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Album cover: King Crimson — In the Court of the Crimson King (Original 1969 UK Island Records release (ILPS 9111))

King Crimson

In the Court of the Crimson King

The debut Robert Christgau dismissed as 'ersatz shit'

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Album cover: King Crimson — Islands (Original 1971 UK Island Records release (ILPS 9175) featuring Trifid Nebula photograph)

King Crimson

Islands

The jazz-prog pivot the critic called pretentious and artless

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Album cover: King Crimson — Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Original 1973 UK Island Records release (ILPS 9210))

King Crimson

Larks' Tongues in Aspic

The prog milestone Rolling Stone hated then merely disliked

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