Top 10 King Crimson Songs

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1. Indiscipline ( Absent Lovers live album ) Both Levin & Bruford at their absolute best.2. Epitaph ( ITCOTCK ) 
3. Starless ( The Great Deceiver live album; Disc 3 ) Is Bruford a god or what? Fripp's fantastic here too.
4. Asbury Park ( Collectable King Crimson live album; Disc 2 ) I'll take this one over USA any day.
5. The Sheltering Sky ( Discipline ) 
6. The Devil's Triangle/Peace-An End ( ITWOP ) 
7. Formentera Lady/Sailor's Tale ( Islands )
8. The Golden Walnut ( The Great Deceiver live album; Disc 4 ) 
9. 21st Century Schizoid Man ( ITCOTCK ) 
10. The Night Watch ( S&BB )

Since it's already given so much thought, I'll add my 20 as well.  :)

11. Lizard ( Lizard )
12. Exiles ( The Great Deceiver live album; Disc 1 )
13. Industry ( Absent Lovers live album )
14. In The Wake Of Poseidon ( ITWOP ) 
15. The Court of The Crimson King (ITCOTCK )
16. Fallen Angel ( Red )
17. Easy Money ( Collectable King Crimson live album; Disc 2 )
18. One More Red Nightmare ( Red )
19. Waiting Man ( Absent Lovers live album )
20. Cirkus ( Lizard )

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TealFoxes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 25 2008 Location: Ohio Status: Offline Points: 152	Topic: Top 10 King Crimson Songs Posted: July 02 2009 at 15:46
	1. Indiscipline ( Absent Lovers live album ) Both Levin & Bruford at their absolute best. 2. Epitaph ( ITCOTCK ) 3. Starless ( The Great Deceiver live album; Disc 3 ) Is Bruford a god or what? Fripp's fantastic here too. 4. Asbury Park ( Collectable King Crimson live album; Disc 2 ) I'll take this one over USA any day. 5. The Sheltering Sky ( Discipline ) 6. The Devil's Triangle/Peace-An End ( ITWOP ) 7. Formentera Lady/Sailor's Tale ( Islands ) 8. The Golden Walnut ( The Great Deceiver live album; Disc 4 ) 9. 21st Century Schizoid Man ( ITCOTCK ) 10. The Night Watch ( S&BB ) Since it's already given so much thought, I'll add my 20 as well. :) 11. Lizard ( Lizard ) 12. Exiles ( The Great Deceiver live album; Disc 1 ) 13. Industry ( Absent Lovers live album ) 14. In The Wake Of Poseidon ( ITWOP ) 15. The Court of The Crimson King (ITCOTCK ) 16. Fallen Angel ( Red ) 17. Easy Money ( Collectable King Crimson live album; Disc 2 ) 18. One More Red Nightmare ( Red ) 19. Waiting Man ( Absent Lovers live album ) 20. Cirkus ( Lizard )

Abstrakt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 18 2005 Location: Soundgarden Status: Offline Points: 18292	Posted: July 02 2009 at 15:49
	21st Century Scizoid Man I Talk to the Wind In the Court of the Crimson King Cat Food Ladies of the Road Larks Tongues in Aspic II Easy Money Starless The Construcktion of Light ElektriK Havn't heard "Starless and Bible Black"

The Quiet One Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: January 16 2008 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 15745	Posted: July 02 2009 at 15:53
	#1-6 Islands (the album) #7-11 Lizard (the album) #12 Pictures of a City #13 Lament #14 One More Red Nightmare #15 Easy Money #16 Cat Food #17 Book of Saturday #18 Fallen Angel #19 The Great Deceiver #20 21st Century Shizoid Man

tszirmay Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: August 17 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 6673	Posted: July 02 2009 at 15:55
	Epitath Starless In the Court... Sailor's Tale Larks II Fracture Trio I Talk to the Wind In the Wake.. Walking on Air
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Epignosis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32477	Posted: July 02 2009 at 15:58
	Sounds fun...(although by definition, songs have lyrics )...I'll go with these: 1. Red 2. The Court of the Crimson King 3. Matte Kudasai 4. Exiles 5. Cadence and Cascade 6. Book of Saturdays 7. Eyes Wide Open 8. Elektrik 9. Fallen Angel 10. In the Wake of Poseidon Edited by Epignosis - July 02 2009 at 16:00
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Vompatti Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: October 22 2005 Location: elsewhere Status: Offline Points: 67381	Posted: July 02 2009 at 16:02
	1. Starless 2. Exiles 3. Fracture 4. Red 5. In the Wake of Poseidon 6. Epitaph 7. Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part II 8. The ConstruKction of Light 9. The Letters 10. Lament

Noak Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 04 2009 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 544	Posted: July 02 2009 at 16:07
	One More Red Nightmare Cadence and Cascade The Court of the Crimson King Epitaph Larks Tounges in Aspic II Cat Food Elephant Talk Easy Money Sailor's Tale Red

prog4evr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 22 2005 Location: Wuhan, China Status: Offline Points: 1455	Posted: July 02 2009 at 20:42
	Not sure whether it should be #1 or #10, but somewhere on somebody's list should be "Requiem" from Beat...

LandofLein Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 02 2009 Location: Temecula, CA Status: Offline Points: 214	Posted: July 02 2009 at 21:06
	Lizard In the Court of the Crimson King 21st Century Schizoid Man Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part 2 I Talk to the Wind The Great Deceiver The Night Watch Lady of the Dancing Water Epitaph One More Red Nightmare I'm a big fan of the 70's

ghost_of_morphy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: March 08 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2755	Posted: July 03 2009 at 02:54
	Let's see..... 1. Starless 2. Indiscipline 3. LTA I 4. One More Red Nightmare 5. Matte Kudasai 6. 21st Century Schizoid Man 7. Islands 8. Vroom 9. Peace -- An End 10. Model Man Honorable mentions (in no order) go to Fallen Angel, I Talk to the Wind, LTA II, Book of Saturday, Cadence and Cascade, Eyes Wide Open, Sleepless, Three of a Perfect Pair and Lady of the Dancing Water. Edited by ghost_of_morphy - July 03 2009 at 03:02


The Sleepwalker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 03 2009 Location: The Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 15141	Posted: July 03 2009 at 06:22
	1: Easy Money (The Great Deceiver Disc 4) 2: Exiles (the Great Deceiver Disc 3) 3: Starless (The Great Deceiver Disc 3) 4: Epitaph (ITCOTCK) 5: Fracture (Starless & Bible Black) 6: Fallen Angel (Red) 7: 21st Century Schizoid Man (ITCOTCK) 8: A Man, A City (Epitaph Disc 2) 9: Cirkus (Lizard) 10: Lament (Starless And Bible Black)

lazland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 28 2008 Location: Wales Status: Offline Points: 13243	Posted: July 03 2009 at 13:40
	Not easy, but: 1. Starless 2. Epitaph 3. Red 4. Dinosaur 5. Easy Money 6. The Great Deceiver 7. 21st Century Schizoid Man 8. In the Court of the Crimson King 9. Three of a Perfect Pair 10. Cirkus
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Stooge Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 09 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Status: Offline Points: 1003	Posted: July 03 2009 at 16:03
	This is a really tough choice for me, I'll limit this to no more than 2 tracks per album (no particular order): LTIA part 2 Exiles Matte Kudasai Fallen Angel The Great Deceiver The Construkction of Light Discipline Walking On Air Neal and Jack and Me Three Of A Perfect Pair I left off a choice from the debut. Whatever. Edited by Stooge - July 03 2009 at 16:03

KingCrimson250 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 29 2008 Status: Offline Points: 573	Posted: July 03 2009 at 16:47
	Exiles Exiles Exiles Exiles Exiles Exiles Exiles Exiles Exiles Exiles Exiles is a good song.

Steven in Atlanta Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: January 08 2008 Status: Offline Points: 57	Posted: July 04 2009 at 10:06
	Cirkus Mars (@ Fillmore West from Epitaph box set) Formentera Lady/Sailors Tale In the Wake of Poseidon LTIA II Starless Fracture Sheltering Sky Dig Me Dinosaur Dangerous Curves (11 is the new 10) I love how most folks' lists really run the gamut of styles, tempos, lineups, and eras. Shows you how much long-term love and respect the KC label has!

Green Shield Stamp Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 17 2009 Location: Telford, UK Status: Offline Points: 933	Posted: July 04 2009 at 12:11
	1. Starless from 'Red' 2. Lizard from 'Lizard' 3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part Two from 'Larks' Tongues...) 4. The Great Deceiver from' Starless and Bible Black' 5. Epitaph from 'In the Court of the Crimson King' 6. Cirkus from 'Lizard' 7. Fallen Angel from 'Red' 8. Exiles from 'Larks' Tongues..' 9. Eyes Wide Open from 'The Power to Believe' 10. The Night Watch from 'Starless and Bible Black'
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SgtPepper67 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 17 2007 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 530	Posted: July 04 2009 at 14:31
	Fallen Angel 21st Century Schizoid Man Epitaph Starless One More Red Nightmare Pictures of a City Cat Food Lizard Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part One) Red
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Clive Radford Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: July 25 2009 Location: Hempstead Status: Offline Points: 2	Posted: July 25 2009 at 08:24
	01: 21st century Schzoid Man 02: Pictures of a City 03: Cirkus 04: Sailors Tale 05: Lizard 06: Starless 07: In the Court of the Crimson King 08: Epitaph 09: Cadence and Cascade 10: In the Wake of Poseidon
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Nuke Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 25 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 271	Posted: July 28 2009 at 22:47
	1. 21st century schizoid man 2. Discipline 3. Matte Kudasai 4. Exlies 5. Thrak 6. Lizard 7. The Construktion of Light 8. Dangerous Curves 9,10,11,12. Larks Tongue in Aspic, all parts


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	1. I Talk To The Wind 2. Red 3. Three Of A Perfect Pair 4. One More Red Nightmare 5. Starless 6. Cirkus 7. Larks Tongues In Aspic Part 2 8. 21st Century Schizoid Man 9. Vrooom 10. The Wake Of Poseidon