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Best King Crimson album?
A friend of mine has every King Crimson album from "In the court..." up to "Red" and I want to give him an album from the "new" King Crimson era, basically King Crimson with Adrian Belew. In your opinion, what would be the best KC album for a fan of 70's KC and 70's prog in general? I've been thinking in “Discipline” as the logical next step or "The Power to Believe" just because I like it, but I'm not sure about it. I'd appreciate your opinion.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
What a pleasure to meet another prog fan on here. I would much appreciate King Crimson's work from the 70's, but I really like some of their albums after Red. Such would include "Discipline," in my opinion is one of their finest albums, it took me a lot of listens to understand the masterpiece. " THRAK " is also an incredible album, not to my expectancy compared to their earlier albums, but it still is great. I haven't listened to their latest "The Power to Believe" yet, but I heard that it went with positive reviews from prog fans, because it shared similar traits with Larks' Tongue in Aspic. Your friend will surely like the albums from the new King Crimson era.
Source(s): Proghead. - 1 decade ago
This should be fun. I am also a big Crimson fan, first getting into Discipline when it came out, then USA and other old stuff, then Beat when it came out, etc. My recommendation - Go with the Discipline album, but also the Neal and Jack and Me video:
http://www.amazon.com/King-Crimson-Neal-Jack-1982-...
This really might be the best place to start. Your friend is undoubtedly a huge fan of Fripp and Bruford. Go right to the Larks Tongue II versions from both concerts. That's the best introduction, for someone familar with the old stuff. after watching those two versions of that song, start the Frjus concert from the start. Waiting Man from Beat is awesome on that video, as Bruford starts out on the stand-up Simmons and then Belew joins in. Then you get Fripp on guitar.
Belew's voice is way different than Greg Lake, etc, but it really shines on Waiting Man.
Try to watch it somewhere where there's a great stereo connected to the TV and you'll both go nuts.
Me and my pals used to watch that concert after every night of drinkin, way back when...
Good Luck!
