IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING

Well, don't be fooled so easily: there were too much progressive music before this (Moody Blues, Procol Harum, The Nice.... even The Beatles), since this album is acclaimed as the first real prog one. Ok it's true: it's the prog pioneer release, the first of the firsts, although the process of progressive music to become a separate genre of rock, was logically way longer than the days before and later the release of this five tracks.

You know what else? ITCOTCK is the PUREST prog album ever made. Probably any album from a prog band "progs" more than this: rocker, symphonic, complex, and including a 8-minutes soft jamming part (Moonchild from the fourth minute aprox.).

All the good things of this album are already said - this is a full-rating one, no doubt about it. And you know the rule: the first is the best, doesn't it? ;)

Another masterpiece to add to your prog catalog. Five solid stars.

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