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Poll Question: What KC era do you enjoy the most?
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

The first era for me. Unlike the majority, my vote is especially for Lizard and Islands -- I'd say that Islands is the King Crimson album I tend to turn to the most these days. At one time I would have voted for the second era. Love both of those eras. I'm not nearly as familiar with the later eras.

I'm not that familiar with the later stuff either. I know the 80's albums pretty well but not so much the ones after those. I never even bought Thrak. 

Anyway, I voted for the Bruford/Wetton era since one of my favorite albums of all time(LTIA)was a part of that. 
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Hard for me to choose between 1st and 2nd incarnation, but since I was lucky enough to see every tour of the 2nd, going with that.  
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1972-74 (Wetton years)
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Originally posted by Argo2112 Argo2112 wrote:

Wetton Years.
 My Three favorite KC albums are LTIA , SABB & Red for me it's really no contest. 


And the victory lap of USA!
The pinnacle of King Crimson for me. Although of course it was ITCOTCK I began with.
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It's not hard at all, the Wetton era. That's the only era I actually like a good chunk
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I hardly ever listen to ITCOTKC although I do like In The Wake Of Poseidon. I voted for the Wetton years and for Red especially. There is something about the magic of a 3 piece clicking that never goes away for me. 
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Wetton years. Always
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Got to go with the first incarnation because the first album is so stunning.  Only the 'Colors' era is more miss than hit.  Really like what they are doing now
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it’s lonely in the 1980s!Cry
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never lonely man... far and away their best era    

Edited by micky - October 19 2019 at 09:45
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Another vote for the Colors era. As much as I love the Wetton-era albums, I think the '80s is when the band really came into its own and single-handedly changed the approach to progressive rock.
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amen sista lova...
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As much as I love the first one...went with Wetton era...........the 80's?, Discipline was a good lp but the next two were very weak.

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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

As mush as I love the first one...went with Wetton era...........the 80's?, Discipline was a good lp but the next two were very weak.

qft...enjoyable but rather weak.
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I like all of their eras, but for some odd reason, I really get a kick out of their 1980s era.
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I am unable to vote.  I think it was a serious mistake to lump the double trio era (w/Bruford) in with the quartet of the early 2000s (w/o Bruford).  The double trio is my favorite era (followed by the 1980s "colors" era), while the early 2000s quartet without Bruford is my least favorite KC period of all.  I was tempted to vote for the '80s colors era, but that wouldn't have felt right because it really does take a backseat to the double trio.  I really wanted to vote for the double trio, but refuse to signify any affection at all for the Construktion of Light era, which I actively disliked.  I didn't even bother to see that lineup live, the only one that I've missed since the Islands tour.  The Wetton era would be my 3rd, btw, after the Discipline quartet and the double trio.  My reaction to the current era is kinda meh.  It was nice to hear the Lizard material again, but the absence of Belew's songs is a real problem.
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Originally posted by socrates17 socrates17 wrote:

  but the absence of Belew's songs is a real problem.

Belew is absent, and I miss him, but they have played Indiscipline, Frame by Frame, The Sheltering Sky, Two Hands (or Matte Kudasai, don't remember exactly anymore) etc. That era is well represented.
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My favourite album is the debut... but as an era, I must choose the Wetton years. If only the first era had kept the original line-up, I might have been warmer to it, just because of consistency.
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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

My favourite album is the debut... but as an era, I must choose the Wetton years. If only the first era had kept the original line-up, I might have been warmer to it, just because of consistency.


Yeah, exactly the same here.
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