Reviews (page 13 of 14)
4/10
Everything about this felt long: the songs, the album, the song names themselves, and my forthcoming review. The band name and album name don't stick with me, I don't like either and they don't match the cover art (which I do like). The first track sets a tone that the following songs don't match at all (in hindsight, it feels out of place). It's a bit screechy at times, one of the horns sounds like when you pull a balloon's neck closed, and the end is way too freeform and annoying. Also, the hook feels incomplete and I kept wanting Lake to say something after "Schizoid Man" but he leaves you hanging. "I Talk To The Wind" is ok but really sleepy, the lyrics are very surface-level obvious and I wanted something more introspective based on this soundscape. I don't hate it though because it serves as a good opener to the next three. "Epitaph" is the best track and evokes real feelings, it's almost like a funeral march. The line "Confusion will be my epitaph" is the pinnacle of the album and sorta describes it as a whole. They do something good only to negate that with some bad noodling leaving the listener mostly confused. There's three good songs in here sandwiched by some red bread. I don't like repeat songs and the last track is disposable. Based on all of the above, I can't go above a 2.15.
Quite an epic here. Some good instrumentals and experimentation but too much tinkering. Loooong songs that lose the listener. Title track was best. I recognize the album cover and never knew what it was. Not something I will be revisiting. 1.6 stars.
Wasn't my thing really
There is an edge to this that sets it apart from other prog rock of that era. But it still devolves into the flute laden boredom of Jethro Tull at the their worst. I would probably like these prog rock albums more without the vocals and their middle earth elven lyrical delivery.
Does nothing to alter my view that all prog is just a steaming pile of wanky toss. Gets a star for 20th Century Schizoid Man, but otherwise just fuck off with the self indulgent twaddle.
Definitely unique I'll give it that. Can't say I see myself revisiting it, parts were good but too many long stretches of nonsense noise
Occasionally good but mostly just weird. Long tracks with random guitar noises. Might have been a better album if it was shorter.
Too much prog, not enough rock.
It was late 60/early 70 Brit prog rock for sure. Just had a hard time enjoying this one.
Yeah okay whatever. First track I was like okay cool I can work with this. Then the second track came and I was like wow this is a let down. This cycle continued throughout the album and throughout the last two songs as well. I mean the Moonchild song was just some dudes farting around on random instruments for like 4 minutes. Also the album cover is really dumb and I don't like it.
um, no. prog rock/psych rock not my thing to begin with. but this was just waaaaay too long-tracks and album. felt like it was just bunch of rambling lyrics & music. guitar was nice on "Into the Wind" & that was about it. 2.5 stars
meh
Not that worse kind of prog-rock that I was afraid of before.
Wow, just not a fan. It's Jazz on steroids! I can't see or feel the connective tissues, it's so random & wandering. Amazing if you're a musician yourself, not so much if you're not - I appreciate the chops and artistry, just not the music. I like some prog-rock but this was just not on target for me personally. I remember the edited version of "21st Century Schizoid Man" from rock radio when I was a kid. Tracks 2-4, I'd sum up as "dreary". I somehow made my way through the entire album, but for me this would never make my Top 2001. I am surprised this album has the following it has. 2 stars for artistry, staying power & musicianship.
Truly a landmark album. Here we see the birth of prog rock. We have a single track, 21st Century Schizoid Man, that is innovative in both sound and scope. And then every other song is a boring slog featuring the ramblings of a lead singer who has nothing to say. A triumph in sucking and being boring
How anyone could DARE rank this corny, fake Medieval nonsense alongside Zeppelin, Floyd, Sabbath, is totally beyond me. Ok, “21st Century Schizoid Man” does rock a bit, but it would still be the worst track on any of the above bands’ records.
definitely a class rock vibe, not my cup of tea (lol.) the musicality is overall very well blended and tells a story. the lyricism is creative but i can't really connect to it. 6/10.
If it weren’t for albums like this, we may not have the “Stonehenge” scene from This is Spinal Tap. So…thank you?
In its interesting moments, this album is super interesting. I think there is so much baggyness with long extended bits at the ends of songs that ultimately lead to absolutely nothing. I don't mind stuff being experimental or jamming or making songs longer, but there has to be something going on, otherwise it's just quiet noise that means nothing. What makes it worse is that when there is something good going on, EVERYTHING is happening.
When this album first began I liked it a lot, but as it went on it slowly lost me. The track "Moonchild" devolves into random noises that I wouldn't classify as music at all. I have to wonder how the recording and mixing sessions for this track went. "So like you want a half of a cymbal hit and then 1 second of silence followed by like two plucks of a guitar string?" "Yea but then it should be half a second of silence and then start the drum line beat that just plays for 30 seconds or so, also pass me one of those xylophone sticks I'll just hit some random notes while all that happens." I like my music to be musical and not just some avant garde noises thrown together haphazardly. A potential 4 star album cut down to 2 stars after this ridiculous track.
I know people who's musical opinion i respect that consider this not only the best prog rock record but also one of the all time best records in general. That being the case I learned here that prog rock definitely doesn't do much for me.
They lost me at Moonchild. First half of the album was great. But the slower, stranger second half lost me.
Fuck. That was a lot. I think I would like it better if it was made now with a more modern vibe. And less...jazz. Oh, I'm skipping that second track. I'm case you think it's about to drop, it doesn't. Flutey folk wank all the way through. Is this prog? I'm not the boss of that, but if it is, then it sure got better in later years. Two stars.
Kanye sample in the first track.
Well, I hate the album cover. Good thing I didn’t see that as a kid or it would have been the source of my nightmares for years. Without listening to a note, I’m guessing these guys are heavy. Let’s see. Ok, first song in and I thought that was a Beatles song. This is what I think Prog Rock sounds like. It’s hard to imagine how someone could think to follow up 21st Century with a song like I Talk to the Wind. Musically this is solid. Lyrically it’s a “try hard”. It’s like medieval sounding where I need a crown and a wench. I don’t think I’ve taken such a downturn in emotions over an album so quickly. 21st Century starts off banging and then the knife of enjoyment is pulled out of your heart and you are bleeding out quickly. This is a hard one for ranking. I’m not an instrumental music guy but if these guys removed the singing I’d rank it high. It’s not a terrible album but the lyrics are terrible. It’s like a series of David Bowie B sides when he was too fucked up to get through a song in one take. Choice cut: 21St Century Schizoid Man
I'm not gonna like this, am I? Ohhh 21st century schizoid man is sampled by the Kanye album I really like! Actually didn't hate it as much as I thought I would, 2*
Undoubtedly ground-breaking in 1969. Now, it sounds largely just self-indulgent, I'm afraid.
Pretty much head-over-heels for "21st Century Schizoid Man," but pretty much don't give a shit about the rest
Not good!
Full Disclaimer: I know this album is very influential for other prog rock groups to come, but to be quite honest, this album is just a bit beyond my level of prog rock enjoyment. It goes way too wacky in too many spots. It's a bit chaotic to start with 21st Century Schizoid Man, lots of noise and random bits of instruments thrown in there. I Talk To The Wind is a lot more mellow with a very nice flute solo to end out the song. I fell asleep listening to Epitaph and Moonchild. The last track, The Court of the Crimson King, is a nice wrap-up for this album. Again, not my favorite stuff here, but I appreciate the influential nature of it. 2.25/5, so I'm rounding down to 2.
Some interesting tracks, but they are often overly self-indulgent... oh and the sax seems out of place at times.
It’s a shame that this album is filled with filler for how absolute killer the first song is. I don’t mind listening to it, but when l compare it to other albums it’s just not quite there. I’ll give it a 2 just for the sake of the first song.
Never got this album
This album (only my second one) was challenging to stick with. Track 1--makes me feel anxious; Track 4, atmospheric and interesting--mostly no objections--but too long; Track 5 was more accessible for me; Track 6, nope again but it did compel me to do an internet search to learn more about it; Track 7 helped to repair my brain. Track 8, no surprise, not for me. I learned something today so no harm, no foul.
Not my cup of tea
Don’t really get this type of music. This one wasn’t for me.
I do like The Court of the Crimson King (the song), but overall, this album is just rather boring to listen to. I had to skip the end of Moonchild entirely because it just goes into that 70s style of 'long stretch of almost dead air' that just isn't worth spending time to see if it ever stops.
Is it a seminal prog rock album? Yes. Is it good. Ehhhhhhhh.
I’d say this album is not for me. Didn’t enjoy listening to it, but I can appreciate that it’s innovative.
Could not get into this
Respect it but it doesn’t grab. Too much head, not enough heart?? 1.5 for influence alone…
I wasn't expecting to find one of my favorite samples on this album, but I am pleasantly surprised. Other than that one second snippet, I'm not very impressed with the rest of the album - it's a little boring.
Wanted to like it more than I did.
Some brilliance, a lot of bollocks
Bland
Disappointing. In my head, fair or unfair, I expected something funkier with higher energy. This was not that.
Not my cup of tea, kinda boring and too long. Why is each song like 4 songs?
I only liked the song Epitaph. Seems mostly underwhelming. But I think Kanye sampled this song for 'Power'.
This is my first proper listen to King Crimson, a band that comes with a big reputation, especially with fans like Nick Cave. It’s easy to hear why. In the Court of the Crimson King is a bold, game-changing prog rock album that feels very different to anything else from its time. The musicianship is outstanding, and when it hits, it really hits. 21st Century Schizoid Man is explosive and chaotic in the best way, while Epitaph is a brilliant, more emotional and atmospheric track. For me, though, it leans a bit too heavily into the instrumental sections. While they show off the band’s talent, they can drag at times and take away from the overall flow. It’s a very good album, but not quite a great one for me. Favourite track: Epitaph Least favourite track: Moonchild Album artwork: Mental cover, really striking and memorable
In Epitaph, they stretch "iron" into a nine syllable word. That's art. And science. And mystery. Wow, this is a long album that doesn't translate into today's music about getting drunk.
We were definitely in a bit of trouble with 21st Century (though this is how i learned where the Kanye West sample for MBDTF came from... call me ignorant). Still that track had its own prog rock adventure that set it back quite a bit. Epitaph was a bit of a redeemer, but on a whole, its more of a tolerate than enjoy with the occasional prog rock noodling detours.
a bit too “soundtrack to the hobbit” for me, but i know people who love this album
Well made but I’m just not into prog rock. It’s like reading a fantasy novel.
Got diagnosed with tuberculosis halfway through listening to this album, which knocked a full star off my rating.
I get why people love it so much - there's a lot to it, but the same could be said of Jazz, and I can't get on with Jazz. Glad I'm aware of it, but won't be featuring in my record collection.
Terribly pretentious, has lasted well
I understand that it's experimental and notable for its time, but the songs don't have much consistency and it feels like the tracks go on forever. I will say that the instruments are played well and I can understand why someone would like this album, it just didn't click with me. Start and end was decent though. Highlights: The Court Of The Crimson King - I liked how it built.
i mean it was alright, but it felt like 5 disjointed tracks YNN additional note: i listened to the previous album on my list, nebraska, again, and i have to say, bruce stringsteen is such a fucking talentless hack, the entire album is just sing-what-you-see shlock
10 min. long songs aren't my jam.
Liked 'Court of the Crimson King' but Prog Rock really isn'y my thing.
Can’t believe I haven’t heard them. Pretty good stuff, especially for the late 60’s-70’s.
shite
fine
Meh
First song is good and the last song is ok. Not sure what was going on in the middle there. Never got the hype around this album.
I want to like this album, I really tried. There are some great pieces but then it loses me. Great horn parts followed by weird prog rock chaos. I’m glad I finally gave it a listen but it’s just not working for me.
Sigh…I’ve tried several times to give this album another chance. 21st Cent. Schizoid Man IS a fun song, but it’s not indicative of the rest of the album. The rest of the album is why “prog rock” gets a bad name. Far too meandering, overly pompous, very much in love with its own cleverness. And fairly dull. The 2 stars are only for the opening track’s catchiness. Maybe save the
21st century schizoid man bangs of course but like every song has an extra minute or so of outro lol
The last two songs are good. 2/5
This album took me a long time to get through. The first song absolutely goes, but everything after that is a painful, twinkly, snoozefest.
Can appreciate why people like it but it's not for me. Found it kind of uninspiring.
Meh
Mixed bag of orchestra rock and psychedelic noodling
Didn't really like yjis one.
A strange mix of jazz and psychedelic 60’s music. Didn’t enjoy it. And all the songs were so long!!
Too Ozzy.
Hmmm, heard of this band for ages but this is the first time I’ve ever listened to them
Ok.
Now I know where Kanye got that sample.
Slightly knew one song, decent but not very me
Not my bag
Sheesh. Ok I know it’s a classic and yes, of course, well done this lot but it’s way too jazzy for me.
I didn't really care for this one. Nothing catchy.
it was hit and miss, but mostly miss.
All of those things I may have said about prog not being so bad during the Genesis listen....I take back. I made it through the record though, so I guess that means it gets a two.
Anfang vom ersten Song ganz gut, zweiten hatte ich auch schon in der Playlist. Rest zu eintönig, nervig.
A crossover between Eagles and Jethro Tull.
Yay! Prog rock is invented, now to have a ten year musical arms race to see who can have the smallest tracklist, the most esoteric lyrics, the most complex, key changiest song structure and longest most wanky instrumental sections and solos. 5/10
OK, not really my kind of thing.
1. 21st Century Schizoid Man - I thought I was pretty familiar with and liked this song. I must’ve been listening to a radio edit. The intro and all of the parts with vocals are great, but the long instrumental section in the middle loses me a bit. I’m not anti long instrumental sections… I went to 8 damn Rush concerts. But this is a little too close to free jazz for my taste. Still adds up to a great song, even if the ponderous instrumental takes it from a perfect song down to a merely great one. 4/5 2. I Talk to the Wind - Didn’t expect there to be so much clarinet on this album. Also flutes. Kind of pleasant. Also ponderous. Not what I was expecting from an album credited with giving birth to progressive metal. 2/5 3. Epitaph - still with the flutes!!!! That said, this is way more what I was expecting from this record - there’s a haunting moodiness that makes it feel super timeless. The chord progression is really effective, and the way King Crimson uses the mellotron on this record is unreal. 4.5/5 4. Moonchild - The title is threatening me with some hippy dippy bullshit. And it’s 12 minutes long. On paper, this doesn’t look promising. For the actual listening experience, I can’t decide whether I find the vocal melody kind of haunting or kind of goofy in that vaguely medieval way that makes me unable to take a lot of prog seriously. Once the vocals end, oh boy does it get ponderous - to the point of it sounding less like an instrumental section, and more like they had the tape rolling as the band sat down and noodled for a few minutes before playing for real. Like this song is 12 minutes long and once the vocals end, it’s as if they’re just running out the clock to get to a full 45 mins. Yikes. 1/5 5. The Court of the Crimson King - Among the best openings of a song ever. The drum fill, the mellotron melody. Ugh. It’s so good. …and then there’s a flute interlude? God dammit. On a positive note, the vaguely medieval vocal melody actually works in the context of this song. Clearly the best song on the album and you can understand why it’s so effective as a movie soundtrack, but it’s still undermined a bit by the ponderousness in the middle. 4/5 Overall: This record is substantially more mellow than I was expecting. I know not all early prog is quite as aggressive as what came later, but with 21st Century Schizoid Man as a starting point, I would’ve expected more bite and fewer woodwinds throughout. On the whole, it embodies some of what I like about more proggy music, as well as much of what repels me from that genre. There are moments of transcendence, the musicianship is pretty much flawless, and I can imagine that the stylistic development must have been mind blowing in the late 60s. But it’s also so ponderous in spots, and even the two great songs that bookend the record get sidetracked with momentum-killing interludes. That thought that “this is probably way better if you’re high” kept popping up for me, and I kind of resent music that needs extra assistance to be impactful. No shade to getting high, but the best psychedelia still works even when you’re sober. So, I guess I admire how groundbreaking and influential it was in its day, and there are stretches that are really hit, but listening to the whole record required far more patience than I would’ve expected.
Must admit, listened while at work so didn’t catch all the lyrics. It’s okay for background music, but I didn’t enjoy as much as I anticipated based on the Wikipedia description.
Album Nr. 32 60iger Rock'n Roll. Nicht mein Geschmack. Nur die Titel "I Talk To The Wind", "Epitaph" und "The Court Of The Crimson King" haben die schlechtest mögliche Bewertung verhindert.
Debut album. Bof.
Nein Danke - zu experimentell
Mad Magazine cover was disturbing but the music was ok. Thats about it. Tolerable? Maybe I was primed to listen out of relief because of that techno crap from the last few days. Well, tolerable but also snoozefest.
ein paar sachen ganz ok, aber sonst irres gedudel
Could t get into it.
Not my jam. I'm sure prog rock is interesting to some people. But not this person
I can appreciate an album is technically very impressive while hating almost everything about the album !
This album is a real mix. It has some good melodies, like I Talk To The Wind, or the main part of 21st Century Schizoid Man. But it also has plenty of sections that are just too experimental / artsy / crazy for my taste. The crazy drags down the album to the point where I don't really feel like listening to it again. If someone created a "sane cut" of this album, I would rate it highly.
Waffled between 2 and 3 stars. After listening to it several times now, I do appreciate some of it. But, too often they wade off into what feels like self-indulgent jam-prog territory.
Slightly better than the musical the gang from 'Always Sunny' put on. But similarly bombastic with lyrics that make me think of a tween who really loves sci fi.
One really good song. The others were too long and experimental for my liking.
Alternates between a toddler at a play piano and epic ballads. You take psychedelics, we get it.
Very jazzy too many sax and horn and drum runs.
Starts off very noisily then chills out a bit. Strange but not terrible. Unlikely I’ll listen to this again.
Really really werid .... 2 stars
Moody Blues/Pink Floyd influencer.
album one overall ranking: 21st century schizoid man: 2.5/5 i talk to the wind: 2/5 epitaph: 3.5/5 moonchild: 1/5 the court of the crimson king: 3.5/5 a man a city: 2/5 cool album, i understand why others would like it and the reason why it is so influential, i just can’t get into it 👍 i feel like i would like it more if the songs weren’t as long favorite: title track
Outside of 21st Century Schizoid Man, I have no idea why anyone would want to make music that sounds like this. Alternates between slow and boring and drippy and boring. Takes the worst parts of Free Jazz and doubles down on them.
Yet another name I’ve heard of and then been surprised to hear that they are a British band. It was a nice listen but I have a big problem with the random hitting of notes that dominated the latter half of Moonchild. I hate that and it ruins what was up until that point from what I remember an enjoyable track.
This is a very well-known album and it's art is possibly more famous? I was expecting the sound of hair flying everywhere and massive guitar solos and was pleased when that didn't happen. Love the mellotron! Didn't realise Greg Lake was the singer (I quite like his anti Christma song). Turns out it's not as bad as I thought it would be, very hippyish stuff, well it is prog! The mellow 'I Talk To the Wind' and 'Epitaph' are very good. The rest sort of just fizzled out for me. A mid 2.
It's Christmas. I genuinely don't care about this awful album. So it spawned a whole lot of dad rock classics? Don't care. I don't like them either.
I tip my hat to the musicianship, but this is just not for me. The pivot from track 1 to 2 was so abrupt and the songs are too damn long. Moonchild, so boring. They take themselves very seriously. 2.0
I liked this album quite a bit more the first time. For some reason, this time just didn't resonate as much with me. Still some really cool moments and instrumentation here, and it does say a lot that this is one of the most sampled albums ever written. Favorite track: The Court of the Crimson King
Cool to hear that this was a sample but other than that not my jam
Just too much random nonsense noise in a couple songs, but I did like Epitah for the most part.
Amazing musicianship. So avant guards it's entertaining; for a bit.
snatches of enjoyable melodies in between too many minutes of noise
An album that is telling the story of the Crimson King. I enjoyed the first track, but then it delves into a bit too much of the storytelling and experimental pieces. Skills are definitely on display at times, but overall a slog to get through. High 2
I can appreciate the skill and the experimentalism, it's just not my cup of tea.
Ziemlicher Garbage die meiste Zeit aber Lied 2 und 3 war ganz cool
Generally enjoyable, with the exception of Moonchild, which is 12+ minutes of random plinking. Parts of it sound like a Western or Sci-Fi movie soundtrack. Another album where I can appreciate where it's coming from and its influence but it isn't something I'll listen to again.
1st track not really my thing 2nd track is nice. calming 3rd track is cool. cinematic vibes 4th track is calming. long 5th track is giving western movie 6th track same as first. not my thing 7th track same as the second track 8th track has cool guitar and gives 1960s jazz vibes overall rating 4/10 not something i would usually listen to.
I did not care for this album found it hard to get through.
This album has: (1) an iconic cover image; (2) an absolute banger of an opening track; and (3) a really cool title track that has sub parts, one of which involves a “fire witch.” That isn’t nothing, but I’m not sure it makes up for the rest of the album being generic prog noodling.
Nice bass instrumentation and drums. Not a fan of the vocals. Overall, meh.
Cool but I dislike rock
Rock I talk to the wind Sokan szeretik, nekem nem jon be annyira. Kicsit chilles, elgondolkodtató.
Didn't think it was great.
Not bad, good instrumental mix. Songs were a bit long felt a bit dragged out but I only had the Expanded & Remastered version of the album so that would explain it.
Interesting...
meh. pass.
Can hear late Beatles influence, or vice versa. But most songs not my thing
Too prog rock for me
Poor man's Russell Brand
Too far out man
This is the music some of the artists I love grew up listening to. However, they have taken the ideas and made them much better.
This always bears repeating: if you have ugly or off putting album artwork I will not buy your album. And I will judge your music much more harshly because of it. This is shitty psych/prog noodling that nobody wanted. There’s a reason they aren’t part of the pantheon of all-time great classic rock acts. Their shit doesn’t resonate so it has become obscure instead of fondly reminiscent of a different time. Begone! Back to the bottom of the value bin stack with you, King Crimson!
Sounds 70s, not gonna listen to all of it
This reminds me of Jethro Tull, so it gets the same rating.
54 years have now passed and this record is still totally fucking shite replete with lofty fatuous gibberish lyrics, interminable meandering repetitious song structure, insulting childlike musical waste "improvisation", and (heaven fucking forfend), worst of all of these things, the flute, this record still tops the lists of many people who have far too much time on their hands to discuss such juvenile and perverted matters online and on print (how embarrassing! how uncouth! how unbecoming!) however the question still arises - does the opening track save this record from a lousy miserable one out of five? well, perhaps; but if i wanted to extract anything valuable from this silly little album i would have simply picked up kanyes version instead p.s. my arm hurts and its all my fault dont drink and cycle lol
There are elements that are good. Then there are times when everything is unstructured and everyone was just playkng random shit. Every song is way too long. It was to the point when only one note was playing and the question is why? It adds nothing. Also enough with the bonus tracks. Just have it go to the next song. I will round up
Some good parts some bad parts but overall fun and interesting
Didn’t dig it. Another album that seems influential. I can hear its sounds elsewhere soon after this came out. But it’s not pleasant to listen to the whole things in album format. Meh
mid af
Not terrible!
No thanks
I like prog, just not this album. The second tune was cool, and the musicianship was on point, especially the drums. I dig that something this adventurous is and has been popular. It blows my mind that prog bands used to sell out stadiums. But this one just lacks that certain something that I dig in such bands as Yes and Genesis.
Enige dat ik hiermee ben opgeschoten is dat ik nu weet dat dat eerste nummer gesampled is door Kanye West...
Doe niet zo moeilijk jongens, is mijn mening.
Really just felt like a lot of noise.
11th May 2023 Listened half on Thursday half Friday while packing for camping with Adna, Joe, Meg and Jenny. Don’t. Get. Prog. Rock.
Progressive rock? O progressive jazz rock, mejor dicho. Un poco rollo.
This cover is iconic 21st Century Schizoid Man rolls The rest of this mostly stressed me out
2.5
-21st Century Schizoid Man- Bryant: Starting off strong here. Lots of early 70s vibes. Iron Man feel. Now we're off on a journey to funky town! I definitely didn't get enough sleep last night. Nap time? Feels more PsyRock than ProgRock. I don't hate it, but it wouldn't make it onto a playlist of mine. Erica: I could have done without the rambling middle, but it fits with the schizoid theme. The drummer is pretty excellent. -I Talk to the WInd- Bryant: This is different. I like it when they do the muffled mics on the drums to give them a softer sound. This feels Paul and Art vs Beach Boys. Erica: I was missing the flute from yesterday, glad we got that back. It's a pretty song though. I need to stop staring at that uvula. -Epitaph- Bryant: Dramatic intro. I wish the vocals were more forward. I like this one. --9Erica: I like the beginning, it's melancholy and broody. I like it, I'd listen to a radio cut. Reminds me of a Flight of the Conchords song. -Moonchild- Bryant: Very Bond-theme-esque. Half-way through and I think this one could end now. Yeah, that was a song. Erica: I feel like if you're to have a rock band, your lead singer shouldn't sound like he's quietly singing hymns. If you look at the contemporary bands in prog-rock, this is less cohesive and doesn't stand-out. -The Court of the Crimson King- Bryant: This is more like it. That's the best on the album so far. Erica: That one was probably maybe my favorite. But like... the radio cut. End notes: This one is another one I don't understand why it made the list. I guess if it's 1001 albums there's gonna be some questionable stuff. An album with one pretty good song that is about 6 minutes too long.
Manic Schizo didn’t sound like 1969 but the rest sounded like knock off moody blues
Disclaimer: didn’t fully listen so will have to come back to this Enjoy it?: Not really, I can understand why people would though Favourite song: didn’t have one
This album was like if you took the weirdest Pink Floyd stuff and made it weirder and worse. A couple songs I jammed to but otherwise this was chaotic.
Red Screamy Man is such a meme in the vinyl community that I was stoked to see this because I've never actually heard it. To me this suffers from the same issues as other prog bands like Yes or ELP which are they have a few (or one) super cool song and then like 3 songs with just like, bird sounds and noise. New prog > OG Prog. 2.
A combination of weird music you listen to when high, saxophone sex, and decent musical ideas.
For an album praised for it's drumming, 20th Century Schizoid Man found the absolute fartiest drum tone. King Crimson says yes to every musical idea. This is not a good thing, as we're left with bad genre explorations (now it's free jazz, now it's classical, now it's hard rock) which don't fit together, forcing me to listen to lyrics that sound like they were ripped from some guy on a sci-fi fanfiction site's "brilliant novel that can't get published because it's just so out there, man." This record is what it sounds like if a Renaissance Faire got stoned.
Prog all the way here. Impressive musicianship combined with musical tripe doesn't win me over. It just sounds contrived to show off how well they can play. And yes - they really do nail the jazz work but it seems to go nowhere.
60s cliche
Long, tedious, indulgent, faux-deep. At least 21st Century Man sounded good when it was sampled by Kanye.
I knew the album cover and had heard this was an epic album, so I was excited. Turned out it wasn’t much more than background music for me which only rarely caught my attention. Nothing really special here to me, prog rock has gotten better over time. Perfectly mid 2.5/5 but I give it a 2 because I was slightly disappointed.
Other than “The Court of the Crimson King,” pretty uninteresting; one gets the impression they were just throwing anything against the studio wall to see what would stick.
Progressive rock? O progressive jazz rock, mejor dicho. Un poco rollo.
Progressief. Het is toch niet iets wat ik thuis graag luister. Onlangs naar mijn eerste concert van een progressieve rockband geweest en dat was wel leuk, maar echt gaan zitten luisteren is niet aan mij besteed. Ik kijk de bijbehorende film wel ;-).
Any time I find out where a hip hop sample came from in the first track (listen: "POWER" by Kanye West), it's a good chance it's gonna be a pretty good album. But then I listened to the rest and wasn't impressed. Meh.
Mature serious Moody Blues style singing if then utter primary school music lesson nonsense. Not clever. Emperor’s New Clothes to the musos.
Rock experimental. Coñazo
The prog motherlode. All a lot of huffing and puffing in search of something they don't quite find. Apart from the last track which really does pull it all together very well.
Beetje raar
I'm never going to be into prog. No matter how hard I try, it's just never going to happen. I've resigned myself to this fact. So, I guess take this review with a grain of salt. There's WAY too much jazz in this rock for anyone's good. It's so self-indulgent as to be downright masturbatory. I'm not interested in hearing you strangle a saxophone either metaphorically or literally. And don't get me started on the freaking flutes. What the actual hell. That's a no for me, dawg. Hard pass. The ONLY reason this doesn't fail utterly is because you can easily tell that these guys have chops. They're legitimately great musicians. Too bad they spent their energy in this wack-off of an album instead of creating something actually enjoyable. What a waste.
I once considered this a great album, but perhaps this album belongs to yesterday...
I enjoyed I Talk To The Wind. I listened to that one twice. The flute is pretty. The lyrics are not exactly uplifting but the general feel of the song is pleasant. I had a hard time getting into the rest of the album. It's music for existentialists.
I've always liked the title track, but to be honest, the rest of it verges on unlistenable
not for me, but what a magically trippy journey.
Didn’t realize how well i knew this album, or how many times I’d heard it before. Not surprised by my powers of disengagement or not always knowing who or what I’m listening to when I’m not the person pressing Play. It’s fine. Fully aware i rate harshly.
Not sure on this one. Syd Barrett wild spin offs...or a bit weird. 🤔
Pioneering a genre is bound to result in kinks that require ironing out. Lots of good ideas held down by an abundance of sections that droned on for too long. "Moonchild" really drags my overall rating down. I absolutely hated it. Fave track: The Court of the Crimson King Cool flute solo, probably more enjoyable because it came on after Moonchild. 2.5/5
These confectioners might think our palates will enjoy the initial burst of sugar (track 1 was great), but in the end it stunk
eh... it was ok
Meh. I’m not really into prog rock. It was just ok.
fav track: 21st century schizoid man
Aldrei hlustad áður. Somes ekki merkilegt en samt ljuft og rann í gegn.
Too prog, not enough rock. Found myself growing bored.
I enjoyed a few moments but struggled to rate this album as high as I did.
I know this is early prog rock, but it's hard to sell prog rock to me sometimes.
bit too muso for me but pleasant enough
Considéré comme un classique, mais pas si bien
👎 2/5 pour moi.
2/5 nope!
Was kind of interested for a bit but it got pretty boring. The extended in noodling in Moonchild really lost me but I stuck it out. At least it wasn't a very long album. Never had much interest in prog rock and it turns out that was probably legit.
On varmaan ollut maailman päräyttävintä shittiä vuonna -69, mut meh. Kakofonista sekoilua mielestäni.
This was not for me. It kept slipping into the background and there it stayed.
1/5. Found it a real chore to get through this album, not sure why. Know it comes as a "must have vinyl" but was shite for me.
Aburrido 🥱😕. Siento que no escuché nada, ya hasta se me olvidó cómo sonaba
King Crimson and this album always seems to show up in any list of the best albums of all time without exception, but I never understood this because of how boring this album is. The album peaks with an exciting albeit too long song in 21st Century Schizoid Man, and the quality is just a flatline from there on out. This and every other prog rock album is too long and very boring.
La primera canción ??????. El resto del álbum es aburrido, casi que ni lo escuché, porque las canciones no me llamaban a siquiera terminarlas, canciones muy largas para ser tan malucas
Overinflated egos disguised as music.
Pretty dumb
No Playlist add: "21st Century Schizoid Man" because I had to put something
Pretty rubbish. Too much prog is basically jazz guys pretending to be rock guys. But the jazz wankery spoils everything it touches
Didn’t need to listen to it
I really don’t like this at all
sounds too self aggrandizing 24 century schizoid man
Previously unknown. Not as bad as I expected.
No thanks. Minus another star for the terrible album art.
Maximal amount of self-importance paired with minimal amount of musical quality.
Disco extraño, parece como canciones sacada de una película de terror, para escuchar en un dia normal no es recomendado
Album cover giving me cex album giving me shit
Not for me
Didn’t like it…
21st Century Schizoid Man: no es mi vibra, para nadisima. toda la cancion es bastante parecida, sakvo el solo de instrumentos que es epico, pero aun asi no me copo. I Talk to the Wind: esta me gusto mas, probablemente porque es mas chill, me gusto el beat, estan buenos, pero tampoco digo wow. Epitaph: los mismo que la anterior en cuanto opinion Moonchild: no me gusto The Court of the Crimson King: meh A Man a City: es normal En conclusion, no me gusta ete tipo de musica. reconozco qu eme gustaron mucho las instrumentales, pero no es para mi
мені потрібна музика а не шось на 10 хв бля
Fucking annoying. Zero stars.
Lesson of the day…opinions on what makes an album appear on this list are ✨subjective ✨
i dont like it...it insist upon itselft like 12mins on a track for what..so yh noy my style
No mi estilo para nada, pero fue interesante conocer una nueva banda.
Not a fan of Prog rock. These all just seemed to drone on forever and I ended up skipping the last half of almost every song.
Sehr psychedelisch.
No pude escuchar ni un minuto del primer tema. Fue un horror
Not my vibe
I could hear Black Sabbath style vocals but really could not get on with this. Not for me I’m afraid!
doamne fereste
What the hell? This album already came up! And I still hate it!
Every song starts out pretty interesting, then just devolves into noise. Best song: The Court Of The Crimson King
I can only assume this album cover is supposed to be a mirror showing the face of someone forced to listen to this more than once. What an unpleasant experience.
not really my thing
Waste of time
Conal is wrong
A cheestastic wank fest. This brings to mind Sean Connery as Zardoz, only this is the soundtrack to an even worse 70s B-movie. This album has been heralded by some musicians I know. I'll try not to hold it against them.
Not my cup of tea
Pretentious. Sounds like spinal tap.
Not my vibe honestly some tracks sound funky but its nothing i would listen to on a regular basis
This album is 3 years younger than me. In my teens some friends liked stuff like this - maybe this. Hated it then. Hate it now. Would give it no stars if I could
Awful. Despite the cover.
I'm trying to get past the "Schizoid Man" lyrics and just appreciate the instrumentals of the first song because the big band feeling is impressive, but as the album kept going the more I didnt like it.
idk man. i will probably not listen to this ever again for me it’s too much experimental
Too weird for me to listen to
pompous. smug. clever-clever.
Couple of songs were good otherwise it sounded like a pro jazz band tuning up
Waffle. I used to own this and never listened and my opinion has not changed.
Sucked!
Not for me
I could not get into this at all.
This is lame
Ahhhhh bore and a snore
I couldn't take enough drugs to make this good.
My god this us long winded. Save for the time i spent trying to work out what had sampled the opening track there is nothing remotely positive of the first track. I talk to the wind is just dull. Epitaph is the usual overlong prog guff. Moonchild features that other albums like this, a tune that at times sounds like the engineer has just recorded the instruments being set up and tested possibly by toddlers. The Court of King Crimson brings down the curtain in a suitably overblown fashion and hopefully signals the end of my listening to their work
The review is solely based on the original tracklisting, not the expanded version on Amazon Music. 21st Century Schizoid Man (Including "Mirrors") I liked the beginning of, hated the middle of, and was indifferent to the end of. Trimming that down, well chopping it in half, would have made a song I'd enjoy. I Talk To The Wind I just found long and fairly uninteresting. Epitaph (including March for No Reason and Tomorrow and Tomorrow) had the vocals so low, both in general and in the mix, at times that I had to turn up the overall volume to try and hear him. I was surprised to read Brett Gurewitz's Epitaph Records label (home of most of my favourite bands from the 90s, and one of my current favourites, Roe Kapara) and was named after this track. It was ok, but too long. Moonchild (including The Dream and The Illusion) is over 12 minutes long and makes me want to scream with frustration. Not sure if that was what they were going for. IT IS SO LONG AND MEANDERING! Even they don't seem to see the point in it, as they first played it live 48 years after releasing it. I cannot imagine how boring a live experience this song would be. The Court of the Crimson King was marginally shorter, so at least there's that. There's actually some small parts I like in this track, but not enough to make me enjoy the whole. There are parts of this album that I didn't hate, but I disliked Moonchild so much, it's sullied the whole LP for me. Once again, I do not understand the attraction in 95% of Prog Rock. 1/5 (it would have got 2 had Moonchild been banished)
Didn't enjoy at all
> In 2015, the album was ranked number 2 on Rolling Stone's list of the "50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time" Seriously?
The album cover art creeps me out, so docked for that. Let’s see about to music now!! Update: Not a fan….
Overblown, self indulgent. Not my thing
prog rock. this is not for me.
Utter waste of time. I'm sure there's some talent in the band but did they have to play the same song over and over again?
Progressive rock seems to be the antithesis of fun. Definitely understand why so many people joined and then promptly left this band.
I think this band served as an inspiration for Spinal Tap.
Well, this was terrible.
Simplemente, no conecté con el disco
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Dirge
I want wipe all late 60s music from existence to get rid of this album.
Just terrible shit. I don’t care if they heavily influenced an entire genre when they bands they influenced are a million times better
Flute on the second song yasss I like epitaph Not musically inclined enough to appreciate 12 min of sounds
Idk I was bored
Weird but interesting I guess. Worst Song: Epitaph - Including "March for No Reason" and "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" Best Song: 21st Century Schizoid Man - Including "Mirrors" Added to Liked Songs:
no se si el tren llamaquique - aviles lo esta haciendo horrible pero asi se siente.
Bastante basura la verdad. Menos mal que hay otros álbumes de ruido porque si no iba para el último de cabeza
I struggled with this. Prog is not my thing at all and I didn't really particularly enjoy anything here.
I do not care for prog rock. Like, it's pretty annoying to me. Pretentious theater kids acting like their better that everyone and just telling critics that they don't "get it." That means you aren't conveying anything in a meaningful way; you're just self-grandeurizing.
Like Alice Cooper but exponentially worse.
One good song
Crimson Crap.
This album was undoubtedly made for either someone more musically cultured than me and into progressive rock. For me a lot of it just sounded like the weird background music on retro kids cartoons (think Tom and Jerry). Sometimes I felt great the song has finished, just for an extra five minutes of random instrumental. A song should never be nine minutes, well unless it’s good, and then it’s ok
Tedious and indulgent. Not to be confused with The Court of King Caractacus.
Not my thing
I bet some boring fucker liked this. Well not this boring fucker. This was fucking boring.
O shit it's that album cover i can never name in quizzes. Oh ffs its fucking prog. .... -_- I hate this sorry I'm trying to get it but i don't im bored shitless Like there just isn't a song in the world that would be better if it was 12 minutes long Shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up I respect the art of just banging shit together but not for 8 bastard minutes at a time do something else!!!!!! I don't care if it's some musical groundbreaker either. broke ground for what? More prog? Put that shovel down. Okay four minutes into the title track i was like 'oh maybe this one's alright' and then it started doing Prog Shit. Off ye fuck. Oh my god it's still going. This was torture but I guess I got my first one star out of it. So that's something.
I’m just not that in to prog…I know this is a highly rated album but it dragged on for me and I’ve tried multiple times to get in to it.
Not my thing.
No. This is noise. Not good.
2/10…psychadelic / progr.rock
Not really my thing. Sounds like a weird cross between alternative, low-fi, and really early rock. I had previously heard 21st Century Schitzo Man before listening to this album.
I've been pleasantly surprised by the other prog-rock albums that have shown up on this list. Entries from Rush, ELP and the likes have been getting a healthy bump above my initial expectations. Unfortunately King Crimson didn't follow this trend. I wanted to like this album it but really couldn't get into it at all. It's a mess of long bland songs and honestly a little annoying. I will be filing this one away for good. 1.22 stars
Heavily instrumental… lots of jamming. Not my taste all around but catchy hook on 21st century Schizoid Man
I've been listening to this album all day and I'm only now starting song 5? Also, this fantasy-type music that should be in a movie with fairies and nymphs has never been my thing.and I guess it still isn't.
Never want to listen to Prog-rock again
It’s a 1 because it was way too long and ended up being very pointless. It was not good at all.
This was weird. It started off sounding like it would be quite an interesting listen but it really trailed off and it eventually just sounded like they were in demo mode and taking the piss with who could make a sound next.
Not for me didn't do it
I don't get it. Was cool to hear where that one Kanye sample came from, but otherwise this is NOT for me. Moonchild is 12 minutes of straight up nothing.
I've tried, but this just doesn't seem to agree with me. I know that its rated a classic by many, but too difficult for me to get into. I do like some of Fripp's later solo work, and definitely his work with Bowie and The Roches.
No, just no
It was too wankery for me. Too many notes, not enough substance.