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*** The use of jazz fusion has also made it pretty much an [[UrExample earliest example of]] what would become AvantGardeMetal, in part thanks to the genre itself originating from progressive metal.

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*** The use of jazz fusion has also made it pretty much an the [[UrExample earliest example of]] what would become AvantGardeMetal, in part thanks to the genre itself originating from progressive metal.
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*** The use of jazz fusion has also made it pretty much an [[UrExample earliest example of]] what would become AvantGardeMetal, in part thanks to the genre itself originating from progressive metal.
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* ColorMotif: "The Court of the Crimson King" is full of this. [[http://dyingember.blogspot.com/2004/11/court-of-crimson-king-revised.html Here]] is a webpage that highlights how color is used in the song, from the purple piper, to the yellow jester, to a prism ship, and even to the titular Crimson King himself.

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* ColorMotif: "The Court of the Crimson King" is full of this. [[http://dyingember.blogspot.com/2004/11/court-of-crimson-king-revised.html Here]] is a webpage that highlights how color is used in the song, from the purple piper, to the yellow jester, to a prism ship, and even to the titular Crimson King himself.this, with almost every character given at least one color



* SolarAndLunar: The moonchild in "Moonchild" is "waiting for the smile from a sun child".

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* SolarAndLunar: The moonchild in "Moonchild" is "waiting for the smile from a sun child". Also, the first lines of the title track are "the rusted chains of prison moons/are shattered by the sun"
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''In the Court of the Crimson King'' is the debut studio album by Music/KingCrimson, released in 1969. The album is generally seen as the kick-starter for the ProgressiveRock genre. The album never generated any hits, but nevertheless managed to become a CultClassic, inspiring countless rock bands to change their sounds and move towards ProgressiveRock instead.

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''In the Court of the Crimson King'' is the debut studio album by Music/KingCrimson, released in 1969.1969 through Creator/IslandRecords in the UK and Creator/AtlanticRecords in the US. The album is generally seen as the kick-starter for the ProgressiveRock genre. The album never generated any hits, but nevertheless managed to become a CultClassic, inspiring countless rock bands to change their sounds and move towards ProgressiveRock instead.
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* LongTitle: The album's complete title is ''In the Court of the Crimson King: An Observation by King Crimson''.

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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "In the Court of the Crimson King"
--> ''"The '''p'''urple '''p'''iper '''p'''lays his tune"''

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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "In the "The Court of the Crimson King"
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King" mentions how "The '''p'''urple '''p'''iper '''p'''lays his tune"''tune."



** TitleTrack: {{Downplayed|Trope}}; the final track has a slightly different name from the album bar the subtitle.
* AlliterativeTitle: "In the '''C'''ourt of the '''C'''rimson '''K'''ing".

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** TitleTrack: {{Downplayed|Trope}}; the final track has a slightly different name from the album bar the subtitle.
* AlliterativeTitle: "In ''In the '''C'''ourt of the '''C'''rimson '''K'''ing".'''K'''ing''.



* FakeOutFadeOut: "In the Court of the Crimson King" does this, briefly fading out before fading back into a quiet recorder solo.

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* FakeOutFadeOut: "In the "The Court of the Crimson King" does this, briefly fading out before fading back into a quiet recorder solo.



* TitleTrack: Albeit one dropping the article from its title.

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* TitleTrack: Albeit one dropping Played with. The official name for the article from its title.album's closing track is "The Court of the Crimson King", excluding the "In" at the start. However, various other releases of the song, such as the French and Japanese single releases, a UK 7" test pressing, and a 1993 Spanish promo CD, bill it as "'''In''' the Court of the Crimson King", making it a true title track in the process.
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* Robert Fripp: guitar

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* Robert Fripp: Music/RobertFripp: guitar
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* DigitalDestruction: All CD releases of the album prior to 2004 were sourced from multigeneration tapes as a result of the masters being lost, resulting in them having audibly strong tape hiss and requiring various equalization tricks to work around the quality loss. The master tapes were eventually recovered from Creator/VirginRecords' archives in 2004, allowing for all reissues from the aptly-titled Original Master Edition onward to use the first-generation audio.

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* DigitalDestruction: All CD releases of the album prior to 2004 were sourced from multigeneration tapes as a result of the masters being lost, resulting in them having audibly strong tape hiss and requiring various equalization tricks to work around the quality loss. The master tapes were eventually recovered from Creator/VirginRecords' archives in 2004, allowing for all reissues from the aptly-titled Original Master Edition onward to use the first-generation audio. While these in turn were criticized as overly bright, they ended up being favored over pre-2004 [=CDs=] in blind listening tests.
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* DigitalDestruction: All CD releases of the album prior to 2004 were sourced from multigeneration tapes as a result of the masters being lost, resulting in them having audibly strong tape hiss and requiring various equalization tricks to work around the quality loss. The master tapes were eventually recovered from Creator/VirginRecords' archives in 2004, allowing for all reissues from the aptly-titled Original Master Edition onward to use the first-generation audio.
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* [[Music/{{Foreigner}} Ian McDonald]]: saxophone, mellotron, vocals, harpsichord, piano, organ, clarinet, bass clarinet, vibraphone

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* [[Music/{{Foreigner}} [[Music/ForeignerBand Ian McDonald]]: saxophone, mellotron, vocals, harpsichord, piano, organ, clarinet, bass clarinet, vibraphone
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* [[AbsenteeActor Absentee Musician]]: Peter Sinfield. Despite being an official member of King Crimson, writing the lyrics and running the band's light show, he doesn't actually appear on this album at all. He would end up playing synthesizer (albeit briefly) on the band's next three releases.
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* TitleDrop: In the title track (although it has a slightly different name from the album itself).

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* TitleDrop: In TitleTrack: Albeit one dropping the title track (although it has a slightly different name article from the album itself).its title.
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* DeadlyDecadentCourt: There's a very sinister air about the title track that implies the eponymous Court to be this.

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* DeadlyDecadentCourt: DecadentCourt: There's a very sinister air about the title track that implies the eponymous Court to be this.
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* CreepyCircusMusic: One section of the self-titled song give off this vibe (the organ/mellotron solo section subtitled "The Dance of the Puppets", for the curious).

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* CreepyCircusMusic: One section of the self-titled song TitleTrack give off this vibe (the organ/mellotron solo section subtitled "The Dance of the Puppets", for the curious).
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* Ian [=McDonald=]: saxophone, mellotron, vocals, harpsichord, piano, organ, clarinet, bass clarinet, vibraphone

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* [[Music/{{Foreigner}} Ian [=McDonald=]: McDonald]]: saxophone, mellotron, vocals, harpsichord, piano, organ, clarinet, bass clarinet, vibraphone
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* [[AbsenteeActor Absentee Musician]]: Peter Sinfield. Despite being an official member of King Crimson and writing the lyrics, he doesn't actually appear on this album at all. He would end up playing synthesizer (albeit briefly) on the band's next three releases.

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* [[AbsenteeActor Absentee Musician]]: Peter Sinfield. Despite being an official member of King Crimson and Crimson, writing the lyrics, lyrics and running the band's light show, he doesn't actually appear on this album at all. He would end up playing synthesizer (albeit briefly) on the band's next three releases.

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* GrossUpCloseUp: The album cover shows a screaming man in close-up, so we can literally look inside his opened mouth (and his nostrils too).

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* FakeOutFadeOut: "In the Court of the Crimson King" does this, briefly fading out before fading back into a quiet recorder solo.
* GrossUpCloseUp: The album cover shows a screaming man in close-up, so we can literally look inside his opened mouth (and up his nostrils too).

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