RIP. I listened to Lizard recently, for the first time in ages. His voice throughout is very English, a bit dry sounding to me. Though not my favorite KC singer, his voice never turned me off because by the time I heard Lizard for the first time I had heard most other KC albums, and knew they almost always had an old-British-guy-sounding singer. This was before I knew much of anything in regards to Crimson lineups or paid attention to such. I didn't care for Lizard much at first, but it definitely grew on me and is one of the more interesting Crimson efforts, one that rewards repeated listens.
I always liked Lizard for its quirkiness and oddball, dark, circus-y theme in the first 4 songs (but it doesn't sound like circus music.) The title track, however, was always my favorite, it stands out from the rest of the album. This is one of the best progressive rock epics of all time. I honestly forgot how beautiful the song is, at least the first half, with Jon Anderson singing, and that great melody on the flute. Later on, the evil horns and Haskell returns to the mic, I like his vocals best here on the whole album. No offense to Haskell, though, but how awesome would it have been if the Lizard album was sung entirely by Jon Anderson instead.