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    Posted: October 21 2005 at 20:59
Is Lizard by King Crimson any good?(I'm thinking about buying it)
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The song Lizard itself is amazing, it features Jon Anderson singing, and has some great jazzy parts.
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I meant the album.

 
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Hey man,

I bought Lizard about a month ago, and instantly liked it the first time I listened to it.  I listened to it every day for about three weeks, it's defenitely my favorite KC release.  It's one of their jazziest albums and some argue that it's harder to get into than other KC albums.  I honestly think it's one of their smoothest efforts, every song on the album transitions into each other very easily, and there's pretty much something fun to listen to in every part of the album, it doesn't stray into really ambient parts and it's doesn't stray into really hard rocking parts.  It's very well balanced.  It also has the unique vocals of Gordon Haskell, whom you won't hear on any other KC album (or any prog album) other than "Cadence and Cascade" from In the Wake of Poseidon.

Hope this helps :^)

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Thanks! Sounds great
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Lizard is excellent. It epitomizes a perfect fusion of jazz and prog rock into one cohesive whole that, frankly, is difficult to beat even by pros of the art like VdGG. I'm really quite fond of the album, and I'd rank as worse than Red and LTIA, but better than than Discipline and tied with ITCOTCK.

In other words, Lizard f**king owns.

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Yeah, I agree with Saviorts for the most part, it's def 'jazzy' but not overly. It really wasn't that hard to get into, but I can see how it could take some people a little time...anyways, it's a good album for a Crimson fan, not a masterpiece in my mind, I'd give it 4 stars, 'An excellent addition to any prog music collection'  If you're just getting into King Crimson you should get (imo) 'In the court' first.
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Very jazzy eh?  I like the sound of that.  I've already heard the song Cirkus, that song sounded pretty good.  I suppose I'll really have look into buying it.
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Points: 2383 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2005 at 12:14
Well if you like prog rock at all, you'll probably love it.
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Lizard is an excellent album and unlike any other KC album! Brilliant, I love it, wonderful etc....
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Yes, you should by it, very excellent indeed
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Try this thread, some interesting comments here!

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10658& amp;KW=Lizard
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I think it's a bit weird album. "Circus" is a wonderful song, but otherwise I found the music on it a bit irritating.  I found both "Indoor Games" and "Happy Family" as very terrible songs (riiping his pants in anguish).

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My favourite lyrics on the album are the lyrics to "Happy Family", a sarcastic song about the Beatles (Jonah=John, Judas=Paul, Silas=George, Rufus=Ringo). The Beatles also appear on the cover of the album (all songs are illustrated on the cover, by the way), with Yoko Ono appearing as ghost out of a bottle John is holding.


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mmm never realized that that thing that comes out of the bottle was Yoko...

Lizard is in my eyes one of the very best albums King Crimson has ever done. Its one of thouse album wich really work as a unit instead of different songs. All say that its very jazzy (well in fact it is) but for me its more theatrical, operistic and very Europe between the XVIII and beginings of the XX century, where there were still a lot of princes (Lizard´s price Rupert) and where the circus was the main event to go to for having some laughts and fun. This idea of mine has also much to do with the cover.

In my personal rank its number 3, after ITCOTCK and Larks!
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Lizard is just great... Good selection by the way... If you haven't got it and you've heard In The Court of The Crimson King... Then you'll like it...
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Lizard is very good, though it's not perfect. A couple of songs have a jazzy fell to them. If you liked In The Wake of Poseidon then you'll like Lizard too
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Points: 7341 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2005 at 18:57
I was thinking about getting it also.
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I've purchased it a few days ago...
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You may also check on:

  • Red
  • Larks' Tongues in Aspic
  • Discipline
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