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LARKS' TONGUES IN ASPIC

King Crimson

 

Eclectic Prog

4.42 | 3250 ratings

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sircosick
5 stars FIRST REAL SKETCHES OF PROG-METAL???

Lark Tongues in Aspic, in fact, has the hardest moments of early Crimson. I don't dare to say if it's the rockiest KC's CD of all, as a whole album, because it has its moments but IMO the successor Red is almost completely hard while this release has very quiet (and beautiful, btw) passages, in songs like Book of Saturday or Exiles.

The rockest moments aforementioned can be found on both parts of the self-titled track, although the first one has more versatile stuff, starting with african-like percussions with some strings appearing, and just then deriving into a very hard riff. In the other hand, part II is an entire rocking track with hard riffage all along the song.

What if you like previous discs of King Crimson: no problem. 'Cause all KC albums are quite different from each other, that's indeed true, but Lark Tongues in Aspic has all you can desire as a fan: hard-rocking periods, one or two ballads, the experimental moment (The Talking Drum) and that track which you can't forget once you hear it. In this case, Easy Money. Starting loud, nevertheless having soft and slow-paced interludes, and one of the most accomplished performances by Wetton's vocals in the album.

Let's speak about the quiet moments. Book of Saturday is one of the most beautiful Crimson ballads; useless to compare to previous ballads which are mostly acoustic: this song is electrically driven, with great guitar work by Fripp. And I love its lenght: 2:50. Isn't it lovely?.... The other slow paced number is Exiles, a track in the vein of 'Epitaph' or 'In the Wake of Poseidon', very nice too.

The fact is that, as a whole album, this one kills you at the first listen. Simply awesome. First real sketches of prog metal? Why not?! Five stars.

Cosick.

sircosick | 5/5 |

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