King Crimson Best Album Poll - 1 of 1

[Music Head]

In The Court of The Crimson King (1969)



Track Listing

1."21st Century Schizoid Man" (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield) – 7:21
including "Mirrors"
2."I Talk to the Wind" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 6:05
3."Epitaph" (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield) – 8:47
including "March for No Reason" and "Tomorrow and Tomorrow"
4."Moonchild" (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield) – 12:13
including "The Dream" and "The Illusion"
5."The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 9:25
including "The Return of the Fire Witch" and "The Dance of the Puppets"


In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970)



Track Listing

1."Peace – A Beginning" - 0:49
2."Pictures of a City" - 8:03
"42nd at Treadmill"
3."Cadence and Cascade" - 4:27
4."In the Wake of Poseidon" - 7:56
"Libra's Theme"
5."Peace – A Theme" - (Fripp) - 1:15
6."Cat Food" - (Fripp/Sinfield/Ian McDonald) - 4:54
7."The Devil's Triangle" (Fripp/McDonald) - 11:35
a."Merday Morn"
b."Hand of Sceiron"
c."Garden of Worm"
8."Peace – An End" - 1:53


Lizard (1970)



Track Listing

1."Cirkus" – 6:27
Including:
"Entry of the Chameleons"
2."Indoor Games" – 5:37
3."Happy Family" – 4:22
4."Lady of the Dancing Water" – 2:47
5."Lizard" – 23:15
a."Prince Rupert Awakes"
b."Bolero: The Peacock's Tale"
c."The Battle of Glass Tears"
a."Dawn Song"
b."Last Skirmish"
c."Prince Rupert's Lament"
d."Big Top"


Islands (1971)



Track Listing

1."Formentera Lady" (Robert Fripp, Peter Sinfield) – 10:14
2."Sailor's Tale" (Fripp) – 7:21
3."The Letters" (Fripp, Sinfield) – 4:26
4."Ladies of the Road" (Fripp, Sinfield) – 5:28
5."Prelude: Song of the Gulls" (Fripp) – 4:14
6."Islands" (Fripp, Sinfield) – 11:51


Larks Tongue In Aspic (1973)



Track Listing

1."Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One" (D. Cross/R. Fripp/J. Wetton/B. Bruford/J. Muir) – 13:36
2."Book of Saturday" (R. Fripp/J. Wetton/R. Palmer-James) – 2:49
3."Exiles" (D. Cross/R. Fripp/R. Palmer-James) – 7:40
4."Easy Money" (R. Fripp/J. Wetton/R. Palmer-James) – 7:54
5."The Talking Drum" (D. Cross/R. Fripp/J. Wetton/B. Bruford/J. Muir) – 7:26
6."Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two" (R. Fripp) – 7:12


Starless And Bible Black (1974)



Track Listing

1."The Great Deceiver" (John Wetton, Robert Fripp, Richard Palmer-James) – 4:02
2."Lament" (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 4:00
3."We'll Let You Know" (David Cross, Fripp, Wetton, William Bruford) – 3:46
4."The Night Watch" (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 4:37
5."Trio" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 5:41
6."The Mincer" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Palmer-James) – 4:10
5."Starless and Bible Black" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 9:11
6."Fracture" (Fripp) – 11:14


Red (1974)



Track Listing

1."Red" (Robert Fripp) – 6:16
2."Fallen Angel" (Fripp, Richard Palmer-James, John Wetton) – 6:03
3."One More Red Nightmare" (Fripp, Wetton) – 7:10
4."Providence" (Bill Bruford, David Cross, Fripp, Wetton) – 8:10
5."Starless" (Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) – 12:16


Discipline (1981)



Track Listing

1."Elephant Talk" – 4:43
2."Frame by Frame" – 5:09
3."Matte Kudasai" – 3:47
4."Indiscipline" – 4:33
5."Thela Hun Ginjeet" – 6:26
6."The Sheltering Sky" – 8:22
7."Discipline" – 5:13


Beat (1982)


Track Listing

1."Neal and Jack and Me" – 4:22
2."Heartbeat" – 3:54
3."Sartori in Tangier" – 3:54
4."Waiting Man" – 4:27
5."Neurotica" – 4:48
6."Two Hands" (lyrics by A. Belew and Margaret Belew; music by A. Belew, Bruford, Fripp, and Levin) – 3:23
7."The Howler" – 4:13
8."Requiem" – 6:48


Three Of A Perfect Pair (1984)


Track Listing

1."Three of a Perfect Pair" – 4:13
2."Model Man" – 3:49
3."Sleepless" – 5:24
4."Man with an Open Heart" – 3:05
5."Nuages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds)" – 4:47
6."Industry" – 7:04
7."Dig Me" – 3:16
8."No Warning" – 3:29
9."Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part III)" – 6:05

[ambernector]

Where's the poll? :laugh:

[Music Head]

It is not necessary to post as to why you voted the way you did, but it would be interesting to the rest of us.

With this poll I left off the last 3 albums in order to stay with 1 thread, and I thought those last 3 were insignificant to their work. If you think different, you may still vote for any of those albums. You will just have to vote in the form of a post rather than clicking on your favorite. Your vote will still be recorded.

Those 3 albums are:

Thrak
The Construction Of Light
The Power To Believe

[Music Head]

Gotta be the debut for me, which just blew me away.:hippie:

[Tiggi]

I've always loved Starless & Bible Black...

As with much of their music, it's quite other-worldly and strangely melodic. Close second place to In The Court of The Crimson King.

[Music Head]

Our lowest turnout yet.
Guess that wasn't a good choice.
You don't know what you're missing.
Sorry
I get to pick one occasionally.

[Tejas]

The first album, In the Court of the Crimson King just spoke to me. Incredible acoustic tone and great counterpoint with the keyboard lines.

Tejas

[InFiction]

Egads, this is tough! You could ask me once a day for a week and probably get different answers. It's especially hard to choose given the differences between the eras. Even the Belew era, which doesn't get much attention, has had some great albums. For today, though, I'm going with Larks Tongues in Aspic. Very solid album

[Iota]

Best King Crimson stuff is by the Crimson Jazz Trio. Period.

[Thejehl]

In the Courtyard of The Crimson King. I know I wasn't born yet when it was released but I can only imagine how revolutionating it must have been! It's just so difference than the rest of the albums from that time, even though the first time i heard it was in 2009 i really was amazed. The album still has so much to offer, an instant classic!