Lizard

Lizard
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988013046801
ASIN: B00004SCBG


Release Date: 2000-02-04

Lizard


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Tracks:

  1. Cirkus
  2. Indoor Games
  3. Happy Family
  4. Lady Of The Dancing Water
  5. Lizard

Album Description

24 bit digitally remastered Japanese reissue of 1970 album by the legendary British prog group packaged in a miniaturized LP sleeve limited to the initial pressing only. Five tracks. 2000 release.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring an LP Style Slipcase for Initial Pressing. 24 Bit Digitally Remastered..

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The magic continues.......2002-07-25

Much of what did make Poseidon interesting was the use of characters and settings from mythology. This was most certainly Sinfield's concept, and the idea was extended even to the album cover artwork. The intent was to perhaps draw parallels between ancient and modern times, and to employ these ancient myths as context for a greater purpose that had never been previously attempted in popular music. This tendency to use themes of a grandiose nature would lump Crimson together with several other British bands of the time into what would be called "Art Rock" or "Progressive Rock". As work for "Lizard" progressed, lumping KC together with the likes of Yes, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Genesis seemed more a matter of convenience to rock critics than anyone else. Fripp's interest in jazz became evident on this album, and his involvement in the "Centipede" project allowed a free outlet to this expression. Many players from this scene played on the third album: Andy McCulloch,
Robin Miller, Marc Charig and Nick Evans. Jon Anderson of Yes also provided guest vocals to side two's "Prince Rupert Awakes". The third album was unique in that, for the most part, Fripp tended to remain in the background, providing tasteful acoustic guitar playing while Robin Miller's oboe soared above the proceedings. What also made this album unique was the critics' reactions to it. No more wishy-washy critiques and "I sort of liked this song, but...". Most critics either loved Lizard or hated it. This tendency towards outright hostility on the part some elements of the Rock Press would hound King Crimson for the rest of its days.

1 out of 5 stars Save your money!.......2002-06-28

There are certain King Crimson albums that King Crimson listeners simply must have/hear. "Lizard", however, is NOT one of these albums! Save your money and buy the band's first album, "Larks Tongue...", "Starless...", or any of the Belew-Bruford-Fripp-Levin recordings from the 1980s instead.

4 out of 5 stars Fripp as a leader.......2002-05-02

I don't like Fripp as a personnality ; however, the composer is great, and "Lizard" remains to me the best proof of that fact. The sound of this album is colorful, with that wonderful brass and woodwinds ensemble ; Fripp's guitar sounds clear and is sharp. "Cirkus" is a good opening track, with a stunning burst of mellotron after its peculiarly slight beginning. "Indoor games" is a witty and strange song, full of mood changes : funny intro, aggressive voice and some still solo passages. "Happy family" is a little bit messy, but its child-song melody is pretty interesting. The two last songs of the album are fantastic gems, "Lizard" being a wonderfully brightly built suite. The big mistake in this album is the very bad voice of Haskell : too rough, dissonant in that kind of context. The drummer is a laugh : he's a very good one, but Mike Giles' departure is audible : I always think when I listen to this record : "Fripp asked that guy -- Hey ! please try and play like Mike Giles !" Off course Giles, being the best drummer of all time, is unique : you can't replace him. By the way, the album he recorded with McDonald while "Lizard" was recorded is a splendid one -- although it suffers from the lack of means the musicians had ; but they made it, and I love it too ! I highly recommend this limited-edition of "Lizard" because, apart from the beautiffuly restored cover art, one can have the satisfaction to hear a truly PERFECT sound.

4 out of 5 stars Fripp as a leader.......2002-05-02

I don't like Fripp as a personnality ; however, the composer is great, and "Lizard" remains to me the best proof of that fact. The sound of this album is colorful, with that wonderful brass and woodwinds ensemble ; Fripp's guitar sounds clear and is sharp. "Cirkus" is a good opening track, with a stunning burst of mellotron after its peculiarly slight beginning. "Indoor games" is a witty and strange song, full of mood changes : funny intro, aggressive voice and some still solo passages. "Happy family" is a little bit messy, but its child-song melody is pretty interesting. The two last songs of the album are fantastic gems, "Lizard" being a wonderfully brightly built suite. The big mistake in this album is the very bad voice of Haskell : too rough, dissonant in that kind of context. The drummer is a laugh : he's a very good one, but Mike Giles' departure is audible : I always think when I listen to this record : "Fripp asked that guy -- Hey ! please try and play like Mike Giles !" Off course Giles, being the best drummer of all time, is unique : you can't replace him. By the way, the album he recorded with McDonald while "Lizard" was recorded is a splendid one -- although it suffers from the lack of means the musicians had ; but they made it, and I love it too ! I highly recommend this limited-edition of "Lizard" because, apart from the beautiffuly restored cover art, one can have the satisfaction to hear a truly PERFECT sound.

4 out of 5 stars

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  1. Ahead ~ Lunik
  2. Goodbye/And Goodbye/Whole Day ~ Flying Saucer Attack , and Roy Montgomery
  3. Shameless ~ Therapy?
  4. Into the Woods ~ The Call
  5. Live...As It Should Be ~ Kelly Richey
  6. Ride
  7. Rebirth From Flames ~ Stalins War
  8. Ball ~ Widespread Panic
  9. Done Gone Fire ~ Liz Janes
  10. Control ~ Janet Jackson

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Bird's Best Bop on Verve ~ Charlie Parker

Sand Dance ~ Jeff Richman

Bluing: Miles Davis Plays the Blues ~ Miles Davis

Mysterium Rosarium ~ Joesf Glaude

Jazz Workshop: Four Brass One Tenor ~ Al Cohn

Millennium: Beth Carvalho ~ Beth Carvalho

Best of - Live ~ Tom Astor

An Irish Pub Party ~ Various Artists

Traditional Songs of Patmos in Dodecanese ~ Various Artists

Lua Laranja ~ Atsuko Hiyato