Red VS ITCOTCK

Red for me thank you. I love ITCOTCK, but other than "21st Century Schizoid Man", I think the songs are all a little too similar, dynamics-wise. I enjoy the adventurousness and avant-garde-ness of the MKII era.

Red

Pretty different albums - why choose them in a head-to-head?   

Red was Kurt Cobain's favourite album of all time apparently.  Probably because it didn't have Lake's whimsical faux-sensitive mumblings on it. 

I feel that Fripp totally commands Red, dragging Wetton and Bruford along behind, and for that reason it surely must go down as his purest work.  Thus, it remains the most powerful KC album, although Larks Tongues comes a pretty close second.  COmparing those two would have been a tougher head-to-head!!

 

I would take Red, or any of the Fripp/Wetton/Bruford/Cross discs, over ITCOTCK. I would even take Discipline over ITCOTCK in my fuzzy little world. (U.K. too!)

BUT, I would take ITCOTCK over any ELP release anyday.

(Danbo dives to the tiled California floor to dodge the spike heeled shoe thrown 3,00 miles form New York.)

Thanks, again, for the AH autograph.

Edited by danbo

frenchie wrote: i think that this should have been a poll

Now that you mention it, it really should have been one.

Red, in my opinion, is the best KC has to offer. Simple music at its best. And by simple I mean, no violins, no devices, no sound effects. The musicianship isn't as percise as in Discipline, but it's a mix of the improv in Larks' and the precisian of their 80's albums. Red is a brilliant album.

ITCOTKC is still a monumental album, though. It's highly atmospheric.


Edited by Yams

Red for me too, but Lizard, Lark's and Discipline are all superior still.

Red for me. I awarded both Red and ITCHYCOCK 5 stars. I would have to say that for a debut album, ITCHYCOCK is incredible, i listen to both of these a lot.

I really prefer Red  over any other Crimson album. What do you think? Is anybody on my side?