Larks' Tongues in Aspic vs Red
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Topic: Larks' Tongues in Aspic vs Red
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Subject: Larks' Tongues in Aspic vs Red
Date Posted: February 19 2019 at 18:07
More hard-to-choose choices  . vs  Go!!!
------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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Posted By: DarkTower
Date Posted: February 19 2019 at 18:19
| Both are very good, but I prefer Red over Larks |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: February 19 2019 at 18:34
| This is hard to choose. I'll have to think very hard before I can vote. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 19 2019 at 18:39
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Like both very much, but choosing Larks' Tongues in Aspic was an easy choice for me. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: February 19 2019 at 18:47
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Love both, but Lark's Tongues is the winner for me ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 19 2019 at 18:56
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A++ & A+, LTiA is top 5 all time for me. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: February 19 2019 at 19:01
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Red by far for me. ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: February 19 2019 at 19:08
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Larks ------------- |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: February 19 2019 at 20:21
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Easy. Lark's Tongues. Lark's displays a richness of expression that its robust lineup promises. Red is too stripped down, too minimal for me. A really wonderful track on Red, though, is Providence. ------------- A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now) |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: February 19 2019 at 21:11
| I guess Red. I wanted to vote for Larks Tongues, but in the end as a whole album I think Red holds up better. Now, if I would consider some of the live versions of the songs instead of the studio ones, perhaps Larks would end up taking it. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 19 2019 at 21:14
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Larks baby ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me 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. |
Posted By: thief
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 00:23
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I agree with HackettFan, LTIA promises so much with its lineup and mostly delivers. I wish they played in a quintet for an album or two more. So I pick Lark's Tongues in Aspic. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 00:49
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I choose timeless beauty and emo-prog so Red for me. Doesn't mean Larks title track part 1 & 2 is any less catarthic, but there's also an element of which album came to me first and what it has meant over the years. Nostalgia and stuff. ------------- 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 01:09
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Red, by a slim margin. Both are classics. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 01:28
| Count me in for bird’s tongues in a spice..... |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 02:08
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Larks' Tongues. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: thief
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 02:32
I think it's jelly? But spices can be included. Does anyone have a recipe, perhaps? Hard to get larks' tongues these times, though.
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Tom Ozric wrote:Posted By: Chaser
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 03:04
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Both amazing albums but Red gets my vote. "Starless" is one of the best tracks in the whole of prog and One More Red Nightmare and Providence are superb as well. ------------- Songs cast a light on you |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 04:07
(Oh, the typos I make.......) 
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Posted By: tboyd1802
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 05:31
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Larks... ------------- He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me -- John Barrymore |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 06:05
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Larks ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Neu!mann
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 06:09
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Red, easily: the pinnacle of '70s Crimson. The music on Larks Tongues was far more groundbreaking, but the album suffers from an antiseptic production, and the studio performances sound a little inhibited when compared to live versions of the same material... ------------- "we can change the world without anyone noticing the difference" - Franco Falsini |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 06:55
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Red, just a hair ahead of Larks. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 08:16
same ---
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Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 08:58
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Red wins for me, but only just barely because Larks' is amazing too. ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 09:01
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Red still and over most of my life very clearly, but LTIA is catching up fast these days. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 10:21
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I'm almost certain this one's been done before. Anyway, it's RED, baby! ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 11:56
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In the history of King Crimson, Larks Tongue In Aspic is surely most important than Red. It's more innovative than Red. More elaborated. But... for the strict plane of the quality of the songs... Red is better. ------------- "Happiness is real only when shared" |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 13:20
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I actually find Larks better, but that's per my tastes really meaning simply that I prefer it (I enjoy the music of Larks that much more), but it depends upon which qualities one values. That said, I find both albums great in their own way. It boils down to personal preference. Red would the more accessible album to most, I would think. Lizard is probably my favourite KC album these days, and Islands (which commonly does not get a lot of love around here) is another particular favourite of mine. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 13:37
| Lark's Tongues in Aspic |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 15:04
| Larks' Tongues in Aspic |
Posted By: socrates17
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 17:59
| Real tough, but I have to go Red. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 18:03
Yes but Red was mixed so freakin' loud sometimes it's highly impractical to digest even at a low volume. My god is that thing loud. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 21 2019 at 02:01
That's quite literally my biggest (and only gripe) with both records: LTIA is WAY too low (verses on Easy Money require cranking volume and then bringing it back down for chorus)... ...Red is WAY too loud! Damn it! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 21 2019 at 11:36
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Red........... ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: February 21 2019 at 14:14
| Close but I would have to say LTIA. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 21 2019 at 18:07
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Book of Saturdays has an extremely catchy vocal melody, I tell ya whut. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: February 21 2019 at 18:33
Yes, but nothing else. ------------- "Happiness is real only when shared" |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 22 2019 at 01:44
LOL. The lyrics are rather random, no? Same with pretty much...every KC song ever (especially this era). ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: AZF
Date Posted: February 22 2019 at 03:15
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Lark's... is my favourite King Crimson album and was winning when I voted. |
Posted By: Midori
Date Posted: February 22 2019 at 09:52
| Gonna have to go with Red on this one. Was my top KC album for a long, long time, and it's still on my constant listening rotation. |
Posted By: Crimsonsnowdog
Date Posted: February 22 2019 at 13:40
| While both are great albums, overall I like the songs a little more on Red than LTIA, so Red gets my vote. Also, Red has Starless, which is one of my favorite songs of all time. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 22 2019 at 15:39
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Red by a margin. ------------- 
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Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: February 22 2019 at 16:32
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Good struggle... struggle for life. The saxs in Red make the difference with Larks. ------------- "Happiness is real only when shared" |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: February 22 2019 at 19:01
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I've just finished to write my review on Larks, here: http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=2138743" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=2138743
------------- "Happiness is real only when shared" |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 22 2019 at 19:32
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I'll go with LTiA. Both Starless and Bible Black and Red are the logical progressions of the sound first created on Larks', right down to the menacing metal Fripp first employed on the title track. The experimental nature of LTiA and the Orientalism introduced on that album have always intrigued me. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: February 23 2019 at 01:48
| While LTiA is where they showed more innovation from the previous album, I prefer Red by a small margin. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: February 23 2019 at 02:08
| I’ve always thought that the production / sound of Larks’ Tongues was supersonic. It was love at first listen all those years ago. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 23 2019 at 02:29
Great review, sir  .I was in the process of writing mine, as well. I'll link here when I'm done. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: February 26 2019 at 14:42
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Larks' ! ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: CristauxFeur
Date Posted: February 26 2019 at 14:45
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I like neither lol I only like Crimso's first three albums
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Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: February 26 2019 at 16:17
Thank you! Next review on Starless and then Red! ------------- "Happiness is real only when shared" |
Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: February 27 2019 at 08:55
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Red (Starless is pure magic) |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: April 16 2019 at 06:45
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------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: April 16 2019 at 09:05
pretty much this, though I like the 4th album too But between these, it's LTIA
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