In the Court of King Crimson - The King Crimson Education/Review Thread (music and lyrics, dancing)

Kevorkian Logic · 01-21-2008, 06:34 PM

wow. excellent review I must say, the only thing I would differ on is giving the album a 9.5/10 instead of just a 9/10. Which was your favourite song, you might have said it but I just didn't catch it?

Comus · 01-21-2008, 11:31 PM

Aha, the proper thread, I probably shouldn't be up until half six in the morning.

Your In The Court review was pretty good but your In The Wake of Poseidon score is incredibly generous for what was really a lackluster performance by KC trying to hard to replicate In The Court. Which has led to In The Wake not aging very well at all and suffering tremendously because of it. Also song by song reviews normally don't work at all (Especially for progressive rock) but you've managed quite well.

Seltzer · 01-21-2008, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Comus

Aha, the proper thread, I probably shouldn't be up until half six in the morning.

Your In The Court review was pretty good but your In The Wake of Poseidon score is incredibly generous for what was really a lackluster performance by KC trying to hard to replicate In The Court. Which has led to In The Wake not aging very well at all and suffering tremendously because of it. Also song by song reviews normally don't work at all (Especially for progressive rock) but you've managed quite well.

I consider ITWOP to be more consistent than their debut but not as good. I don't doubt that the album formats are similar, but I guess I'm fairly forgiving with this because of how drastically they would progress in the future between albums. There wasn't much progression from their debut to ITWOP by KC standards, but I guess on the scale of things (compared to other bands), it's forgivable.

I'm especially looking forward to reviewing Red.

Comus · 01-21-2008, 11:53 PM

Red is pretty good, but I'm a die hard lizard fan to be quite honest. Nothing beats the title track as the best KC song. Lizard would be imho their most innovative and risky album, and man it paid off.

Seltzer · 07-26-2008, 10:56 PM

I've finally finished my Lizard review... that was very difficult to write.

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Originally Posted by Kevorkian Logic

wow. excellent review I must say, the only thing I would differ on is giving the album a 9.5/10 instead of just a 9/10. Which was your favourite song, you might have said it but I just didn't catch it?

I guess I didn't catch your post either, so I'm sorry about the 6 month belated reply.

The title track is my favourite from ITWOP.

gopaldev · 01-26-2009, 01:02 PM

The first Crimson release is incredible. Definitely one of the first truly Prog Rock albums with all the requisite pomp and circumstance. Great songs like Epitaph and Moonchild will twist your head around multiple times. Lots of Sgt.Pepper-ish sound effects, taking what the Fab 4 started in '67 to new territory and laying the groundwork for other greats like Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant and can be heard in Porcupine Tree, Radiohead and other modern art rock bands. Classic stuff!

Gopal (The Musical Mad Scientist)

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Kevorkian Logic Imperfectly Perfect Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,290	wow. excellent review I must say, the only thing I would differ on is giving the album a 9.5/10 instead of just a 9/10. Which was your favourite song, you might have said it but I just didn't catch it? __________________ "it is only through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect that a certain type of perfection can be attained"

01-26-2009, 01:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
gopaldev Groupie Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 36	The first Crimson release is incredible. Definitely one of the first truly Prog Rock albums with all the requisite pomp and circumstance. Great songs like Epitaph and Moonchild will twist your head around multiple times. Lots of Sgt.Pepper-ish sound effects, taking what the Fab 4 started in '67 to new territory and laying the groundwork for other greats like Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant and can be heard in Porcupine Tree, Radiohead and other modern art rock bands. Classic stuff! Gopal (The Musical Mad Scientist)