King Crimson - Lizard (Prince Rupert Awakes / Bolero / The Battle Of Glass Tears / Big Top)

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• Lizard | Full Album
LIZARD
(Fripp / Sinfield)
PRINCE RUPERT AWAKES
Farewell the temple master’s bells
His kiosk and his black worm seed
Courtship solely of his word
With Eden guaranteed.
For now Prince Rupert’s tears of glass
Make saffron sabbath eyelids bleed
Scar the sacred tablet of wax
On which the Lizards feed.
Wake your reasons’ hollow vote
Wear your blizzard season coat
Burn a bridge and burn a boat
Stake a Lizard by the throat.
Go Polonius or kneel
The reapers name their harvest dawn
All your tarnished devil’s spoons
Will rust beneath our corn.
Now bears Prince Rupert’s garden roam
Across his rain tree shaded lawn
Lizard bones become the clay-
And there a Swan is born.
Wake your reasons’ hollow vote
Wear your blizzard season coat
Burn a bridge and burn a boat
Stake a Lizard by the throat.
Gone soon Piepowder’s moss-weed court
Round which upholstered Lizards sold
Visions to their leaden flock
Of rainbows’ ends and gold.
Now tales Prince Rupert’s peacock brings
Of walls and trumpets thousand fold
Prophets chained for burning masks
And reels of dream unrolled...
BOLERO-THE PEACOCK’S TALE
THE BATTLE OF GLASS TEARS
Including Dawn Song
Last Skirmish
Prince Rupert’s Lament
Night enfolds her cloak of holes
Around the river meadow.
Old moon-light stalks by broken ploughs
Hides spokeless wheels in shadow.
Sentries lean on thorn wood spears
Blow on their hands, stare eastwards.
Burnt with dream and taut with fear
Dawn's misty shawl upon them.
Three hills apart great armies stir
Spit oath and curse as day breaks.
Forming lines of horse and steel
By even yards march forward.
BIG TOP
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Robert Fripp: Guitar, Mellotron, Electric Keyboards and Devices
Mel Collins: Flute & Saxes
Gordon Haskell: Bass Guitar & Vocals
Andy McCulloch: Drums
Peter Sinfield: Words & Pictures
with
Robin Miller: Oboe & Cor Anglais
Mark Charig: Cornet
Nick Evans: Trombone
Keith Tippet: Piano & Electric Piano
Jon Anderson of YES: Vocals on ‘Prince Rupert Awakes’
Engineer: Robin Thompson
Tapes: Geoff Workman
Studio: Wessex Sound, London
Sleeve Conception: Peter Sinfield
Outside Painting: Gini Barris
Inside Marbling: Koraz Wallpapers
#KingCrimson
#RobertFripp
#Lizard

[@CthulhuWaitsDreaming]

One of the most precious jewels in the crown of King Crimson.

[@chrisprice5775]

Always loved Prince Rupert Awakes.

[@thomasroy9444]

Robert Fripp hates this song, but I think it is as good as the Crimson King.

[@marcusnolan7787]

I love all of there music. So well recorded outstanding musains.

[@flannigan7956]

​@@thomasroy9444yezzir surprised he even got Yes on the bloody phone

[@FF-ie6sd]

@@flannigan7956 lol ikr

[@tenzinsmith7991]

This is the most fire collab of Prog history! King Crimson ft. Jon Anderson

[@tobobisato7196]

芳賀様邸　　　はぬなのなかぬさななあやぬなな

[@tomburns70]

It's a beautiful album with 'Jon Anderson's' ethereal voice to carry you into the the void : Why, then would 'Fripp' say "It Sucks.?" Maybe it was the aggression of the LIZARD. I bought this album when released: In '73 a new, "King Crimson" Album was like a batch of Thai, you had to have it. It took a while to integrate it's nuances into my brain, It was so opposed to 'KING CRIMSONS' POWERFUL DEBUT ALBUM, but It became Loved soon after.

[@twolford01]

@@tomburns70 Ahh. Thai stick and this album, what memories!

[@tomburns70]

@@twolford01 The 'Times' should become a Title for those special years. If they hear the music "They will Come." Techno is happening today. Techno was happening in our time also. Musicians never heard: 'Faust' (Germany.) The first two 'Kraftwerk' album's: The advent of 'Tech.' 'Guru Guru' all three, (Germany) and 'The Beat Goes On' Vanilla Fudge.' Hopefully it will go on forever. Take care, Terry tfb

[@CarlDidur]

@@tomburns70 1971

[@jeanbonnefoy1377]

Jon Anderson as the perfect voice to elaborate on the continuing story of the Court of the Crimson King narrated all through the early KC's albums...

[@raydarable]

What story?

[@vizaloron9242]

Dude, this is a historical song about a German prince who was a cavalry commander for the monarchist side in the English Civil War. It has nothing to do with the story of Court and Poseidon.

[@filippocanaliderossi8721]

Jon or Jan?

[@Lightmane]

Some King Crimson fans say this is their worst album. Some King Crimson fans say this is their best album. Regardless of which side you're on, surely you ALL LOVE 'The Lizard Suite', YES? (YES pun intended) 😎🙂

[@jolerojosta]

Fripp says it's unlistenable

[@Lightmane]

@@jolerojosta Yes, but now he says he finally hears the music within the music, or something like that.

[@jolerojosta]

@@Lightmane thanks Steven Wilson

[@Lightmane]

@@jolerojosta did Steven have something to do with Fripp's change of heart?

[@jolerojosta]

@@Lightmane fripp liked Steven's version of lizard

[@wellingtonmaya5557]

One of the grandest and most beautiful piece of music ever written. It is very near and dear to my listening pleasure! Thanks Mr. Fripp for uploading this.

[@tomburns70]

Now I'm going to make you blanch. I read Robert Fripp said, and it was in quotes - but I'm sure you know that people say thing's for all kinds of reasons, and in all kinds of mood's. He reportedly said: "IT SUCKS." Did 'Fripp' lose it for a moment? Absolutely. Over years I've heard phenomenal album's & song's panned by the artist & music rags. Sit back with or without headphones, and fall away to an Album that takes you to stellar regions.

[@zendae54]

To TomBurns: You are absolutely right. Holst was horrified at everyone falling all over themselves at "The Planets" to the detriment of his other works which he favored far more, and I'm not even going to get into what Alan Holdsworth thought of nearly all his stuff...it's just how it is with these guys. It is up to us as the listeners to decide, not them.

[@nyobunknown6983]

@@tomburns70 Fripp changed his mind after hearing it in surround sound. He revised his opinion upon listening to Steven Wilson's surround-sound mix of the album for the 40th anniversary reissue, proclaiming, "For the first time I have heard the Music in the music."

[@tenzinsmith7991]

LIZARD GANG RISE UP

[@tomburns70]

Timeless. Time to pass this music, by self - taught people like you, on to generations to come.

[@linux4868]

Lizard = Reptilians ?????????? They were aware of them back then?

[@yahelfelipe]

@@linux4868 since always

[@linux4868]

@@yahelfelipe I think in 70s they were more aware than now..

[@LinamQB6]

LIZARD GANG REPORTING FOR DUTY

[@whitechocolatte5863]

SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: Prince Rupert Awakes (0:00 - 4:32) Bolero - The Peacock's Tale (4:33 - 11:05) The Battle of Glass Tears (11:06 - 22:11) Big Top (22:12 - 23:19)

[@chicklets4ever51]

The Battle of Glass Tears is magnificent. Pure Crimson.

[@attinsgd2961]

​@@chicklets4ever51it's exactly what I think of any time this album comes to my head

[@alexanderkatashov8824]

I ve started boosting my English since I listened to the first Crimson and was not able to understand Sinfield's poetry. Without Crimson I would have never made any progress in becoming what I really know.

[@jonathanrobins558]

Alexsi or Grisha; if you like Peter Sinfield's lyrics, you ought to add his solo efforts of his album "STILL". Once you hear THE LATE Greg Lake's pure voicings, it will change you. Impactful more now since Greg's passing. Do Svidanya.

[@kenparkes9612]

Priceless Gave me a new life many years ago, despite all the dri

[@kenparkes9612]

Always get cut off with this dreadful phone but the love cuts through in familiar King Crimson style, although other King Crimson stuff gives more profundity really they always cut through one way or another and are timeless Love the right way up!

[@Nienkh]

One of Crimson’s best.

[@rickdicl]

Mel Mel Mel

[@careyatchison1348]

Buy a quality version of this (record or CD or loss-less streaming) and play loudly on a decent system. This music is dense with half buried texture and detail, there are a massive number of overdubs and every listen brings new discoveries..

[@igorrodrigues97.]

this works with larks tongues in aspic too

[@MostafaTamer89]

Think of mixing Jazz, Classic Music, and Progressive Rock, you get Lizard, 23 minutes of pure musical wizardry by the one and only King Crimson

[@lukashislop5890]

The Battle of Glass Tears is some of the best prog, jazz, third stream, whatever it may be, music, I’ve heard. Like something out of a movie.

[@jimcramer5125]

That is a great work of music, art, it is so good! And it sounds like a battle for sure!

[@nathanlansford1882]

I agree, now. It sounds much better, here!

[@krzysztofborkowski1742]

50 years passed yet I haven’t heard better composition being the creative synthesis of rock, jazz and classical music. And most probably I won’t live to hear anything close to that piece of musical art. Just the sheer touch of genius present here. Hats up to Mr Fripp and Keith Tippet.

[@o-mega7515]

other amazing 20 minute prog rock songs include: Echoes, by Pink Floyd (my favorite song of all time) Close To The Edge, by Yes 2112, by Rush Atom Heart Mother Suite, by Pink Floyd If you like lizard, be sure to give these a try!

[@sethvelazquez8143]

My brother in Christ check out Tool, Fear Inoculum will expand your mind and hope in humanity. And shoutout to Eloy too if you want a classic 70s prog band , their albums ra, silent cries and mighty echoes and metromania are all amazing albums.

[@m.scottmcgahan9900]

King Crimson was booed off the stage by Tool fans when they toured together. @@sethvelazquez8143

[@donaldanderson6604]

One of Jon's best vocals. Fripp wanted him for Crimson but he did get Bruford eventually. It was so good to hear Islands featured in KC's last tour.

[@JGLewis-jn2km]

Definitely... The track "Islands" is one of Crimso's finest songs.... one of their ballads.

[@UdiKoomran]

Oh to hear Anderson on Islands… That would have been sublime

[@caiosoares2834]

I feel like all the King Crimson albuns from the Peter Sinfield era could have been concept albuns (or at least have the energy of one). There's even people who theorize that all the albuns from In The Court Of The Crimson King to Islands tell one continuous story.

[@MiguelLozano]

Peter Sinfield even explained that in his website.

[@cindydufala7646]

Perhaps into eternity. That is what excellent music is meant for, generations to come. We're still here 2021 Jan 17th. Go Browns. Miracles do happen.

[@lucas-santos33]

@@MiguelLozano Do you know where I can read this? Does anyone?

[@MiguelLozano]

@@lucas-santos33 Here it is: www.songsouponsea.com/Promenade/ChapterOneA.html

[@lucas-santos33]

Nevermind, just got it!

[@thomasdixon1369]

Fripp's gut-wrenching solo ay 19:48 is one for the ages... Incredible.

[@andythecrimson8877]

Ethereal soundscape.👍👍

[@jimcramer5125]

What I see and feel right here is that this is the lizard coming upon the battlefield and seeing the carnage. The results of the battle. Just my take on this great solo!

[@sethvelazquez8143]

So good I keep coming back to use this comment.

[@josephstalin2829]

That shit so ahead of its time

[@marcrogers1051]

I used to put this on mix tapes. Just this solo.

[@FabioPornaro]

The moment the oboe takes over the cornet under the musical carpet of the piano is sublime ...

[@jimcramer5125]

I was in High School during the King Crimson days. I wore those albums out! Lizard was a little different than the first albums, and I LOVED it!! In bed on a school night with my head phones on, too much fun! Also Pink Floyd's Saucerful, Ummagumma, etc. Man those were great Heady days!!

[@wilsonventura5696]

Así es , yo tan bien estaba en la secundaria , hoy con 65 años los sigo escuchando gran músico Robert Fritt un MAGO de los silencios.

[@nicholasbryce1810]

Same.

[@jimcramer5125]

@@wilsonventura5696 You are 'right on' so to speak! Fripp was great from the very beginning of his career!

[@Marco-fx2bi]

Beautiful yet underrated prog suite.

[@davids.3534]

Recorded 50 years ago and still never get tired of listening to it. It is amazing.

[@rickdicl]

I'm with ya

[@marcfedak]

I really like all the King Crimson mellotron era albums from "Court of the Crimson King" to "Red". Though some may see them as not as strong as the others, I like the variety of sounds on "Lizard" and "Island", as if they were trying out some new variations of their instantly recognizable prog rock.

[@Myra3338]

Thanks for mentioning Red, I was trying to remember a particular song in Red Starless and Bible Black :) thanks. Been listening to PFM remembering Pete Sinfield and King Crimson, Starless just popped into memory

[@CarlFurfaro-tm9ud]

The original mellotrons were a nightmare to maintain, with a separate tape loop for every key on the keyboard (of a single note played by a string section). Taking two of them on tour, with loading them on a truck and driving for hours and then unloading them, played havoc with the mechanics. Imagine this kept someone(s) very busy...

[@SEGAClownboss]

Nobody talks about how the best part of Lizard is the last minute. A whirlwind of foggy confusion. I imagine this is the PTSD after the Battle of Glass Tears.

[@jonathanrobins558]

The denouement if you will.

[@LinamQB6]

Last minute of the album is fuckin badass, reminds of being in high school.

[@caiosoares2834]

I had a different interpretation of that. I saw it more as an open ending. Like, it's not known which POV that is. Are we seeing this from the point of view of the winning side or the ones that lost the battle, seeing the victorious side celebrating their victory?

[@LinamQB6]

@@caiosoares2834 It could also be from a 3rd person POV, depicting how horrible things went for both sides. I agree, it’s open ended which makes it unique for everyone.

[@DukeofItaly]

He's dead actually. That's why the portion before is a funeral dirge type

[@stoneyll]

There is no such thing as a "Bad King Crimson Album"..

[@michaelcross9557]

Right. It's a split between 4-star albums, and 5-star albums! Except maybe Beat. 3.5.

[@magosreditus295]

@@michaelcross9557 ay beat is pretty good tho I love heartbeat and neurotica 🤤

[@Pstephen]

That live one? Earthbound.

[@rporta]

@@Pstephen that's not a studio album though

[@alejandrobonahora6484]

@@magosreditus295 Okey, but ´´BEAT ´´is an album inferior to ´´LIZARD´´, since the latter named is very creative, elaborated and experimental....GREETINGS FROM ARGENTINA

[@spectralmaya4586]

The best song in Lizard for me, although Lady of the Dancing Water and Cirkus come somewhat close. Truely a bastian of prog with rising swells and delicate intricacies.

[@guy3nder529]

Lady of the dancing water is a sweet little ballad, cirkus is rather fun to listen to, and this is possibly the grandest kc track ever

[@MichaelPaumgardhen]

Well said.

[@steveknight9331]

I also started my KC journey in college (1983). I was a Sabbath fan and heard 21st CSM was similar. Well…it was, but was better. Bought their first four albums and Lizard remains my favorite.

[@duvelrock]

Bolero is one of most beautiful songs made on this galaxy.

[@seancassidy674]

has a real Morricone soundtrack feel to it in parts.

[@jorgeanguas9220]

As a 12 year old I read that KC was above all other Prog bands. Some 30 years later I find the proof when finally listening to this piece. It isn't rock, just music, contemporay XX century music, right in there with is called Classical.

[@marguskiis7711]

Lizard is criminally underrated album! Great futuristic piece.

[@krycklund]

Can't believe in retrospect that Jon Anderson of Yes sang on a King Crimson song . That shit had to have been the MF DOOM appearing on a Gorillaz record of its time.

[@matthewdyck5503]

The crazy part is that this album was released before The Yes Album had even been released, so Jon wasn't even really a household name yet. Also if i'm not mistaken, Fripp actually asked Jon to join Crimson, pretty cool stuff all in all.

[@jackwalker8991]

mf doom actually collaborated with gorillaz

[@vondumozze738]

I found it interesting that riffs from "Court" were found in "Heart of the Sunrise ". Also, on Thanksgiving night , I got to see Yes open for KC and Procol Harum at the old Academy of Music in NYC. What a show! Gary Brooker's opening line was "A couple of tough acts to follow".

[@josephhutchison1983]

???

[@firebrand4074]

@@matthewdyck5503 I wonder what islands would’ve sounded like with him instead of Boz assuming he stuck around to make the album

[@VelovnKK]

23 minutes in a lsd trip with this song, what a journey

[@Eldelbigote]

The first time I listened to the full Lizard song, I was falling asleep during the last part, until Big Top appeared and nearly shitted myself.

[@davidmachemer1015]

I began on my KC journey in college (literally while they were recording Discipline - so I had a delightful surprise coming when I finished their then-catalog). I must say I never liked Lizard or Islands at the time - considered them lower quality than the rest and put them aside for decades. This week (40 years later!) I listened again. Wow, Lizard is underrated. (So is Islands.) This is a very different Crimson, and so they are taking chances, which is courageous and admirable. Most of all, what I didn't like at 20, I have grown into at 60. I hear not only classical influences but a strong jazz element that I could not appreciate before. I'm even thinking I can hear elements of Miles Davis' interpretation of Rodrigo in Sketches of Spain (1960). Plus: Lizard (the track) is a 23-minute whole side of an album - ONE YEAR BEFORE Yes (CTTE) or Genesis (Supper's Ready) did it! Think about that! KC was still ahead of the pack on this album!

[@daemonspudguy]

And a year ahead of Echoes by Pink Floyd.

[@markdarnell614]

I heard the entire LIZARD Suite on KTUL (New Orleans) one Sunday evening! I love the "Jazz" influences - especially the Cornetist, and the Pianist - Keith Tippet. SUPERB!

[@athillaruben1771]

Jon Anderson in this song is such banger and the song feels medieval while also being jazz it self

[@Miika_Laurila]

6:39 this part gets me in tears every time. The melody&harmony at the background, the cornet sounds so good. Perfect

[@teddyfurstman1997]

My favorite King Crimson Song.

[@michaelstrickland4935]

I can see why

[@muzboz]

This is just gorgeous! I want to make music like this for my next computer game. Symphonic baroque prog with that magical 60's / 70's wonderment. Love this band in those early '69-'74 era.

[@davidbussell7799]

Imaginative sophisticated challenging and brilliant. Bought it as a 17 year boy when it came out. Still sounds fresh and wonderful

[@maxpitchkites]

I don't understand how Fripp could hate this album.

[@davids.3534]

He doesn't.

[@yunarukami14]

He used to. But now he loves it

[@mr.hooman6572]

@@yunarukami14 maybe because the technology wasn't there yet, but he loves it after hearing the steven wilson mix right?

[@yunarukami14]

@@mr.hooman6572 Yes, correct, man.

[@a.s.vanhoose1545]

The execution isn’t perfect. Even the most die-hard lizard fan should be able to admit it.

[@slackdude1]

Tippet’s piano is breathtaking. The opening song is like some fractured Beatles fairytale with an eerie vibe. Stunningly beautiful. Picked a great day to give up the smokes.

[@commentarywiseisbias]

Give up the smokes?

[@barakcohen3612]

This geniuses wrote it in there early 20s .. so profound

[@o-mega7515]

20 minute prog rock epics narrate my life.

[@txikilin]

Poetry and literature mixed in a musical suite. Full of colours, lyrical, jazzy, chaotic, sarcastic, pastoral. Love the bloody dawn when soldiers march forward, ... for a battle?. 13:21

[@huben54]

My brain ate this when I met this album in 1971 . I was a high school boy in japan and looked at the album cover and found more and more things in the picture. I found something in this albuｍ！　I　still think it is the best album of the King Crimson.

[@MerkinMuffly]

Linus: I never thought it was such a bad little album. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love (Mr Fripp).

[@linux4868]

I approve

[@tomburns70]

MerkinMuffy If you are 'Robert Fripp' I applaud you. Someone on Quora Quoted you as saying that the album, 'Lizard,' Sucked. I understand mood's can make us say thing's we don't mean, like anger. If you are Mr. Fripp: 1. Tell, do you feel that way, still? 2. Give an almost unknown fact, please. I ran out to buy #1and every one since. Seen you play 'Lark's Tongue' with 'B.B.' & 'John Wetton' & one unknown on Gadgets & Bells magnificently in Florida. Tom

[@josephhutchison1983]

This album kind of slipped under my radar but keeps coming back up to view. hmmmmm. Wassup?

[@josephhutchison1983]

Started on this journey with KC in 1970. With that 'screaming face' record. What a trip it has been!!! Thank you Mr. Robert Fripp!!!

[@caesaroftampa1266]

@@tomburns70 @MerkinMuffly was not implying that he IS Robert Fripp, he's quoting Robert Fripp. I think you are confused from the "(Mr Fripp)" at the end. Most people don't tend to sign their names on comments on KZbin videos or internet forums, it's mostly treated as an open conversation rather than like sending an E-mail or a real letter.

[@blaster.m1943]

that ending is so beautiful, always gives me shivers i tend to imagine various shapes of various colors dancing in a circle in the white void

[@JonathanGoslan]

So beautiful... thanks for this.

[@True_Rarity]

God the piano is so beautiful

[@Rikisballs]

Sauce for PFP?

[@paul2602]

These early KC records really expanded the musical horizon for a lot of 'rockers'. 👏👏👏

[@fehimpasic1875]

Sta reci osim NEMA BOLJE. najvisa sfera!

[@puppyhead6706]

Robert Fripp, KC and Jon Anderson....dreams come true.

[@rickdicl]

and Mel Collins

[@MrMonopod]

the best epic track of Progressive rock

[@jazzdude7014]

thank you King Crimson for opening a door to a complete new musical experience back then, i was 15 when this album came out! My first Live KC experience was abt 4 years later in Germany. What an evening!

[@josephhutchison1983]

Me? 1974 Majestic Theatre in Dallas was a KC night to remember!!!

[@shockcorridor]

oh folks, Fripp and Sinfield at their best ever

[@grzegorzkawecki7954]

Masterpiece!

[@Montagncom]

For me, perhaps the greatest album of King Crimson. Un vrai chef d'œuvre 👍

[@nostromo3523]

after i "understood" this record, it has quickly ascended to my favorite album of all time. the feels i get when i listed to this religiously on vinyl just doesn't compare to all the others. there are similar (like some frank zappa stuff, maiden voyage by herbie hancock and the rest of the earlier KC discography before red) but this one takes the cake. what a musical experience

[@davelee2113]

Great to listen to on a Sunday morn with a coffee and a j .

[@densocling1235]

These sounds are fantastically beautiful. Lizard blows me away. And the dirge at the end grabs a person's body and soul.

[@John-be5pe]

In the wake of posidon

[@gwmatteson]

Ok, I'll admit I didn't like this the first time I heard it. But then I was only 13 and didn't really understand where prog rock was coming from at all. It took a few months for me to at appreciate a few songs on this album. Within a year it was my favorite. I love most everything King Crimson has ever done. But this album, and in particular the Lizard Suite remains my favorite. Yes, it's an acquired taste. But once you get it, it never disappoints.

[@daghetto101]

Acquired taste lol. Gentle giant album right there from your statement

[@gwmatteson]

@@daghetto101 Funny you should mention Gentle Giant, they also are among my all time favorites. And yes, just as with King Crimson it took me some time to "acquire the taste." The first album I heard was "Three Friends." And of course I didn't like it at first. But it appealed to me at some subliminal level and I kept revisiting it, as it I knew I SHOULD like this. And eventually I did. I like pretty much everything Gentle Giant has ever done. I guess the only album I was really disappointed with was "Giant For A Day" but even that has a few decent songs on it and I still give it a listen once every year or two. A lot of GG die hard fans seems to hate "The Missing Piece" and "Civilian" and I'll admit they're more commercial sounding than their other work. But I still like both of them and I've successfully introduced several people to GG using both albums as a starting point. I'm hard pressed to say which of their albums is my favorite. I guess "Free Hand," "The Power And The Glory," "In A Glass House," and "Octopus" are the ones I've listened to the most over the years. But there isn't a single album in their catalog that I completely ignore. I'll never grow tired of their music.

[@daghetto101]

@@gwmatteson Love The response mate. Prog music is the KING.

[@bigvrocks2480]

Truly amazing album from the first note until the last...

[@solitudessilentgroove]

rippling goosebumps as I reminisce upon my youth words fail to convey the depths of influence this music had upon me

[@akustik_prog1601]

When at 4:34 starts Bolero and the oboe played by the remarkable Robin Miller kicks in, this EPIC piece of music becomes a masterpiece and a true medicine for the soul. Robert Fripp once said that this melody sustained him in difficult times.

[@ahtepacholiztli]

Best crossover in music history

[@patriziabrugiatelli906]

Adoro Lizard Grazie amico 🌹👋

[@joseaugustoamorim]

Jon Anderson of Yes

[@eltanguero9426]

El disco más infravalorado de King Crimson sin lugar a dudas.

[@holderlin13]

King Crimson no necesita que lo valoren, por eso el rey vive y vuelve a vivir... estaremos de acuerdo, ¿no? Críticos han pasado y críticos han venido y el rey sigue ahí...

[@Shrek_es_mi_pastor]

¿Y qué pasa con Islands, el de la portada del espacio?

[@eltanguero9426]

@@Shrek_es_mi_pastor Al menos tocan sus temas en vivo, sobre todo Sailor Tale, de este disco sólo han tocado Cirkus en su gira "Meltdown".

[@thelaughingstormbornagain1297]

This song is a journey and I'm always for it when it comes on.

[@xaviervermande933]

Each KC album are master peace

[@carlosalberto2358]

Btfull....maravilhoso...magnífica...extraordinário... incrível....esplêndido... wndrfull...

[@BitnerV]

Как живая вода. Смывает всю эту несуразность, в которой мы живем в 2021 году. Музыка тогда что-то значила. Всем жителям бывшего СССР большой привет.

[@paulrreed5235]

Not heard this for years…….soooo good to hear it again 😊

[@TheDavidnewkirk]

An uncanny masterpiece.

[@aakkoin]

Masterpiece is not an easy word to throw around, but KC catalog is full of masterpieces.

[@scifiwriter98]

Pete Townsend would agree!

[@JGLewis-jn2km]

Pete Townsend's famous tribute to ITCOTCK

[@alfredolegorreta3106]

The KC album that I like the most...!

[@marcusnolan7787]

outstanding band. I used to practice the fluit all along with my albums. Thank You.

[@mariorossi7225]

i was so young...thank you KC..all of you

[@joseramonmoralesmontesdeoc6042]

GENIUS !!! PERENNIAL MUSIC.INNOVATION AND PERFECTION !!

[@Herblatz]

Nice oboe playing, Robin Miller! and nice trombone playing, Nick Evans!

[@antoniofazio5112]

Superba suite .. Musicisti eccellenti .. Fripp geniale ..

[@正後久-k1f]

キング･クリムゾンでは、リザードとアイランズが好きです。美しいから…｡

[@gerardop9633]

Incluso en España tuvo cierta repercusion.Yo al menos compre LP.No sabia que John Anderson habia sido el vocalista,su hermano Andy fue cantante spanish group Los Bravos

[@Pokey_Puni_]

I'll always look back fondly on Lizard, ever since discovering it back in 2020 quarantine, it made it's mark on me, my appreciation for blend of themes and beauty that has gone into this masterpiece grows only more as I keep on re-listening like it was the first time. Goosebumps everytime, Lizard is truly it's own beast, and should be recognized as one up there with Court and In The Wake. Thank you King Crimson, all members past and present.

[@music7]

"The Battle of Glass Tears": Materpiece!. Thank you very much

[@cindydufala7646]

Excellent composition, arrangement, musicians,. Bravo ⚘

[@gfgarner1301]

Still get chills listening to Prince Rupert's Lament. So achingly beautiful. It is the forerunner to Fripp's work on David Bowie's Heroes.

[@philippecirse4872]

C'est la première chanson que ma filleule m'a entendu chanter. Elle avait quelques mois, ne s'endormait pas, criait et pleurait. Je l'ai prise dans mes bras, j'ai commencé à fredonner et elle est tombée dans un profond sommeil tout d'un coup, la tête dans les étoiles 🦊

[@DanielBenistyMusic]

In the days when music has meaning

[@Gm-ce5kg]

When music WAS "music"

[@yahelfelipe]

Yes, indeed.

[@tenzinsmith7991]

Don’t get me wrong, King Crimson are one of the best bands of all time. But to say music doesn’t have meaning anymore just makes no sense.

[@DanielBenistyMusic]

@@tenzinsmith7991 well, obviously it was a bit of an exaggeration to illustrate the point. At the height of prog rock here they produced something on the same level as opera. I guess the closest thing you have now, is Musical Theatre. Yes there are musicians and writers capable of imagery but here was a demonstration of a concept album, fantasy, poetry, rock opera, mythology all rolled into one. At the other extreme you have sam smith, Ed sheeran, and others singing about one night stands and sexy bodies. Yes I agree that there’s a lot in the middle. I myself am trying to write something of substance. And my all time fave, Jeff Buckley was writing twenty years after this. But my point stands, in relative terms, the depth of musicality, imagery and poetry displayed in Lizard for example makes pretty much all contemporary music look like a joke, as they squeeze ever catchy hook they can find into 2.5 minutes flat.

[@DanielBenistyMusic]

As they squeeze *and sample every available and catching hook

[@mauropisani9861]

La mia suite preferita, The number one.

[@HEHEHE_I_AM_A_MASKED_WARRIA]

Lizard Gang rise up

[@kienmien]

One of those moments that the Star really shines in history.

[@level6-thehungariankingcri291]

Great album and song-suite!

[@trini8639]

Buenísimo!!!!🎶🥁🎺🎷🎸🎻👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🥰no puedo dejar de escucharlo!!!😘💗

[@Miika_Laurila]

19:49 fripp's guitar sounds damn good at this part

[@yromho]

I loved King Crimson's first to fourth albums. This was also the time when Peter Sinfield was enrolled. Among them, my favorite album is "Islands".

[@XiyuYang]

What a phenomenal piece of music.

[@jayhutchens8140]

A Masterpiece Album!

[@btaglione]

peace of art !

[@msanders777]

Can we take a minute to applaud Andy McCullochs work. Probably the least recognized of KC's many great drummers, but still brings his own style and top musicianship to this album.

[@EdwinNewcomb]

absolutely brilliant drummer, check out with Greenslade

[@msanders777]

@EdwinNewcomb I'm not familiar with that, will definitely check em out.

[@cham336]

This suite is the reason for headphones. Do it. Bravo, kc.

[@JeffK1980]

0:00-1:54... this part reminds me of a song King Crimson did called "Moonchild" from their 1969 album "In The Court Of The Crimson King"

[@diegofantin6012]

que temazo, que poca bola le dan a este disco de sus mejores en mi opinion

[@reapervich4192]

toda la razón, por algún motivo siempre se lo pasa por alto, debería ser crimen