(December 2014) I have completed phase 43 of my “opus project,” wherein I listen to an artist’s full discography from start to finish. This episode: KING CRIMSON, as well as several ROBERT FRIPP solo and collaboration albums. This was hard to compare, as King Crimson went through four distinct phases, which I categorize as early psych/orchestral/jazz (69-71), middle prog (73-74), late new wave/beat (81-84) and later whatever (95-03). And then there’s Frippertronics…. Some of the music I love — first album, Great Deceiver, Discipline, Fripp/Eno — and much that I think I should embrace, but after repeated listenings, I don’t.
Favorite KC album: Discipline
Favorite KC song: 21st Century Schitzoid Man
Low point: Lizard
Favorite Fripp solo/joint album: (no pussyfooting)
Special sauce: Adrian Belew
Compared to expectations: same
Opus Project 