King Crimson – In the Wake of Poseidon (2025) Review: King Crimson opened 1970 scarcely in existence as a band, having lost two key members (Ian McDonald and Michael Giles), with a third (Greg Lake) about to leave. Their second album – largely composed of Robert Fripp’s songwriting and material salvaged from their stage repertory (“Pictures of a City” and “The Devil’s Triangle”) – is actually better produced and better sounding than their first. Surprisingly, Fripp’s guitar is not the dominant instrument here: The Mellotron, taken over by Fripp after McDonald’s departure – and played even better than before – still remains the band’s signature. The record doesn’t tread enough new ground to precisely rival In the Court of the Crimson King. Fripp, however, has made an impressive show of transmuting material that worked on stage (“Mars” aka “The Devil’s Triangle”) into viable studio creations, and “Cadence and Cascade” may be the prettiest song the group ever cut. “The Devil’s Triangle,” which is essentially an unauthorized adaptation of “Mars, Bringer of War” from Gustav Holst’s The Planets, was later used in an eerie Bermuda Triangle documentary of the same name. — soundohm.com Track List: 01 Peace - A Beginning (2025 Mix) 02 Pictures of a City (2025 Mix) 03 Cadence and Cascade (2025 Mix) 04 In the Wake of Poseidon (2025 Mix) 05 Peace - A Theme (2025 Mix) 06 Cat Food (2025 Mix) 07 The Devil's Triangle (2025 Mix) 08 Peace - An End (2025 Mix) 09 Groon (2025 Mix) 10 Peace An End (Alternate version) 11 Pictures of a City (Elemental Mix) 12 In The Wake Of Poseidon (Elemental Mix) 13 Cadence And Cascade (Elemental Mix) 14 Cat Food (Elemental Mix) Media Report: Genre: prog-rock Origin: UK Format: FLAC Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec Bit rate mode: Variable Channel(s): 2 channels Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz Bit depth: 16 bits Compression mode: Lossless Writing library: libFLAC 1.3.0 (UTC 2013-05-26) Note: If you like the music, support the artist