Is "In the court of the crimson king" over-rated?

After this poll & the one to see if there was a "generation" gap in regards to this album, I actually took the time today to listen to it again.
It was better than I remembered. But then I had burnt my original on to another CD when I anthologised my KC collection. In doing so, I edited Moonchild & cut it off at the 2 minute 23 second mark. Somehow that makes the album so much better. With that extra 7 minutes of meandering music, though, it's a 4 star.
But I do see how it came to be seen as year 1 in prog history. The Moody Blues may have been first, but they retained a major "pop" element in their music.

It doesn't have to be ultra-complex, but repeating the same melody again and again nearly 10minutes is reaaly too much        am i right that ITCOTCK is one of the least complex from the famous progalbums? I didn't listen to that many albums yet. I'm afraid of buying such repetitive/monotone stuff again. should i get close to the edge and relayer?