Reception and Legacy
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Georgiy Starostin | |
| Piero Scaruffi | 7/10 |
| Robert Christgau | B− |
| The Daily Vault | B+ |
Allmusic's retrospective review was resoundingly positive, marking every aspect of the band's transition from a jazz-influenced vein to a more experimental one as a complete success. They deemed John Wetton "the group's strongest singer/bassist since Greg Lake's departure." They especially praised the remastered edition.
Georgiy Starostin was also favourable, calling the album a "nearly perfect collection of experimental superprofessional jamming" and remarked the album saying that "one might even argue that not until Larks' Tongues In Aspic did Fripp find the stable formula for the band that would finally set it in a definite and unique niche of its own".
Robert Christgau's retrospective review gave a more negative view, saying of the band's instrumental work, "not only doesn't it cook, which figures, it doesn't quite jell either."
In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came number 22 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums".
The progressive metal band Dream Theater covered "Larks' Tongues in Aspic Pt. II" in 2009; the cover is featured on the special edition of their album Black Clouds & Silver Linings .
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