In the Wake of Poseidon

King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon
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Based on 4 reviews
1970 Ratings: #110 / 161
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1970 Rank: #163
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JustSomeGuy
70

Did King Crimson ever get as close to pure filler in their golden run as In The Wake Of Poseidon?

It should probably be noted before I get any further that I don't dislike In The Wake Of Poseidon at all. But in a discography as flawless as Crimsons 1969-1974 run, this is the album that easily sticks out the most as aimless and pointless. And regardless of how understandable that may be, it's undeniably disappointing. I don't think I've come across a single person that hasn't come across this ... read more

soundworld
82

“In the Wake of Poseidon” is a great early Prog album, that will unfortunately always be in the shadow of the superior predecessor, and in many ways older brother: “In the Court of The Crimson King”. King Crimson was reduced to only 2 members (even though contributions from the original vocalist Greg Lake & drummer Michael Giles appear on numerous tracks), the band was clearly in a transitional period. Robert Fripp luckily was a multi-instrumentalist and was the glue ... read more

ChazzaMaate
76

While yes, the existence of this album is highly overshadowed by their larger more successful debut, 'In the Court of the Crimson King', I feel like this album deserves its praise for at least trying to follow up such a legendary project. Following up an album like that could be seen as an impossible task, but they manage to make something that has some charm to it.

It's like if Kendrick Lamar's debut was TPAB and that was the level that he was expected to always be at because that was peoples ... read more

F1regek
86

i really like the cover art and how it goes with the music and i also really like the story theyre telling and how they are telling it its a really good album not as good as the debut but still really good and fun

Favourite Track has to be Pictures of a City.

Angela_H
60

This record doesn't get much recognition as the majority of the records in the classic era and I feel like that's for good reason. You either get a lot of the same ideas from the debut but weaker or songs like Cat Food and Devils Triangle that don't feel rehashed that well. Other than the very impressive use of dynamics on Devils Triangle that one doesn't feel as impressive as it should be.

TheDemonBurrito
85

AOTY users love comparing shit

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Added on: April 14, 2014