One of my favourite Prog bands. The album Red is a masterpiece to me and In the Court of the Crimson King is also brilliant. Pity that all the Bassist / Vocalists of King Crimson from 1969 - 74 have all passed away. While I liked In The Wake of Poseidon, a lot of it was trying too hard replicate the successes of the debut album.
Have an original thought please. In the Wake of Poseidon has been falsely accused of trying to replicate ITCOTKC. It is not!!! I lived through these albums as they came out with my brother, one by one!! Hmmmph. 😊
Its a shame a lot of people dont listen to crimson other than court, sure the stuff after isnt for everybody but the albums they released from 1973-74 are to die for imo, larks is my favorite kc album and starless is my favorite kc song.
In my opinion, the first six KC albums are a case of “one step forward one step backward”, then everything from Red to Three of a Perfect Pair is a gold streak. THRAK and Construcktion of Light don’t really do it for me, but thankfully it all ends on a respectable note with the final album.