up between Trio and Fracture
Red - Starless. IMO the best track by ANYONE of all time
 
I'll pass on "Discipline" and afterwards, cos there's no comparison, though I do like "VROOOM VROOOM" off the "THRAK" album - very remeniscent of "Red" on "Red".
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2015 at 07:43
In the Court: 21st Century Schizoid Man
In the Wake: Peace, a Beginning+Pictures of a City (They're a unit for me)
Lizard: Cirkus
Islands: The Letters
Larks' Tongues in Aspic: Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part 1
Starless and Bible Black: The Great Deceiver
Red: Starless
Discipline: Frame by Frame

I don't know Beat and Three of a Perfect Pair.

Thrak, The Construkction of Light and The Power to Believe are all great. But I can't remember the names of the songs at the moment.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 16 2015 at 04:00
In the Court of the Crimson King - s/t
In the Wake of Poseidon - The Devil's Triangle
Lizard - Cirkus
Islands - Formentera Lady
Larks' Tongues in Aspic - s/t part II
Starless and Bible Black - The Night Watch
Red - Starless
Discipline - The Sheltering Sky
 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 16 2015 at 04:48
Originally posted by Terakonin Terakonin wrote:

In The Court Of The Crimson King - The Court Of The Crimson King
In The Wake Of Poseidon - Cat Food/Cadence And Cascade
Lizard - Cirkus
None of Islands is memorable to me.
Lark's Tongues In Aspic- Easy Money
Starless And Bible Black - Great Deciever
Red - Starless, honourable mention to Fallen Angel, though even then Starless is the obvious choice for me.
Discipline - Matte Kudasai, hard to choose though.
Beat - Waiting Man/Heartbeat
Three Of A Perfect Pair - Three Of A Perfect Pair
THRAK - Dinosaur
Haven't heard all of The ConstruKction Of Light
The Power To Believe: Eyes Wide Open
 
Have to change these.
 
In The Court Of The Crimson King - Epitaph
In The Wake Of Poseidon - Cadence And Cascade
Lizard - Cirkus
None of Islands is memorable to me.
Lark's Tongues In Aspic- Easy Money
Starless And Bible Black - Great Deciever
Red - Starless
Discipline - Matte Kudasai
Beat - Heartbeat
Three Of A Perfect Pair - Three Of A Perfect Pair
THRAK - Walking On Air
Haven't heard all of The ConstruKction Of Light
The Power To Believe - Level Five
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2015 at 14:39
classic era...
In the Court of the Crimson King - I Talk to the Wind
In the Wake of Poseidon - Cadence and Cascade
Lizard - Lizard
Islands - Ladies of the Road
Larks' Tongues In Aspic - Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Pt. 2
Starless and Bible Black - The Great Deceiver
Red - Starless
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2015 at 23:35
Tried but couldn't do it....like choosing the favorite grain of sand on Paradise Beach. 
I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2015 at 04:42
21st Century
Pictures of a City
Cirkus
Formentera Lady
Talking Drum
Great Deceiver
Starless
Discipline
Neurotica
Nuages
People
The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum
Dangerous Curves
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2015 at 06:08

ITCOTCK - Epitath
In the wake of Poseidon - Pictures of a city
Lizard  - Lizard - Battle of the Glass Tear
Islands - Prelude:song of the gulls
Larks' tongues in aspic - Exiles
SABB - Fracture
Red - Starless

Discipline - Thela Jun Ginjeet
Beat - Sartori in tangier
Three of a perfect pair - Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part III
VROOM - Sex sleep eat drink dream
Thrak - Dinosaur
TCOL:
FraKctured
The power to believe - Eyes Wide Open or TPTB 2
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2015 at 10:01
I chose more than one track for a few, because too hard to decide
ITCOTCK - title track/Epitaph
In the Wake of Poseidon - title track/Cadence and Cascade
Lizard - Cirkus/Prince Rupert Awakes
Islands - title track/Prelude-song of the gulls
Larks Tongues - Exiles
Starless and Bible Black - The Night Watch
Red - Starless

that's it that's all
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 24 2015 at 16:15
This is a tough one because KC is at the top of my list of best bands, but I will try...

ITCOTCK - 20th Century Schizoid Man
In the Wake of Poseidon - Cat Food/Groon (bonus track b-side), Devil's Triangle
Lizard - Lizard
Islands - Sailor's Tale/Prelude: Song of the Gulls
LTIA - Both pt. 1 and 2 of the title track/Talking Drum
Starless and Bible Black - Fracture
Red - Starless/Red
Discipline - Matte Kudasai/Discipline
Beat - Neal and Jack and Me/Requiem
Three of a Perfect Pair - title track/Industry/LTIA pt 3
Thrak - Everything on it...love this album
Constrkction of Light - LTIA pt 4/The World is My Oyster Soup Kitchen Wax Floor Museum/Into the Frying Pan
The Power to Believe - Level Five/Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With

This was as hard as I expected....and I just couldn't pick a favorite off of Thrak.  I know I'm the odd one out here but I love that album, but Red still remains my favorite album of all because it's so hard to beat a perfect masterpiece like "Starless"....simply amazing.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 27 2015 at 01:02
Originally posted by Kazza3 Kazza3 wrote:

Maybe:

Epitaph
In The Wake Of Poseidon
Lizard
Islands
Exiles
Fracture
Starless
Frame by Frame
Requiem
Three of a Perfect Pair
THRAK
The Construkction of Light
Elektrik

A lot of title tracks apparently.


Great ones!  Especially 'Epitaph,' 'Frame by Frame,' and 'Requiem'...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 27 2015 at 19:24
Tough calls here:

21st Centruy...
Pictures Of A City
Lizard
Islands
Larks' Tongues... (Part 1 if I have to specify)
Fracture
Starless
Indiscipline
Nuerotica
Industry
B'Boom/Thrak (yes I'm cheating...)
The ConstuKction Of Light (Part 1 if I have to specify)
The Power To Believe (Part 2 if I have to specify)
Dig me...But don't...Bury me
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 28 2015 at 18:37
Here's my list:

In The Court Of The Crimson King - In The Court Of The Crimson King
In The Wake Of Poseidon - In The Wake Of Poseidon
Lizard - Happy Family
Islands - Ladies Of The Road
Lark's Tongues In Aspic- Easy Money
Starless And Bible Black - The Night Watch
Red - Starless
Discipline - Thela Hun Ginjeet
Beat - Heartbeat
Three Of A Perfect Pair - Sleepless
THRAK - Walking On Air
The ConstruKction Of Light - no idea. Sad to say but I haven't heard this one ...
The Power To Believe - Facts Of Life

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 28 2015 at 19:42
In the Court of the Crimson King : The Court of the Crimson King
In the Wake of Poseidon : In the Wake of Poseidon
Lizard : Cirkus
Islands : Formentera Lady
Larks' Tongues in Aspic : Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part 1
Starless and Bible Black : Fracture
Red : Red
Discipline : The Sheltering Sky
Beat : Waiting Man
Three of a Perfect Pair : Sleepless
THRAK : One Time/VROOOM VROOOM
The ConstruKction of Light : The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum
The Power to Believe : Elektrik

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 01 2016 at 00:25
Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp - Erudite Eyes

ITCOTCK - ITCOTCK
In the Wake of Poseidon - Cat Food (Pictures of a City is a superior track but I like Cat Food more)
Lizard - Bolero

Islands - Sailor's Tale
Earthbound - Groon
Ladies of the Road (live album) - Groon

Larks' Tongues in Aspic - LTIA Pt1
SABB - Fracture
Red - Starless
USA - Asbury Park

Discipline - Discipline
Beat - Neurotica
Three of a Perfect Pair - TOAPP
Absent Lovers (live) - LTIA Pt III

Thrak - Dinosaur
ThrakAttack - Deception of the Thrush
ConstuKction of Light - ConstuKction of Light
The Power to Believe - TPTB Pt II
EleKtrik: Live in Japan - LTIA Pt IV / Coda

Overall favourites overall are: ITCOTCK, Epitaph, I Talk to the Wind, Bolero, Groon, Cat Food, LTIA Pt1, Exiles, Easy Money, Starless, Discipline, Thela Hun Ginjeet, Frame by Frame, Dinosaur.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 01 2016 at 04:46
Epitath
Cat Food
Lizard (Circus & Happy Family are close seconds)
Song To A Gull
Groon (from Earthbound)
Exiles
Fracture
Starless
Asbury Park (from USA)
 
 
From the 80's onwards, it gets more complicated to choose a favourite track, because there are no clear stand-out
Thela Jun
Sartori In Tangier
Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part III
Dinosaur
FraKctured
Eyes Wide Open
 
 
 
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