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Construction of Light (King Crimson) |
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Ghost Whistler 
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 Topic: Construction of Light (King Crimson)Posted: August 31 2019 at 09:57 |
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Is it really that bad?
Edited by Ghost Whistler - August 31 2019 at 10:09 |
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Rednight
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Posted: August 31 2019 at 11:09 |
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"Like a Russian novel - hard to read." - Tim McCarver
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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Ghost Whistler
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Posted: August 31 2019 at 12:25 |
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That describes every prog album ever!
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dougmcauliffe
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Posted: August 31 2019 at 12:55 |
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The instrumental based tracks are awesome. Those being Construction of light and Fraktured and to a lesser degree Larks part 4. But holy f**k the rest of it is a headache.
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Howard the Duck
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Posted: August 31 2019 at 15:08 |
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I really dislike FraKctured compared to Fracture.
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MacGyver can do a super guitar solo with a broom and an elastic band. Can you do better?
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questionsneverknown
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Posted: August 31 2019 at 17:25 |
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No. No it's not.
It's really quite good. Of that period, Power to Believe and Thrak are probably stronger, but it's still a belter. With ReconstruKction of Light now out, the drums do sound much better, as does the whole thing.
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The damage that we do just goes on and on and on but not long enough. --Robyn Hitchcock |
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Posted: August 31 2019 at 21:39 |
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I enjoyed it. It's got a nice atmosphere, but they do have better albums (specially considering The Power to Believe, from the same line-up). I particularly remember and like Larks part 4 (with it's coda).
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Posted: September 01 2019 at 08:01 |
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So the Reconstrucktion version is muckh better?
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Posted: September 01 2019 at 10:04 |
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Always liked it...all of it.
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Posted: September 01 2019 at 10:05 |
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It's my favourite of their post-70s albums.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: September 03 2019 at 22:18 |
I think it's definitely better than Thrak. Even though both FraKctured & Larks' Four harken back to the past, both really cook.
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I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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Posted: September 03 2019 at 22:21 |
It much more normal sounding. The purely electronic drums gave it a very cold, robotic feel (which was definitely a part of it's whole package). The new version gives it a bit more human touch, for better or worse. Does anyone know if the original is still available now that the new version is being made?
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Posted: September 04 2019 at 15:27 |
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I like Thrak
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Posted: September 04 2019 at 18:05 |
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I prefer Thrak.
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