Larks’ Tongues in Aspic ist ein 1973 erschienenes Musikalbum von King Crimson. Mit diesem Album begann die Band, neue Klänge (Streichinstrumente sowie ungewöhnliche Perkussion) in ihre Musik aufzunehmen. Der Name des Albums (Lerchenzungen in Aspik) bezeichnet eine antike römische Delikatesse.
Bandleader Robert Fripp, der sich Ende 1972 vor die Aufgabe gestellt sah, eine vollkommen neue Band zusammenzustellen, da die vorige Besetzung nach der letzten Tournee auseinandergefallen war, konnte neben Yes-Schlagzeuger Bill Bruford den Ex-Family-Sänger und -Bassisten John Wetton, Jamie Muir (Perkussion) und den Geiger David Cross engagieren.
Quelle: Wikipedia
RollingStone, 17.06.2015:
50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time
King Crimson, ‚Larks‘ Tongues in Aspic‘ (1973)With his third lineup in four years, King Crimson guitar maestro Robert Fripp finally tapped back into a musical energy as powerful and groundbreaking as that of his 1969 debut In the Court of the Crimson King.
The group’s fifth album was a masterful mélange of painstaking composition and wild experimentation, as if Fripp were depicting a madman struck with glimmers of melancholy clarity. In the end, it’s difficult to tell which passages were happy accidents and which were carefully constructed; and it’s even harder to determine which are more impactful, as clattering trays, chiming bells, twittering birds, understated voices and clown-toy laughter intertwine with tinny, static-filled guitar, epileptic beats and violin lines that range from gorgeous to harrowing.
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