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Sabrutin
February 18th 2023


9783 Comments


I guess Heartbeat ruined this album's reputation or something, because other than that this rules hard and has the expected crazy good KC moments

normaloctagon
Contributing Reviewer
February 18th 2023


4045 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Album rules yeah

Demon of the Fall
February 18th 2023


34296 Comments


shamefully still haven’t checked despite KC being my fave ‘70s prog band’…

Poor decision making process on my part, me thinks


Donchivo
February 18th 2023


1998 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Na... You didn't miss that much. And I am saying it despite KC being one of my top 10 all time favorite bands. But if you bother, check Neurotica, by far the best song on this album!

Jethro42
February 18th 2023


18281 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Album is full of gems.

Sabrutin
April 11th 2023


9783 Comments


Fripp's solo in Two Hands sounds like bird chirping and I mean it in the best way. Such a comfy song.

Neurotica is an obvious highlight but I find the album is pretty stacked

e210013
April 12th 2023


5230 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah, this is a very good album from the band. But it's my least favourite album of their trilogy, "Discipline", "Beat" and "Three Of A Perfect Pair".

Donchivo
April 12th 2023


1998 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

While absolutely not terrible, it definitely is my least favorite album of their whole discography.



Which would be your least favorite album their discography?

e210013
April 12th 2023


5230 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

This is also probably my least favourite studio album of the band too.

But, if we include their live albums, it's "Earthbound". It's a very aggressive album that was recorded in very difficult circumstances. It seems the recordings were captured live on an ampex stereo cassette recorder in the rain and from the back of a Volkswagen truck. Besides that, Fripp had decided to dismember the band, so there were some dismotivation and tension. Finally, the line up on the album is probably the weakest of all King Crimson's career. So, we have here the perfect seeds to be a failure work. Still, the live version of "21st Century Schizoid Man" isn't bad at all and and the live version of "The Sailor's Tale" is very good.

Donchivo
April 12th 2023


1998 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Mate, Earthbound sounds like a late 80s black metal live bootleg, I agree. But the 21st century schizoid man version in my opinion is their best ever! That alone is such a redeeming factor...

e210013
April 12th 2023


5230 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I agree, Don. But the album isn't only that great version.

Donchivo
April 12th 2023


1998 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

true, but that version alone makes it better then (IMO) more middling live albums like b'boom and better than Beat.



But yeah, still far from being among their greatset live albums

normaloctagon
Contributing Reviewer
March 21st 2024


4045 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

New soap and eeeenvelopes

VlacDrac
March 21st 2024


2582 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Overhated album.

normaloctagon
Contributing Reviewer
March 21st 2024


4045 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

*Slaps roof of car* I’ll take this bad boy over TOAPP any day of the week

Sabrutin
March 22nd 2024


9783 Comments


Rules so hard

GhostShelter
March 27th 2024


991 Comments


How did they come up with such a god awful cover art? Impressive, truly.

Sabrutin
March 27th 2024


9783 Comments


I like it idk, pink note c:

and the blue is nice

normaloctagon
Contributing Reviewer
March 27th 2024


4045 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Love the cover art yeah

VlacDrac
March 27th 2024


2582 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Agreed, this one is better than TOAPP.



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