King Crimson - Lizard

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01 - Cirkus

02 - Indoor Games

03 - Happy Family

04 - Lady Of The Dancing Water

05 - Prince Rupert Awakes

06 - Bolero - The Peacock's Tale

07 - The Battle Of Glass Tears

08 - Big Top

(p) 1970

Always an amazing mix of progressive rock and jazz, "Lizard" arguably stands out among the best King Crimson accomplishments. Noted for a variety of distortions/effects of different vocals, the band manages to extract them and balance them so they stand out clearly and crisply. King Crimson's third studio album, is probably the most strange, surreal (musically and lyrically) and jazziest out of Crimson's 1970's period. It's also very fantasy-laden, manic, quirky and idiosyncratic. The biggest contributing factor to this, besides the trippy and surreal jazz-rock, is the underrated and understated contributions of Gordon Haskell's vocals. His dark, brooding and raspy vocals fit perfectly with the dark and regal music found on here.