Top 27 Greatest Music Albums by shukion1234 
- Chart updated: 12/17/2018 07:15
- (Created: 12/17/2018 06:48).
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You can confidently say that when this album was released in 1969, no one had ever heard anything like it. It's the beginnings of prog and more, influencing a wide variety of genres over decades. And it still sounds modern to this day. The riff in 21st Century Schizoid Man seems to have barely aged over 50 years. The best thing about this album is that in despite of all its technical virtuosity, fusing jazz and classical elements with rock, it never sounds bad. It's an insanely melodic album for all of its ambitions, with strong vocal melodies in Epitaph or guitar ones in the first track. I daresay that nothing will ever sound quite like this album, even later King Crimson releases going on to explore new sonic adventures (one of the many great things about King Crimson is that they rarely linger too long on a sound they know they have utterly mastered and delivered to the audience). Let's get right on to the tracks.
1. 21st Century Schizoid Man
It's a blessing that Kanye West sampled this wonderful song in Power otherwise many people would never have found King Crimson. The weird/amazing thing about this song is that it still sounds modern. I feel like the reason is because the vocals sound electronically distorted, something usually associated with the 80s or retro modern 80s/futuristic styles, so it sounds more modern than it actually is. Dating aside, the guitar riff on this song is one of the all time greats in my opinion. Anytime I think of the song, I just hear "dun dundundun dun dun". And then it goes higher and ends off with "21st Century Schiozoid Man"? Need I say more? I definitely will. Fripp shows off his genius as the riff evolves into a fast paced jazzy sounding line with high tempo drums. One of the greatest songs ever, and probably the best starting track if only Pink Floyd hadn't have had Shine on You Crazy Diamond.
2. (Tired guys I'll try to keep writing everyday) Oh God I can't stop, I Talk to the Wind has the most beautiful accompanying meldoy of all time I think. I'm not on Wikipedia right now since I'm trying to do this off of my memory of the songs, but I think he's playing harmonics for it (maybe they're muted too?), which gives it that proggy sound, but the thing is, the riff doesn't sound very proggy. So you get this weird combo that fits the entire aesthetic of King Crimson, these dark and forebording bards, vs the brightness and bombacity of a band like Yes.
1. 21st Century Schizoid Man
It's a blessing that Kanye West sampled this wonderful song in Power otherwise many people would never have found King Crimson. The weird/amazing thing about this song is that it still sounds modern. I feel like the reason is because the vocals sound electronically distorted, something usually associated with the 80s or retro modern 80s/futuristic styles, so it sounds more modern than it actually is. Dating aside, the guitar riff on this song is one of the all time greats in my opinion. Anytime I think of the song, I just hear "dun dundundun dun dun". And then it goes higher and ends off with "21st Century Schiozoid Man"? Need I say more? I definitely will. Fripp shows off his genius as the riff evolves into a fast paced jazzy sounding line with high tempo drums. One of the greatest songs ever, and probably the best starting track if only Pink Floyd hadn't have had Shine on You Crazy Diamond.
2. (Tired guys I'll try to keep writing everyday) Oh God I can't stop, I Talk to the Wind has the most beautiful accompanying meldoy of all time I think. I'm not on Wikipedia right now since I'm trying to do this off of my memory of the songs, but I think he's playing harmonics for it (maybe they're muted too?), which gives it that proggy sound, but the thing is, the riff doesn't sound very proggy. So you get this weird combo that fits the entire aesthetic of King Crimson, these dark and forebording bards, vs the brightness and bombacity of a band like Yes.
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1969
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1974
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Top 27 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 3 | 11% | |
| 1970s | 12 | 44% | |
| 1980s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1990s | 2 | 7% | |
| 2000s | 6 | 22% | |
| 2010s | 4 | 15% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Led Zeppelin | 2 | 7% | |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 7% | |
| King Crimson | 2 | 7% | |
| Kanye West | 2 | 7% | |
| Fleetwood Mac | 2 | 7% | |
| Marvin Gaye | 1 | 4% | |
| Wu-Tang Clan | 1 | 4% | |
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