Here I rank the king crimson discography from worst to best. What a novel and original concept :D
The only two albums I consider to be BORING from the King Crimson catalog. Power to believe bores me in such a way that I'm not even gonna talk about it.
Wake of Poseidon is boring in an offensive way. Imagine after releasing one of the best not just prog records but one of the best records of all time and you follow that up with an album which is just a copy of the last one but all the songs are worse. I"m not even saying I dislike the songs. The first three songs on the album are all copies of songs from ITCOCK. Picture of a city? 21st century schzoid man. Cadence and Cascade? Talk to the wind. In the wake of Poseidon? Epitaph. The only two songs on WOP which are wholely orginal are Cat food and Devil's triangle. First of all Cat Food is awesome. Its like this weird unholy verison of come togther(by the beatles).Its not a song I would play around other people but I love every part of that silly song. When Gordon Haskall screams "CAT FOOD CAT FOOD CATFOOD AGAIN?!?!!" and you get that little drum fill is my favorite part. Devil's triangle though? Eh. It doesn't do much for me. I also find the little sample of the song court of the crimson king at the end to be insulting. Its like teasing you with the idea of a much better album.
Overall I think wake of poseidon is a decent album but It does the worst thing a King Crimson record can do and bores me. For a band which is known for constantly changing and progressing their sound the LAST thing I want them to do is not change at all.
Construction of Light is simply a bad album but interesting none of the less. I mean the album opens with ProzaKc Blues which is full of baffling decisions. Why was Adrian Belew allowed to do that stupid deep voice for the entire song? Why did Fripp okay the lyrics "I went to my physician who was buried in his thoughts he said, “Son, you’ve been reading too much Elephant Talk”? The riff isn't even good either. The entire song is baffling. And really I think this song contains all the problems with the album. Lame instrumentals(Larks tongues and Aspic stops at part 3. We didn't need 3 more parts which are all boring!!!) and silly Zappa-esque bits which don't fit. I don't recommend ever listening to this album unless you are a completionist.
Overall Not a good album but I put it above WOP out of principle more so than anything else.