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Thrak vs Construction Of Light vs Power To Believe

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    Posted: July 20 2019 at 18:21
For me, the power to believe is the winner far and away. A truly heavy album and my 3rd favorite crimson album after court and red
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Thrak is the winner for me.  One of my favorite KC albums, yet unfortunately not very well like by most, but probably one of their most influential albums.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Man With Hat Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2019 at 18:51
TPTB
TCOL
Thrak 
Dig me...But don't...Bury me
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dougmcauliffe Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2019 at 19:01
Originally posted by TCat TCat wrote:


Thrak is the winner for me.  One of my favorite KC albums, yet unfortunately not very well like by most, but probably one of their most influential albums.


I’m a big fan as well
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote AFlowerKingCrimson Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2019 at 19:57
Unfortunately I'm not very familiar with these. I never even owned thrak believe it or not. 
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PtB is a modern masterpiece.

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The Power to Believe.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote King of Loss Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2019 at 23:23
The Power to Believe! The other two are ok I guess, but not at the same level as The Power to Believe.
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I dislike all three equally so much; no dice.

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Thrak
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The Power To Believe is IMO more than a level up comparing those two others. So it gets my vote without a slight hesitation. It's great record on par with some of KC 70's works.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote AFlowerKingCrimson Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2019 at 09:42
I really need to get TPTB again. I remember thinking the first track on it sounded like the previous album and what they had already done but the rest of it was really good.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Chaser Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2019 at 10:05
The Power to Believe from these three, but probably my least favourite KC albums and also my least played.

ConstruKtion of Light I just couldn't get into and THRAK gives me a pounding headache
Songs cast a light on you
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Vompatti Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2019 at 10:14
The Construkction of Light is up there with the classics for me.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote AFlowerKingCrimson Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2019 at 10:25
^ Not for me. I only had that album briefly. For one thing some of the lyrics rubbed me the wrong way(I'm not going to get into that here though). I will probably get it again at some point just to have it in my collection though.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote questionsneverknown Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2019 at 11:36
The Power to Believe is a stunner.
All three are tremendous albums, really. With the new Heaven + Earth box in the house, I've got this period on fairly constant rotation these days. Loved Thrak and PtB when they both came out, but I'm only now really starting to truly appreciate CoL (or ReCoL) now.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Lewian Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2019 at 17:02
Thrak is great. I have some more problems with the other two. Need to be in the mood, but anyway, they come across as somewhat cold to me.
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Thrak for me...
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Blacksword Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 22 2019 at 06:17
I like Thrak and Power to Believe equally, but I'll give Thrak the vote, as it needs them!

Construktion of Light never done much for me.
Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Sean Trane Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 22 2019 at 07:28
Thrak is a throwback to the Wetton-era Crimson and owes much to LTIA
TCOL is more akin to the 80's Crimson, which was never my thing
 
TPTB, despite the small title tracks evoking Poseidon's Peace themes, is probably a return to Burell/Wallace era.


Edited by Sean Trane - July 22 2019 at 07:28
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