# The Best King Crimson Guitar Solos

> The 17 best King Crimson guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Starless (1974), then 21st Century Schizoid Man and Red. Every video starts at the solo.

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Under Robert Fripp's direction King Crimson reinvented itself in every decade, and his guitar voice, sustained, angular and relentlessly precise, became one of the most distinctive in rock. From the brutal 1969 debut through the interlocking gamelan guitars of the 1980s with Adrian Belew, the band made the guitar solo a vehicle for tension and structure rather than showboating.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: King Crimson discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Crimson_discography), [Wikipedia: Red](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_(King_Crimson_album)), [Wikipedia: Discipline](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discipline_(King_Crimson_album))

1. [Starless](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-starless/) — King Crimson · solo by Robert Fripp · 1974
2. [21st Century Schizoid Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-21st-century-schizoid-man/) — King Crimson · solo by Robert Fripp · 1969
3. [Red](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-red/) — King Crimson · solo by Robert Fripp · 1974
4. [Fracture](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-fracture/) — King Crimson · solo by Robert Fripp · 1974
5. [Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-larks-tongues-in-aspic-part-two/) — King Crimson · solo by Robert Fripp · 1973
6. [Sailor's Tale](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-sailor-s-tale/) — King Crimson · solo by Robert Fripp · 1971
7. [Easy Money](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-easy-money/) — King Crimson · solo by Robert Fripp · 1973
8. [Fallen Angel](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-fallen-angel/) — King Crimson · solo by Robert Fripp · 1974
9. [Pictures of a City](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-pictures-of-a-city/) — King Crimson · solo by Robert Fripp · 1970
10. [Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-larks-tongues-in-aspic-part-one/) — King Crimson · solo by Robert Fripp · 1973
11. [Frame by Frame](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-frame-by-frame/) — King Crimson · solo by Robert Fripp · 1981
12. [Indiscipline](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-indiscipline/) — King Crimson · solo by Adrian Belew · 1981
13. [Thela Hun Ginjeet](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-thela-hun-ginjeet/) — King Crimson · solo by Adrian Belew · 1981
14. [Elephant Talk](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-elephant-talk/) — King Crimson · solo by Adrian Belew · 1981
15. [Dinosaur](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-dinosaur/) — King Crimson · solo by Adrian Belew · 1995
16. [Level Five](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-level-five/) — King Crimson · solo by Robert Fripp · 2003
17. [The Great Deceiver](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-the-great-deceiver/) — King Crimson · solo by Robert Fripp · 1974

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