History YMMV / InTheCourtOfTheCrimsonKing

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible:
** The lyrics of "The Court of the Crimson King", bordering on WordSaladLyrics. It's unclear if they're supposed to have some kind of metaphorical meaning or they're just HighFantasy-sounding nonsense.
** Also, the weird and incredibly long (it's about ten minutes, but feels like an hour) instrumental portion of "Moonchild" has baffled fans ever since the album came out. Nobody's quite sure what, if anything, they were trying to do with it, or if it's just random noises made on their instruments.

** Uploading the album to Website/YouTube under different titles in an attempt to circumvent Robert Fripp constantly taking down said uploads has become one. Typically it's described as either NOT being the album, or being a similarly named nonexistent album by another band.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: The lyrics of "The Court of the Crimson King", bordering on WordSaladLyrics. It's unclear if they're supposed to have some kind of metaphorical meaning or they're just HighFantasy-sounding nonsense.

*** It is sometimes used to mock how many modern record collectors have a copy of an specific "obscure" album, with the above usually referred by the Vinyl Jerk subreddit as the "Screamy Red Man" album.

* EndingFatigue: "Moonchild" sometimes gets this, with its ten minutes of closing ambient improvisation. It's widely acknowledged to be the only weak spot on an otherwise flawless album, to the degree where the Steven Wilson remix shaves two minutes off for the sake of brevity (the full-length song is still included as a bonus track).

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The entire album. There's a reason it's probably the single most influential album in the history of progressive rock.

* MemeticMutation: The album cover, to some extent.
** Uploading the album to [=YouTube=] under different titles in an attempt to circumvent Robert Fripp constantly taking down said uploads has become one. Typically it's described as either NOT being the album, or being a similarly named nonexistent album by another band.

* EndingFatigue: "Moonchild" sometimes gets this, with its ten minutes of closing ambient improvisation. It's widely acknowledged to be the only weak spot on an otherwise flawless album.
* HarsherInHindsight: "21st Century Schizoid Man"...It came true. As of TheNewTens -- a time period already known for intense sectarian violence worldwide, rampant paranoia in the wake of the NSA Spying Scandal, and unfettered materialism -- the whole song is like a documentary.

** Uploading the album to youtube under different titles in an attempt to circumvent Robert Fripp constantly taking down said uploads has become one. Typically it's described as either NOT being the album, or being a similarly named nonexistent album by another band.

** Uploading the album to youtube under different titles in an attempt to circumvent robert fripp constantly taking down said uploads has become one. Typically it's described as either NOT being the album, or being a similarly named nonexistent album by another band.

* VindicatedByHistory: Kind of. Critical reception at the time was mixed (Robert Christgau infamously called it "ersatz shit", but he hates nearly anything related to ProgressiveRock), but it's now very widely acclaimed. It was never anywhere close to universally critically maligned, though.

** Uploading the album to youtube under different titles in an attempt to circumvent robert fripp constantly taking down said uploads has become one. Typically it's described as either NOT being the album, or being a similarly named
nonexistent album by another band.

* AwesomeMusic: The entire album. There's a reason it's probably the single most influential album in the history of progressive rock.

* VindicatedByHistory: Kind of. Critical reception at the time was mixed (Robert Christgau infamously called it "ersatz shit", but he hates nearly anything related to ProgressiveRock so this may simply be a case of BiasSteamroller), but it's now very widely acclaimed. It was never anywhere close to universally critically maligned, though.

* CultClassic

* FirstInstallmentWins
* MagnumOpus: Widely considered to be the band's crowning achievement (although there are some fans who would give the nod to ''Red'' or ''Discipline'' instead). It's certainly their most iconic album.

* EndingFatigue: "Moonchild" sometimes gets this, with its eight minutes of closing ambient improvisation. It's widely acknowledged to be the only weak spot on an otherwise flawless album.

* EndingFatigue: "Moonchild" sometimes gets this. It's widely acknowledged to be the only weak spot on an otherwise flawless album.

* VindicatedByHistory: Kind of. Critical reception at the time was mixed (Robert Christgau infamously called it "ersatz shit", but he hates nearly anything related to ProgressiveRock so this may simply be a case of AuthorOnBoard), but it's now very widely acclaimed. It was never anywhere close to universally critically maligned, though.

* VindicatedByHistory: Kind of. Critical reception at the time was mixed (Robert Christgau infamously called it "ersatz shit"), but it's now very widely acclaimed. It was never anywhere close to universally critically maligned, though.

* MagnumOpus: Widely considered to be the band's crowning achievement. It's certainly their most iconic album.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: The lyrics of "The Court of the Crimson King", bordering on WordSaladLyrics. It's unclear if they're supposed to have some kind of metaphorical meaning or they're just high fantasy-sounding nonsense.