Top 7 King Crimson Albums |
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Psychedelic Paul
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If you have THE POWER TO BELIEVE, imagine sailing through treacherous seas IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON to a land far far away on one of the world's remote ISLANDS, where the RED-haired man reigns IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING. Out on deck on THE NIGHT WATCH under a STARLESS AND BIBLE BLACK sky, you marvel at THE CONSTRUCTION OF LIGHT in a thunder storm as you hear the THRAK of a lightning bolt in the distance. You play cards to pass the time on the long voyage, but lose again when you realise you can't BEAT a hand containing THREE OF A PERFECT PAIR. You don't have the DISCIPLINE to concentrate at cards against an opponent with eyes darting around like a LIZARD who sees everything, so you decide to BEAT a retreat down to the galley where the ship's cook serves up an exotic dish of LARKS TONGUES IN ASPIC, washed down with a glass of RED wine. You retire to your cabin and quickly drift off to sleep as the ship continues on its EARTHBOUND voyage.....
==================================== I don't think this has been done before, so here's your chance to name your Top 7 King Crimson albums in order of preference and then I'll assign the usual system of points to your listings:-1st album - 12 points 2nd album - 8 points 3rd album - 6 points 4th album - 4 points 5th album - 3 points 6th album - 2 points 7th album - 1 point Here's my Top 7 to get the poll underway:- 1. In the Court of the Crimson King (12 points) 2. In the Wake of Poseidon (8 points) 3. Red (6 points) 4. Islands (4 points) 5. Lizard (3 points) 6. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (2 points) 7. Starless & Bible Black (1 point) King Crimson's Albums 1969: In the Court of the Crimson King - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAR8hb_3eiT9intke4mlRxu 1970: In the Wake of Poseidon - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzACr6Ouh9_W0uCtYbp5O6gV 1973: Larks' Tongues in Aspic - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCSsnNBychNS2L6JKELTkdk 1974: Starless & Bible Black - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCQaxGZ9z1S0u6R7K6Cs3Z3 1981: Discipline - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDJlh0afIydQATzcTBArrQ3 1984: Three of a Perfect Pair - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzA6HojVMHdvAcO-26Sz23GZ 2000: The ConstruKction of Light - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB5zjlJSe71ykE-njnU4OfO 2003: The Power to Believe - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCI7RF31FXL6_GVqA_2n9pd 2015: Live in Japan - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBb6txPuOSDAc4QMnXVnJlh Edited by Psychedelic Paul - January 08 2021 at 07:57 |
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Sacro_Porgo
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Well I've only heard their first 7, lol, but here's my ranking.
1. Red 2. Islands 3. Larks' Tongues In Aspic 4. Lizard 5. In The Court Of The Crimson King 6. Starless And Bible Black 7. In The Wake Of Poseidon Islands and LTIA might switch...
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Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)
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Sean Trane
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hasn't this been already done?? 1- Lizard 2- Court 3 Aspic 4 Red 5 Poseidon space 6 Islands 7 tied: SABB & Discipline. 8 tied: Thrak & Believe
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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A Crimson Mellotron
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Finally, I've been waiting for you to make this one (Although it is a bit unexpected). Top 7 would be: 1. Larks' Tongues in Aspic 2. Lizard 3. In the Court of the Crimson King 4. The Power to Believe 5. Red 6. THRAK 7. In the Wake of Poseidon (8. Islands 9. Discipline 10. The ConstruKction of Light)
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1. Larks
2. Court 3. Red 4. Starless 5. Thrak 6. Lizard 7. Poseidon |
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Psychedelic Paul
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I had a feeling this had been done already too, but I've just been back through the last 15 pages of Top 10's & Lists and all I could find was Top 5 & Top 10 King Crimson songs.
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kenethlevine
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1) In the Court
2) In the Wake 3) Lizard 4) Islands 5) Larks Tongues 6) tie - Starless and Red That worked out quite nicely
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Frenetic Zetetic
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1. LTIA
2. Red 3. ITCotCK 4. Discipline 5. Lizard The rest rotates on any given day.
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"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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1. Red
2. The Power To Believe 3. Starless and Bible Black 4. Lizard 5. In The Wake Of Poseidon 6. Larks Tongues In Aspic 7. In The Court Of The Crimson King Edited by richardh - December 27 2020 at 00:16 |
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Psychedelic Paul
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The Top 7 following eight rounds of voting:-
1. In the Court of the Crimson King (56 points) 2. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (55 points) 3. Red (53 points) 4. Lizard (42 points) 5. In the Wake of Poseidon (25 points) 6. Islands (18 points) 7. Starless & Bible Black (15 points) 8. The Power to Believe (12 points)
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Lewian
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1 Discipline 2 Red 3 Beat 4 Lizard 5 Three Of A Perfect Pair 6 In the Court 7 LTIA
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Psychedelic Paul
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Top 7 update with Lewian's votes added:-
1. Red (61 points) 2. In the Court of the Crimson King (58 points) 3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (56 points) 4. Lizard (46 points) 5. In the Wake of Poseidon (25 points) 6. Islands (18 points) 7. Discipline (16 points) 8. Starless & Bible Black (15 points) 9. The Power to Believe (12 points) Edited by Psychedelic Paul - December 27 2020 at 11:51 |
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Gentle and Giant
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1. In The Court Of The Crimson King 2. Red3. Larks Tongues In Aspic 4. Lizard 5. Three of a Perfect Pair 6. Discipline 7. THRAK |
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Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen
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1. Red
2. In the Court of the Crimson King 3. The Power to Believe 4. Larks Tongues in Aspic 5. Discipline 6. Lizard 7. Islands |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Top 7 update with Gentle & Giant's votes added:-
1. In the Court of the Crimson King (70 points) 2. Red (69 points) 3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (62 points) 4. Lizard (50 points) 5. In the Wake of Poseidon (25 points) 6. Islands (18 points) 6. Discipline (18 points) 8. Starless & Bible Black (15 points) 9. The Power to Believe (12 points) Edited by Psychedelic Paul - December 27 2020 at 12:37 |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Top 7 update with Enrico's votes added:-
1. Red (81 points) 2. In the Court of the Crimson King (78 points) 3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (66 points) 4. Lizard (52 points) 5. In the Wake of Poseidon (25 points) 6. Discipline (21 points) 7. Islands (19 points) 8. The Power to Believe (18 points) 9. Starless & Bible Black (15 points) Edited by Psychedelic Paul - December 27 2020 at 12:42 |
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Mirakaze
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This is bound to change within a week probably but: 1. Red 2. Starless And Bible Black 3. Larks' Tongues In Aspic 4. Discipline 5. In The Court Of The Crimson King 6. In The Wake Of Poseidon 7. The Power To Believe
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Psychedelic Paul
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^ I'd better add your votes on now then, in case they change later.
1. Red (93 points) 2. In the Court of the Crimson King (81 points) 3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (72 points) 4. Lizard (52 points) 5. In the Wake of Poseidon (27 points) 6. Discipline (25 points) 7. Starless & Bible Black (23 points) 8. Islands (19 points) 8. The Power to Believe (19 points) |
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I can't do this as there are 13 albums and all of them are tied for 1st place and there are only 7 positions on this poll, though I would admit that both Red and Thrak have a slight edge as they are 6 star albums (perfect in other words) in my opinion while the rest have 5 stars in my own personal rating system).
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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I'm not very familiar with the later ones so I can only do the earlier ones(including 80's albums):
1. Larks Tongues in Aspic 2. In the wake of Poseidon 3. In the court of the crimson king 4. Red 5. Starless and bible black 6. Lizard 7. Discipline Unofficial since only 7 count: 8. Three of a perfect pair 9. Islands 10. Beat
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