Best King Crimson album
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Topic: Best King Crimson album
Posted By: The T
Subject: Best King Crimson album
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 14:58
| I personally think is ITCOTCk, is for me not only their best but THE best of 70's classic rock alongside Close to the edge, Relayer and Foxtrot |
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Posted By: lightbulb_son
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 15:09
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Easiliy ITCOTCK, with Larks' Tongues a close second, and Red third. ------------- When the world is sick Can't no one be well But I dreamt we were all beautiful and strong 
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Posted By: condor
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 15:30
| Deja vu strikes again. |
Posted By: Psychedelia
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 15:43
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Where the devil is In The Wake Of Poseidon? ------------- Another emotional suicide, overdosed on sentiment and pride |
Posted By: Filmdirector2
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 15:49
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Thrak for me.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 15:55
good question... like it more than ItCotCK (no Moonchild hahahha) best though...easy Larks Tongues in Aspic ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Psychedelia wrote:Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 16:01
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*shakes her head in frustration* The Search function! Why don't you use the Search function? This has been done to death...  BTW, almost a tie between ITCOTCK and "Red"... I know someone will disagree on the latter, but I find it a masterpiece all the same  . Voted for the former though, mainly for sentimental reasons... One of the very first prog albums I listened to in its entirety when a teenager. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 16:06
I sure that some knucklehead fails to see the greatness of Red hahahhah. Starless is brilliant and One Red Nightmare... OMG.. the rest.. uuuuhhhh.. Not bad... they did better as a whole ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 16:06
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Earthbound, by a mile.
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 16:09
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Island?
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Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 16:31
| A tie between ITCOTCK and Red. My vote goes for Red. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 16:42
| Red |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 16:44
| Islands for the win. The best KC album, closely followed by Lizard and Red. |
Posted By: Camelfan
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 17:41
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In the Court of the Crimson King. I liked it a lot from the start while many of the others took a while to get into. While I love most of their work, ITCOTCK still stands a little higher over the others. |
Posted By: Pulse
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 18:00
| Lark's Tongue in Aspic is just amazing. Simply, the best King Crimson album and it still would be the best album if you took off everything except Lark's Tongue in Aspic Part One. |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 18:03
and again... and again..and again ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: fezman
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 18:20
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Once upon a time it would have been ITCOTCK without thinking but then I discovered RED!! ------------- Can't think of anything cool at the moment ... |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 19:16
| lark's tongues in aspic |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 19:54
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Larks Tongues. There is not a bad song on that album. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 20:36
ahhh to quote to great Yogi Berra... it's deja vu, all over again.. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 20:40
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For me it's a close call between Red and Discipline.... I'll have to go with Red though.
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 20:43
And it WILL happen again, for I (and many around here) don't have the time to seacrh among thousands of topics to see that it's not repeated.
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Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 22:00
I can't believe I'm the only one that voted for Discipline...  ------------- 
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Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 22:01
| Lizard... |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: November 09 2006 at 22:17
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my personal favorite is Starless and Bible Black. Surprised not many have said it yet. Lark's Tongues is second for me. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: Asphalt
Date Posted: November 10 2006 at 00:48
That's a very good call. Highly representative for what KC stands. However, my vote goes to LTIA, or as they call it, Sharks' Lungs in Lemsic.  |
Posted By: Cheesecakemouse
Date Posted: November 10 2006 at 01:03
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Lizard! ------------- |
Posted By: superprog
Date Posted: November 10 2006 at 02:32
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Larks' Tongues In Aspic.
close behind are Red, Discipline and Thrak!!!!
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Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: November 10 2006 at 07:48
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Maybe "Beat"
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Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: November 10 2006 at 11:29
In the court of the crimson king 
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Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: November 10 2006 at 13:18
ITCOTCK  ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: UtUmNo1
Date Posted: November 12 2006 at 03:07
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Red is the culminating point. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 13 2006 at 07:21
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In the court of the crimson king. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 13 2006 at 08:57
In the Wake of Poseidon for me. 
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Posted By: Negru Voda
Date Posted: November 13 2006 at 12:51
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In The Wake Of Poseidon which isn't mentioned here sadly.
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Posted By: Meng
Date Posted: November 16 2006 at 13:26
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Between Court and Red for me. Red gets it because Moonchild is a dire space filler. ------------- "Who are all these people in my office anyway?" |
Posted By: #1floydfan
Date Posted: November 16 2006 at 18:02
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personaly i like red the best then in the court of the king crimson well thats my opinion
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Posted By: progrocklover
Date Posted: November 16 2006 at 18:55
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As my favourute KC album "Islands" isn't in the poll (!), I voted for "Red".
Oh, I guess I should have voted for "other". Well, it's too late now...
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Posted By: smithers
Date Posted: November 16 2006 at 21:37
| Poseidon is the best and it is not even on the list |
Posted By: Sir Pommes
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 09:02
| I really enjoy Power to Believe |
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 11:35
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IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING ------------- 
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 13:28
Sigh -- there's that "B" word, again!
Several of them are "best," at different times, and for different reasons.
I really like Lizard, Lark's Tongues and Discipline, for instance (five stars each, for me), but they are radically different from each other. There is no "best" in art.  ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 13:30
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^
On a similar note as Peter Rideout above, In the Court of the Crimson King is my FAVORITE, but Lizard is certainly just as good. Also, Red is probably just as good as well, though it doesn't appeal to me. Larks' Tongue in Aspic is, in many ways, better than ITCOTCK, but I don't prefer it.
Anywho, I voted for the debut.
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Posted By: White Shadow
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 15:26
| I hate to say it because everyone does but, honestly it is In the Court. Lizard is in second, followed by either Discipline or Lark's Toungues. |
Posted By: Jeremy Bender
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 18:49
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I really think it's the power to believe, that album just smokes.
It has everything that i like about kc!
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Posted By: Forkface
Date Posted: November 18 2006 at 16:37
| Well, I heard Lizard again the other day for the first time in a long time. and now I'm kind of stuck on it. So this week LIZARD gets my vote. |
Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: November 18 2006 at 16:40
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"I personally think is ITCOTCk, is for me not only their best but THE best of 70's classic rock alongside Close to the edge, Relayer and Foxtrot" (from the first post).
Interesting... ITCOTCK was released in 69, which sort of makes it not 70s prog. Perhaps "first wave" of prog would be better... |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: November 18 2006 at 17:49
| ItCotCK is still a pretty weak and messy album musically, even though its lyrics are good. Not a bad album, but certainly not the best if you ask me. |
Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: November 18 2006 at 18:12
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Posted By: Trky_Lym
Date Posted: November 19 2006 at 05:22
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My favorite KC album is In The Wake Of Poseidon. -------------  |
Posted By: smithers
Date Posted: November 19 2006 at 06:04
| I can never understand what the big deal is about ITCOTCK. Most of the songs sounds ancient and I love late 60s and 70s music. I think Creams wheel of fire and Hendrix's Cry of love are easily better and more inteseresting albums of the same era. Both albums sound more advanced than the Crimson debut |
Posted By: Publius84
Date Posted: November 25 2006 at 16:41
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Cannot decide. ITCOTCK or Red, or maybe Lizard, or Larks. I don't know. They all are great. ------------- I know what I like and I like what I know... Prog is in my heart, in my mind, in my soul... |