Does anyone else own a copy of King Crimsons classic album; In The Court of The crimson King?

Random clanking noises, strange drumbeats, and odd electronic sounds are played for nine minutes with absolutely no direction. Once the music starts to calm down some random percussion comes in and plays for a few seconds, then the music gets quiet and we do it all over again. It really feels like King Crimson were just messing around in the studio without any intent.

While Moonchild does have a "psychedelic" feel it's ambience is extremely boring, dull, and pointless. The Court of the Crimson King brings the album to a dramatic end and is fairly similar to Epitaph, a slow, melancholy finger-picked acoustic plays over Lakes soothing voice. The music slowly builds up as flutes and violins play softly in the background.

Eventually the music explodes into a boisterous, mesmerizing chorus. The chorus almost sounds like it could be coming from a large choir of angels as they sing "In the court of the Crimson King." That’s the boisterous part, the mesmerizing part consists of mellow "ahhhhhhhing."

Throughout the rest of the tune flutes, organs, electronics, mellotron, and guitars are featured creating a whimsical and lush piece of music. I suppose King Crimson could have cut the song down to about seven minutes or so because the song comes to a halt for about thirty seconds then starts up again. The albums closer is obviously the highlight as it showcases one of the catchiest choruses that I have ever listened to as well as a wide variety of instruments.

In the Court of the Crimson King shows off some great instrumentation, songwriting, and musicianship. Out of the five songs that made the cut I think that two of them are excellent, they are 21st Century Schizoid Man and The Court of the Crimson King. Epitaph and I Talk to the Wind are both decent songs, while they both possess a soothing and sublime atmosphere they can also get quite boring and are almost two relaxed for their own good.

What obviously kills the album is Moonchild, it doesn't really do anything or go anywhere. The band tried an experiment and it went bad as the song shows nothing interesting, unique, or new. King Crimsons In the Court of the Crimson King is considered a classic album by many diehard progressive rock nuts.

While I agree that this is a classic I cannot recommend it myself. There are many highlights featured on this record yet there are also some boring and dull moments showcased mainly in the mid-section of the album. In 1969 I can see how In the Court of the Crimson King would be such groundbreaking piece of work but thirty-seven years later it just sounds a bit to archaic and dated.