Starless And Bible Black ultimately stands as a good moment that lacks a lot of the punch that can be found elsewhere within their discography.
Is it down to poor timing? Maybe. Any album that relies so heavily on experimenting is going to struggle when paired with two albums of pure rock perfection as Larks' Tongues and Red. And within their classic output in general, Starless And Bible Black certainly had to make its impact heard in order stand alongside the likes of Court. I mean, hell, ... read more
They actually put this album cover on the side of British army vehicles. Those first 4 tracks were mind-blowing, but it kinda trailed off into not-so interesting stuff. The improvisation was pretty impressive, but nothing like Moonchild. There's a lot of great in this album, so I'll give it a great score :)
The most bombastic King Crimson record, one where their avant-garde and free improvisation takes the complete reigns for something which strangely manages to work itself together in a magical way, now obviously the lack of structure does hinder the overal experience for me, but King Crimson manages to make this super entertaining and truly abstract listen and The Great Deceiver is super overshadowed track by King Crimson
Track Review
The Great Deceiver 9.5/10
Lament 7.5/10.
We'll Let You ... read more
As duas primeiras faixas são maravilhosas, é um disco experimental delicioso, ou melhor, seria delicioso se a partir de We'll Let You Know ele não se convertesse num sonífero instrumental silencioso chatíssimo.
Anyone have any idea how Starless wound up on the next album and not the album for which the song's name is derived from?
People generally do like this album even though it clearly is sandwiched between two legendary albums, and while this does have a vision to it, the improvs they use mostly don't come together as a whole studio album than it otherwise does when you listen to live performances, and as a result it doesn't flow as an album and feels like a collection of songs.
I encourage listening to full live performances of them around this time as I think they better pull off these songs live.
1 | The Great Deceiver 4:01 | 88 |
2 | Lament 4:05 | 85 |
3 | We'll Let You Know 3:39 | 76 |
4 | The Night Watch 4:41 | 89 |
5 | Trio 5:38 | 80 |
6 | The Mincer 4:08 | 71 |
7 | Starless and Bible Black 9:10 | 78 |
8 | Fracture 11:13 | 92 |