TopTenREVIEWS presents the music career and reviews of King Crimson
King Crimson
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
3.3791
King Crimson Album Rankings
1
My first ever King Crimson listening experience came with this album, back in April of 1998, during my senior year at IMSA.
...more
2
One of the neat consequences of Fripp's willingness to change and adapt over time is that perhaps no former bigshot of prog rock, save probably Peter Gabriel, survived the punk movement in better cond
...more
3
This reissue of King Crimson's debut,In the Court of the Crimson King(1969), renders all previous pressings obsolete.
...more
4
I recently was in touch via e-mail with one of our readers, whose last name I've misplaced. (That's what happens when I receive e-mails on three different computers.
...more
5
When Celine Dion is said to have made the best record this last year I know the fix is in.
...more
6
Boy, that title doesn't lie. This is about as concise as you can get when summing up an entire career of a progressive rock outfit.
...more
7
2T he last couple of Crimson albums might have more-or-less stunk, but let's be fair to Fripp - he wasn't exactly surrounded with the mightiest of talent.
...more
8
The best album of each King Crimson phase has been the first one --In the Court of the Crimson King,Larks' Tongues In AspicandDiscipline-- so it's no surprise thatTHRAKis an excellent disc introducing
...more
9
There are those who love King Crimson and those who have never heard of them.
...more
10
There is no doubt that King Crimson is one of the most respected progressive rock bands in history.
...more
11
Starless and Bible Blackis even more powerful and daring than its predecessor,Larks' Tongues in Aspic, with jarring tempo shifts, explosive guitar riffs, and soaring, elegant, and delicate violin and
...more
12
Beatis not as good as its predecessor (1981'sDiscipline), but it's not too shabby, either.
...more
14
You know what they say - one man's treasure is another man's trash.
...more
15
The history of King Crimson is well-documented.
...more
16
The final album by King Crimson's first incarnation,Islandsis a mishmash of musical styles, absorbing instrumental interplay and progressive rock excess.
...more
17
This is supposed to be a mini album, but the length of this disc is over 30 minutes. There are bands that releasefull-lengthalbums that are shorter than this. So, take it as you will.
...more
18
Is it a cardinal sin to suggest that a King Crimson record doesn't haveenoughRobert Fripp on it?Coming off the strengths ofIn The Court Of The Crimson KingandIn The Wake Of Poseidon, two albums that I
...more
19
What a great live band we have here.
...more
20
This is an archive release taken from two different "periods" on the THRAK tour, and an essential for any decent fan of King Crimson.
...more
21
It's ... it's a live album released after Red (and reissued in 2002).
...more
22
Line-up changes, line-up changes. Well, in this case, the changes were nothing but positive.
...more
23
Track listing: 1) VROOOM; 2) Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream ; 3) Cage ; 4) THRAK; 5) When I Say Stop Continue ; 6) One Time.
...more
24
Between Islands and the next album, Crimson originally released a live album entitled Earthbound .
...more
25
Soon after the THRAK tour ended, the "double trio" dissolved, and for a short time King Crimson was no more.
...more
26
Track listing: 1) THRAK ; 2) Fearless And Highly THRaKKed ; 3) Mother Hold The Candle Steady While I Shave The Chicken's Lip ; 4) THRaKaTTaK Part 1 ; 5) The Slaughter Of The Innocents ; 6) This Night
...more
27
Track listing: 1) 21st Century Schizoid Man ; 2) Peoria ; 3) The Sailor's Tale; 4) Earthbound ; 5) Groon. This, no doubt, is the strangest item in the rich King Crimson catalog.
...more
49
Love him or hate him, guitarist and King Crimson mastermind Robert Fripp is one prolific mofo.
...more
Email to a friend
34.97to49.98
