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    Rate King Crimson catalogue from A to D

    The first seven - ITCOCK, ITWOP, Lizard, Islands, LTIA, SABB, Red - A
    USA - B
    Earthbound - D
    Discipline - C
    Beat - B
    Three Of A Perfect Pair - C
    Vrooom - B
    THRAK- C
    The Construction of Light - C
    Happy with what you have to be happy with - B
    The Power to Believe - C
    ProjeKcts: Live At The Jazz Cafe - B
    Live Groove - B
    Masque - C
    ProjeKct Four - D
    ThraKattacK - C

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    Decided to not include any King Crimson Collectors Club live discs...they're all an A

    A
    ITCOTCK, Poseidon, Lizard, Islands, S&BB, USA, Epitaph, The Night Watch, The Great Deceiver, The Road to Red

    B
    Larks Tongues, Red, The Young Persons Guide to KC, Happy with What You Have to be Happy with

    C
    Discipline, Three of a Perfect Pair, 40th Anniversary Tour Box, The Power to Believe

    D
    Earthbound, Level Five, The Deconstruction of Light
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    Court - A+
    ItWP - A-
    Lizard - A
    Islands - B+
    Earthbound - C-
    Lark's - A
    S&BB - A-
    Red - A
    USA - A- (cd issue)
    YPG... - B
    Discipline - C+
    Thrak - B-
    Epitaph - A-
    CoL - B-
    PTB - B+
    Nightwatch - A-
    Level 5 - B-
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    A: ItCotCK, Lizard, SaBB

    B: ItWoP, Islands, Larks', Red

    C: USA, Discipline, Live in Argentina, Power to Believe

    D: (everything else)
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    A
    Court
    Poseidon
    Lizard
    Islands
    S & BB
    Red

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    Red=A
    Debut=B+

    The rest are around the C rating. No masterpieces!

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    How coincidental, my fav KC album without any doubt is Red.
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    ITCHCOCK B-
    Wake C
    Lizard A-
    Islands C
    LTIA A+++
    SABB A
    Red A+
    Discipline A-
    Beat C
    TOAPP B-
    Thrak C
    Thrakattak B-
    The ProjeKcts Box Set B
    TCOL C
    TPTB C
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    As previous, my ratings are not comparative, but on an absolute scale:

    ITCOTCK: A-
    Poseidon: B+
    Lizard: A-
    Islands: B-
    Earthbound: C
    Larks: A
    Starless: A-
    Red: A
    Discipline: A
    Beat: B+
    Three of a Perfect Pair: B+
    Thrak: A-
    Col: B-
    PPower to Believe: B+

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    Court- B+
    Poseidon- B

    everything else- C minus or lower

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    In The Court... - A-
    In The Wake... - B
    Lizard - A+
    Islands - B-
    Larks'... - A
    SABB - B
    Red - A+
    Discipline - A+
    Beat - C-
    Three Of... - B-
    Thrak - C+
    The ConstruKction... - B
    The Power... - A-

    Earthbound - B
    Live In Asbury Park (USA) - A-
    The Great Deceiver - A+
    B'Boom - C+
    Thrakattack - B
    Epitaph (collectively) - B-
    The Nightwatch - B
    Absent Lovers - A-
    Heavy ConstruKction - B-
    Vroom Vroom - B-
    Ladies Of The Road - C
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    [QUOTE=mogrooves;266040]Court - A+
    ItWP - A-
    Lizard - A
    Islands - B+
    Earthbound - C-
    [QUOTE]

    ^^^ this.

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    ITCOTCK A
    Wake B-
    Lizard A-
    Islands B-
    LTIA A+
    SABB A-
    Red A+
    Discipline A-
    Beat C
    TOAPP B-
    Thrak B-
    Thrakattakk C+
    TCOL C+
    TPTB B

    The Great Deceiver A+
    Heavy Construkction B+
    Projekcts Box - B-
    Heaven & Earth B-
    Asbury 74 A-
    Zoom Club 72 B+
    Alexandria 03 B
    Philadelphia 96 B-
    Bremen 72 B+
    Brescia 74 B+
    New Haven 01 B-
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    A stuff - Court, Poseidon, Lizard, Red, Discipline
    B stuff - Larks, Islands, Power to Believe, Starless and Bible Black
    C stuff - Three of a Perfect Pair, Thrak
    D stuff - ConstrucKtion of Light, Beat
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    Court: A
    Poseidon: A
    Lizard: A+
    Islands: A-
    Earthbound: D
    Larks: A
    Bible: A
    Red: A+
    DisciplineA-
    Beat: B+
    Pair: C+
    Thrak: B
    ConstruKtion: B-
    Power: B+

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    A:
    In the Court of the Crimson King
    Larks' Tongues in Aspic
    Starless and Bible Black
    Red

    B:
    Discipline
    Three of a Perfect Pair
    Thrak

    C:
    In the Wake of Poseidon
    Lizard
    Islands
    Beat

    D:
    The ConstruKction of Light
    The Power to Believe

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    In The Court... - A
    In The Wake... - B+
    Lizard - A+
    Islands - B+

    Larks' TIA - A
    SABB - B-
    Red - A-

    Discipline - C+
    Beat - D
    Three Of... - D-

    Thrak - B-
    The ConstruKction... - C-
    The Power... - B-


    The following lives (and others) are more or less in a chronological order - classed by era:

    Earthbound - C- (if the sound was better, this would be at least a B+)
    Ladies Of The Road - B+

    USA - A
    The Nightwatch - A
    The Great Deceiver - A

    Absent Lovers - C

    Vroom Vroom - B-
    B'Boom - C+
    Thrakattack - C+
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    Court - B+
    Poseidon - A-
    Lizard - A-
    Islands - A
    Earthbound - C-

    Larks Tongues - A-
    Starless - B
    Red - B+

    Discipline - B
    Beat - C-
    Three - C-
    Thrak - C
    Light - B-
    Power - B+

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    May I ask, what's the difference between "A-" and "B+"?

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    Quote Originally Posted by grego View Post
    May I ask, what's the difference between "A-" and "B+"?
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    A+In The Court of The Crimson King, Lark's Tongue In Aspic, Red, Discipline
    A- In The Wake of Poseidon, Lizard, Starless and Bible Black, The Power To Believe
    B Islands, Beat, Thrak
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    A- LTIA
    B- Thrak
    C- Islands
    D- TCoL

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    Sort of surprised by all the low scores for the 80s albums. Yeah, it was the synth drum period, but I still see these as genius.

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    Court: B
    Poseidon: C+
    Lizard: B+
    Islands: B
    Larks: A+
    Starless: A
    Red: A
    Discipline: B+
    Beat: C+
    Perfect Pair: B-
    Thrak: B-
    ConstruKction: C+
    Power: B-

    So much live stuff to vote on, but I'll just go with my fave three of the more official ones:

    Great Deceiver: A
    USA: B+
    Absent Lovers: A-
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    Quote Originally Posted by JKL2000 View Post
    Sort of surprised by all the low scores for the 80s albums. Yeah, it was the synth drum period, but I still see these as genius.
    The 80s albums are decent, but the music came to life for me more when I heard Absent Lovers, which is a great live document imo.
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