In The Court Of The Crimson King: 30th Anniversary Edition [Original recording remastered]

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When King Crimson released In the Court of the Crimson King in 1969, a year after the band formed in London, the world discovered a music that has never gone away. At times, it is a rush of raw energy that mutates into an impossible balance of light and shade. This was the stuff of musicians who had no fear of stepping boldly into the unknown. Led by crafty guitarist Robert Fripp, who later added his own magic to Bowie's Heroes, King Crimson got big fast with this release. --Paul Clark

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In The Court Of The Crimson King: 30th Anniversary Edition [Original recording remastered]

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The birth of progressive rock 1969
Overrated
A Very Important Album
HEARING AN OLD FRIEND AGAIN
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In The Court Of The Crimson King: 30th Anniversary Edition
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Manufacturer: Caroline
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003S09
Release Date: 1999-09-14

Tracks:

21st Century Schizoid Man/Mirrors
I Talk To The Wind
Epitaph/March For No Reason/Tomorrow And Tomorrow
Moonchild/The Dream/The Illusion
The Court Of The Crimson King/The Return Of The Fire Witch/The Dance Of The Puppets

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When King Crimson released In the Court of the Crimson King in 1969, a year after the band formed in London, the world discovered a music that has never gone away. At times, it is a rush of raw energy that mutates into an impossible balance of light and shade. This was the stuff of musicians who had no fear of stepping boldly into the unknown. Led by crafty guitarist Robert Fripp, who later added his own magic to Bowie's Heroes, King Crimson got big fast with this release. --Paul Clark

Customer Reviews:

The birth of progressive rock 1969.......2007-04-21

This is a powerful debut by a powerful group. The brutal opening tears your head off and as you listen to the frenetic solos and distorted vocals on "21st Century Schizoid Man," you might think to yourself, "What year was this recorded?" Suddenly, the album shifts gears into "I Talk To The Wind," a folky, wistful but cynical reminder that you are in late-sixties counter-culture London. "Epitaph" is well done but a bit H-E-A-V-Y for a man of my tastes (I prefer the Moody Blues when I seek mellotron melodrama), but "Moonchild" makes a nice transition into surreal flowery hippiedom (for those who tire of the extened improv at the end, the "Frame By Frame" box set has an abridged version that may be the one featured in the film "Buffalo 66"). The album's closer, "In The Court Of The Crimson King," is pure artrock - daddy to Genesis. The audio production and musical arrangements are superb. Great album.

Overrated.......2007-03-28

In The Court Of the Crimson King is without a doubt a landmark album that changed the course of progressive music, but in my opinion it does not live up to the five stars everyone so eagerly seems to want to give it. The only 5 star song in the album is perhaps track 5: The Court Of The Crimson King. 21st Century Schizoid Man and I Talk to the Wind are also decent songs but pale in comparison to Greg Lakes work in any of the Emerson Lake & Palmer albums. The major drawback is having to endure Moonchild, the longest song on the album, which is nothing more than a bunch of disjointed sounds with practically no musical relevance at all. Unless you're into the historical significance of the album I wouldn't waste my money on it. In it's place I recommend Emerson Lake & Palmer's Trilogy and Tarkus.

A Very Important Album.......2007-01-16

When people talk about the roots of progressive rock, this album is usually one of the main contenders. Listening to this album now, I can honestly say I enjoy other King Crimson albums more, and other progressive rock albums for that matter. But the fact that this album was created in the late 60's, experimenting with the now classic styles of progressive rock, and while other giants in the genre were just getting started, makes this a monumental and definitive album.

The original line-up of Robert Fripp(guitar), Greg Lake (bass, vocals), Ian McDonald (keyboard, synths), Michael Giles (drums), and Peter Sinfield (lyrics) was a short-lived one, but one that created their best album until the legendary power trio (Fripp, Wetton and Brufford) stunned the progressive scene in 74 with "Red". Coincidentally this album starts in a similar vein to "Red", with the frenetic "21st Century Schizoid Man" setting the album off with a fast and powerful start. The song combines some harsh vocals and a timeless, classic Fripp riff to kick things off. This is ensued by a stunning and overtly technical jazz-fusion middle section, which leads back to the main motif and riff. It is an outstanding opener, and the most fluid, immediate song KC would make for years.

The rest of the album is significantly more relaxed, creating a heavy vibe of sadness and melancholy. This is probably best shown with the classic ballad "Epitaph", a superb and lush outing that is both texturally beautiful and thematically unsettling. This is due to the profound and touching lyrics dealing with the ease and excess of misguidance and ignorance, sung with great passion and a deal of desperation from Lake. Musically the song has a heavy dosage of strings and dramatic timpani rolls to build up a brooding piece.

"I Talk To The Wind", which comes in before "Epitaph", is a very calming piece, slowly washing over with some gentle flute playing, vocal harmonies and some splashy ride cymbals, it is a nice song, and acts as a good contrast to the album's opening flurry. "Moonchild" seems a little pointless to me, and the only weak song. It starts decent enough, and feels like it will continue in the same vein as the two pervious ballads. But then Fripp and the gang seem to want to push the idea of the music being experimental, of a higher `art', as they experiment with various instruments for a good twelve minutes. It is essentially `noodling', and makes for a rather dull and unmemorable song.

After the only weak song, the album closes in fine style with the dreamy, ethereal choruses of the title track. This song has always been one of my favourite KC tracks. It really is a masterpiece of a ballad, combining quiet and understated verses with big, lush choruses, packed with strings and eerie vocal harmonies that send shivers down my spine. A perfect ending to one of rocks most influential and important albums.

HEARING AN OLD FRIEND AGAIN.......2006-11-15

I am out of my mind to find this album! I'm always quoting from it, and no one knows it. Hello being 16 again! Play it loud!

enter the court of king crimson.......2006-10-29

enter the landscape of your mind, a world so strange and unkown that it seems untouched. yes, this is a masterpeice, a stand-alone album. listen with unbiased ears and you will enjoy an experience like nothing of this earth. a collaboration of musical geniuses creating a cosmic masterpeice. open your mind to music that doesn't dwell in the "mainstream". king crimson is a band that was touched by the galatic unity bringing the human ear to a universal level far off in space.

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