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In the Court of the Crimson King

1969 debut studio album by King Crimson
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In the Court of the Crimson King

Summary

In the Court of the Crimson King is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,572 views/month, #117 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • In the Court of the Crimson King's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King was produced by King Crimson[5].
  • Among the performers on In the Court of the Crimson King was King Crimson[6].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King's record label is recorded as Island Records[7].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records[8].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King is part of King Crimson's albums in chronological order[10].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King is part of King Crimson studio albums discography[11].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King was distributed by LP record[13].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King was distributed by music streaming[14].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King was distributed by music download[15].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King's review score is recorded as 5[16].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King was released on October 10, 1969[17].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King's distributed by is recorded as Deezer[18].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King's distributed by is recorded as Spotify[19].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King's distributed by is recorded as Tidal[20].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'In the Court of the Crimson King'}[21].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King's has characteristic is recorded as debut album[22].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'An Observation by King Crimson'}[23].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2633'}[24].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+5'}[25].
  • In the Court of the Crimson King's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[26].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[27]

  • First release date: 1969-10-10[28]

  • Genre(s): art rock, progressive, progressive rock, rock[29]

  • Community tags: art rock, fantasy, improvisation, jazz related rock, lonely, male vocalist, melancholic, passionate, philosophical, poetic, political, prog rock, progressive, progressive rock, rock, surreal, technical, theatrical, war[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a50636b5-5233-3329-a7f3-dba3d0e00ef7[31]

Body

Authorship and Creation

In the Court of the Crimson King was performed by King Crimson[6]. It was produced by King Crimson[5].

Publication

In the Court of the Crimson King was released on October 10, 1969[17]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is progressive rock[4]. Part of include King Crimson's albums in chronological order[10] and King Crimson studio albums discography[11]. Recorded distribution format include LP record[13], music streaming[14], and music download[15].

Reception

In the Court of the Crimson King's review score is recorded as 5[16].

Why It Matters

In the Court of the Crimson King ranks in the top 0.19% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,572 views/month, #117 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

Related Entities

Atlantic Records Island Records Spotify United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → —
    Record label → Island Records, Atlantic Records
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    Tracklist → ['Q139821764', 'Q139821765', 'Q111295534', 'Q111295645']
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