THRAK

King Crimson

Eclectic Prog

3.68 | 1298 ratings

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KC discography can pretty much be summed up with three eras, the classic 60-70s run, surprise talking heads eighties and metal 90s/00s.

This album is the first of the metal years and doesn't hit as hard as the follow up album, largely in part due to the plethora ballads on Thrak. As opposed to The Construktion Of Lights focus on instrumentals and songs like Prozack Blues. Anyways I like Inner Garden (The version by The Crimson Jazz Trio is really lovely) One Time and Walking On Air. So they fight off tracks like People and Radio which would have earned this album a solid 2* just like The Construktion Of Light (The Power To Believe is spared for the same reasons).

Overall this is an adequate album KC album with everything the band is known for, the angular instrumentals, contrast etc. I think everything on this album is more or less achieved with the Wetton years so it's an album I don't particularly recommend as there are quite a few more noteworthy albums by the band but it's still solid music and not without its own 90s take on the trademarks.

Beautiful Scarlet | 3/5 | 2021-3-8

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