IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING

I mean, this is where everything started, probably. The first truly progressive rock album in the history of this beautiful and mysterious musical genre, and one of the more seminal. It contains a range of almost everything we'll hear in progressive since 1970 until now, and let me admit that this is quite incredible, isn't it?

Schizoid Man is, like almost everyone one had already point out, one of the best opener ever. Ever. No way. It will blow your mind away. Powerful, epic, aggressive, almost a proto-prog metal example, and a quite outstanding preview of what progressive will become when mixed with more aggressive atmospheres. It makes you wanna scream "Robert Fripp is a genius!" everytime you listen to it.

After the initial maelstrom we continue with the other side, emotionally speaking, of this record. I Talk To The Wind is a mellow, soft, kind of folk-ish jewel that stands out as one of the finest ballad Fripp has ever composed. Simple and beautiful, the essence of the soft and dreamy side of progressive, together with the next marvellous song in the record.

Epitaph is another outstanding ballad, with a touching performance from Greg Lake and a beautiful chord progression that will stuck in your head forever. Outstanding, and you've already started asking yourself how can this album get any better.

But after the interlocutory Moonchild, which is a tough to digest but extremely important example of how noisy improvisation and experimental approaches will have an important part in the progressive evolution, let's welcome In The Court Of The Crimson King, and let's face the fact that this one is probably the best song in the history of King Crimson together with Starless and an outrageously important step in contemporary music. No other words to describe it.

As you can see, "In The Court Of The Crimson King" is there in the olympus where all THE most important progressive albums stay, historically and musically. More than essential!