KC: In The Wake Of Poseidon - Progressive Rock Music Forum

One of my favorites by them.....I like the fact it is similar to the first.

One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin

It definitely has its charms - but it was a bit of comedown from the debut though.

Edited by Squonk19 - November 10 2018 at 15:52

“Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.”

Cadence and cascade best song worst cat food my opinion only,the rest i can take it or leave it

Well... is it a good album and do I like to listen to it? Yes, absolutely!

But does it belong to the amazingly long list of really innovative and top exciting KC albums? Rather not.

The title track and Cadence and Cascade are very good but in the innovation and excitement dept. the leading track is The Devil's Triangle. ITCOTKC and Lizard have much more to offer in that respect.

I really only like the title song on this one, while I do love the debut. I do find Wake of Poseidon to have made a point of including equivalents of each song from the previous albums, and I do find every equivalent to be inferior... except perhaps to the title song, which is great (but even so, I do like Epitaph better, and Court of the Crimson King at least as good).

It has charm, but it's definitely in the second division of KC albums

Songs cast a light on you

Dellinger wrote:

I really only like the title song on this one, while I do love the debut. I do find Wake of Poseidon to have made a point of including equivalents of each song from the previous albums, and I do find every equivalent to be inferior... except perhaps to the title song, which is great (but even so, I do like Epitaph better, and Court of the Crimson King at least as good).

The break on ITWOP is mellotronic beauty, perhaps my favorite KC passage, but once the third verse begins it's all downhill

Cadence is a killer track. Underrated recording for me. I'll give it a listen through once or twice a year or so.

"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021

The jazz break on Pictures Of A City is one of the most catchy sections King Crimson ever produced and far superior to the beginning line of the schizoid jazz section.

Mascodagama wrote:

Good album, but not among my favourites of theirs, and notable in the 1969-1974 output for not showing very much creative development from the previous album. Perhaps it's harsh to consider that a criticism when so many bands just remake the same album for their entire career, but Fripp & co. would go on to set themselves a high bar in that regard.

The oh-so-cheesy use of Holst's Mars was a horrible error of taste, I've always thought.

I actually like their use of Mars on their early live shows, with the original line-up... though I do prefer it over it's use on this album. On the other hand, I believe their fame of not repeating themselves and always being creative is a bit exagerated... I mean, it's true, up to a point, but on the other hand, once making Schizoid Man, and later the Larks tongues in Aspic songs (specially part 2), they did repeat that formula, or that set of mind, on almost every album at least for a few songs.

Unfortunatley, they did drop the attempt at writing songs like Epitaph, Court, and Poseidon, or even Starless, and even sooner they dropped trying to make songs like I talk to the Wind and Cadence and Cascade.

Edited by Dellinger - November 11 2018 at 20:13

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