Critical Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Robert Christgau | D+ |
| Mojo | |
| Rolling Stone | (favourable) |
Initial reception of In the Court of the Crimson King ran the gamut from bad to good. Robert Christgau hated it, calling it "ersatz shit". Rolling Stone was more favourable, writing, "hey have combined aspects of many musical forms to create a surreal work of force and originality."
The album has since attained a classic status with Allmusic praising it "s if somehow prophetic, King Crimson projected a darker and edgier brand of post-psychedelic rock" in its original review by Lindsay Planer but also calling it "definitive" and "daring" in its current review.
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