In the Court of the Crimson King (an observation by King Crimson) is the 1969 debut album by the British progressive rock group King Crimson. The album reached #3 on the British charts. The album is certified gold in the United States.
The album is generally viewed as one of the strongest of the progressive rock genre, where blues-oriented rock was mixed together with jazz and European symphonic elements. In his 1997 book Rocking the Classics, critic/musicologist Edward Macan notes that In the Court of the Crimson King "may be the most influential progressive rock album ever released."The Who's Pete Townshend was quoted as calling the album "an uncanny masterpiece".
The album was remastered and re-released on vinyl and CD several times during the 1980s and 1990s. The original stereo master tapes were finally located in a Virgin Records storage vault in 2003, leading to a much improved remastered CD version released in 2004.
Track listing
Side one
1. "21st Century Schizoid Man" (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield) – 7:21
* "Mirrors"
2. "I Talk to the Wind" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 6:05
3. "Epitaph" (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield) – 8:47
* "March for No Reason"
* "Tomorrow and Tomorrow"
Side two
1. "Moonchild" (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield) – 12:13
* "The Dream"
* "The Illusion"
2. "The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 9:25
* "The Return of the Fire Witch"
* "The Dance of the Puppets"
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