Lizard
by King Crimson
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Lizard is ranked 6th best out of 101 albums by King Crimson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by King Crimson is In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) which is ranked number 26 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 26,378.
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Lizard track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Lizard rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 11 Music Albums of 1970 | 10/11 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 41 Music Albums of 1970 | 21/41 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 74 Music Albums of 1970 | 49/74 | 2 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 54 Music Albums of 1970 | 31/54 | 2 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 54 Music Albums of 1970 | 14/54 | 4 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 61 Music Albums of 1970 | 27/61 | 3 |
| 2026 |  skelter54 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1970 | 41/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | Pavloss | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 38/100 | 13 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 185 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 667 | |||
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Lizard ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 45 hours ago | ecocruzr | 212 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2026 21:43 | skelter54 | 4,551 | 67/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2026 16:27 |  DommeDamian | 7,784 | 48/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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Lizard forum mentions
CharlieBarley 01/15/2026 21:46 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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The title track alone already makes this album a must-listen. I like Cirkus and Indoor Games too. The other tracks appeal to me a tiny bit less.
Many, including Fripp, regarded this album as a step down compared to the two first records. But I must wholeheartedly disagree. Yes, we see some lesser tracks, but they are still very good. And the highs are extremely high.
Highlights: Lizard and Indoor Games, Cirkus. (Edited)
Definitely one of my favorite 3 favorite King Crimson albums, along with Starless and Bible Black and Discipline. This has some of their most pastoral work. Lady of the Dancing Water is beyond elegant. The sidelong suite is absolutely mesmerizing, and Jon Anderson helps take the track to a whole other level, atmospherically. (Edited)
This could very well become my favourite King Crimson album, I certainly put it above 'Larks' for musicality. For me this one has the slight edge over 'In the Wake of Poseidon' but not by a lot. There is much more flute and sax and overall it has a much more jazzy light feel than 'Larks'. A prog masterpiece in its own right and still with lashings of Mellotron to drool over! (Edited)
This is a really quirky and unique album in the Crimson catalogue. Jon Anderson is perfect to sing the Lizard song! Lady of the Dancing water is also a real beautiful gem. (Edited)
Beautiful and underrated album. Staying in the shadow of debiut, Red and Discipline rhis record contains few nice shorter songs and a 20 minutes lobg jazzrock masterpiece. (Edited)
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