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Forostar said:
Totally different album indeed. Adventurous and technical, but for me that doesn't match the atmosphere, melodies, sound and vocals from the debut. That said, I'm getting into Yes and this revoked some renewed interest in Mr. Buford's activities.
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Really? Atmosphere is Red's best quality in my book. It's by far the darkest KC album, I enjoy that a lot.

Melodies and vocals I can see, I prefer Greg Lake to John Wetton myself.
 
Forostar said:
King Crimson, or their record company, does not like YouTube.
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Yup. They don't like anything other than people buying their albums, it's nearly impossible to pirate their albums online, their stuff is nowhere to be found on torrent sites.

Couldn't stop me from doing it though :p
 
The Flash said:
Yup. They don't like anything other than people buying their albums, it's nearly impossible to pirate their albums online, their stuff is nowhere to be found on torrent sites.

Couldn't stop me from doing it though :p
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They (really Fripp) don't like people buying their albums either because that is nearly just as difficult. Frip has done nothing to truly combat piracy of his music.

As for post-ITCOTCK Crimson, I used to feel the same way as Foro in that nothing was as good as the debut. Once I realized that each era of Crimson is like a completely different band and accepted the different styles, I appreciated their other work more. Now I'd say they are among the more consistent prog bands. Even in the 80s and 90s when other bands from their era were declining or succumbing to pop, Crimson continued to innovate. They were good at staying current but it always came naturally. Thrak, for example, is one of their later works and among their best. You can even hear a bit of a Tool influence in certain places. I'd say each era has at least once great album and is worth looking into.

In the Wake of Poseidon is a waste of time IMO. Yes it's similar to the debut, but not very much in a good way. It feels like a lesser version of the same album.
 
After the debut, Red and Discipline are the ones to get, I think. For eighties Crimson, there's also a stunning archive live album called Absent Lovers, if you can still get that somewhere.
 
Our parties were always early, because it was very busy closer to Christmas (staff away, other organisations closed for Christmas, earlier work deadlines and shorter working weeks.)
 
And another band or two that I never got into. ELP and King Crimson. I do like proggy stuff, but just prefer it Pink Floyd or Opeth.
 
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