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Title: For Crimson Die-Hards, Presenting the Weakest of 69-74 LPs
Review: Islands can be a tough first listen, or a tough tenth listen. I myself am probably only up to about listen number twelve (to paraphrase author Eric Tamm). Of all the Crimson albums released from 1969 to 1974, it is by far the strangest and weakest (excluding live albums, which at least have versions of "21st Century Schizoid Man" going for them!) Of course Islands has its moments; "Ladies of the Road" is good bluesy fun, and Fripp beats the bejezus out of his Les Paul on the extended solo to "A Sailor's Tale," but guess what? These two bright spots can be found on Frame By Frame, one of the greatest boxed sets of all time.
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