In the Wake of Poseidon

by King Crimson

In the Wake of Poseidon cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 May 1970
  • Label: Island
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 52:03
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 19 ratings

Artists on this release: Gordon Haskell, Jamie Muir, Adrian Belew, Michael Giles, Ian McDonald, David Cross, Mel Collins, Richard Palmer-James, Peter Sinfield, Trey Gunn, Boz Burrell, Jakko M. Jakszyk, John Wetton, Bill Bruford, Ian Wallace, Gavin Harrison, Tony Levin, Jeremy Stacey, Robert Fripp, Greg Lake, Andy McCulloch, Pat Mastelotto, Bill Rieflin

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Despite severe lineup instability following their groundbreaking debut, Robert Fripp steered King Crimson through an incredibly ambitious, highly conceptual sophomore release. 'In the Wake of Poseidon' is wonderfully complex and fiercely technical, balancing deeply poetic, mythological fantasy suites with remarkably progressive, highly suspenseful jazz-rock dynamics.

Genres

Descriptors: fantasy, mythology, complex, uncommon-time-signatures, progressive, technical

Tracklist

  1. Peace - A Beginning (0:50)
  2. Pictures Of A City (8:01)
  3. Cadence and Cascade (4:37)
  4. In The Wake Of Poseidon (7:56)
  5. Peace - A Theme (1:15)
  6. Cat Food (4:53)
  7. The Devils Triangle (11:37)
  8. Peace - An End (1:56)
  9. Cat Food (single version) (2:47)
  10. Groon (single B-side) (3:35)
  11. Cadence And Cascade (Greg Lake guide vocal) (4:33)

Credits

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