King Crimson: the band's best '70s tracks, according to Prog magazine

The Seventies were a particularly turbulent period for King Crimson, marked by constant lineup changes, internal tensions and radical musical transformations, culminating in the band's dissolution decided by Robert Fripp in 1974, right after the completion of “Red“. And yet, in just five years from the start of the decade, the British band managed to release six albums, building a catalogue of extraordinary richness and leaving an indelible mark on the history of progressive rock. From “In The Wake Of Poseidon” to “Lizard”, from “Islands” to “Larks' Tongues In Aspic”, all the way to “Starless And Bible Black” and “Red”, every record was a new sonic exploration, moving between jazz experimentation, radical improvisation, complex instrumental architecture and sudden melodic openings. A bold, visionary, uncompromising body of work, capable of pushing well beyond the boundaries of traditional progressive rock.
In 2016 the British magazine Prog, in a selection curated by Sid Smith and now republished by Louder, singled out ten emblematic tracks from that unrepeatable era, regarded as among the peaks not only of King Crimson's discography, but of progressive music as a whole.

The ranking of King Crimson's ten best songs from the 1970s according to Prog/Louder (full feature here)

10. King Crimson – In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970)
9. King Crimson – The Battle Of Glass Tears (1970)
8. King Crimson – Sailor’s Tale (1971)
7. King Crimson – The Night Watch (1974)
6. King Crimson – Starless And Bible Black (1974)
5. King Crimson – Red (1974)
4. King Crimson – Fracture (1974)
3. King Crimson – Larks’ Tongues In Aspic Part I (1973)
2. King Crimson – Asbury Park (1974)
1. King Crimson – Starless (1974)

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