King Crimson ‎– Discipline

It's only the second time something like this ever happened to me: an edition that is mostly praised for and that I find it is absolutely garbage! I usually agree with the opinions I read around here (when they are unanimously positive ,or near that) so this is quite strange. I really needed to go back and forth again and again, comparing my modest portuguese first edition with this one and the difference is between day (original) and night (reissue). I mean, this pressing is quiet, the disc is heavy, the sleeve is nice, but the dynamics...where are the dynamics? At first I put the record on the player and after the first 1-2 minutes I said to myself "I thought this record was much better" (as I did not listen to it for about 10 years) and the rest of first and second song only cemented this impression. And then I went for my old portuguese edition and Boom! Is this the same record?! Really?! I will try for someone else to go through this experience just to see if I am not going crazy!

When you go from Greg Lake to Adrian Belew you drop 1.5 to 2 stars out of 5 automatically and those are a lot of points to lose on a 5 point scale. Adrian Belew blows. See how that rhymes.

Alternate mix of Matte Kudasai was not needed... This album was meant to finish with Discipline, I wish they would have respected the original tracklist.

What?? Only one slab of vinyl? No, No, No! This should've been released as a three disc, triple gatefold, 45rpm extravaganza, with an extra 7" for just $69.00! One song per side! Now there's a proper listening experience for you.