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The end of the first movement--KC Series 4
Islands, the last studio album before King Crimson's early days.
Islands was released in December 1971. The full-length album contains six tracks.
From an artistic point of view, Islands shows a completely different aesthetic orientation from its predecessor Lizard. If Lizard is a bold avant-garde experiment, then Islands is an inward artistic exploration. The entire album takes the ocean and islands as the core images to construct a poetic musical world.
The highlight of this album is still the last track of the same name. This is one of KC's most poetic works in his early years. This 11-minute track begins with a piano solo, creating a deep meditative atmosphere through delicate changes in instrumentation and ethereal vocals. The metaphor of the island in the lyrics not only implies the loneliness of individual existence, but also points to the eternal pursuit in artistic creation.
"The joy of violence will end with violence", which seems to be KC's fate