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King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon (1970) [FLAC] {Mastered by Nimbus}
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General Information
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Artist...............: King Crimson
Album................: In the Wake of Poseidon
Released.............: May 15, 1970 (1987 Reissue)
Label................: E'G Records
Genre................: Progressive Rock
Ripper...............: XLD 116.4
Encoder..............: FLAC 1.2.1 (-8)
Scans................: Full, 300 dpi
Source...............: Original CD (EGCD 2, Mastered by Nimbus)
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Tracklist
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1. Peace - A Beginning (0:51)
2. Pictures of a City (including 42nd at Treadmill) (8:02)
3. Cadence and Cascade (4:38)
4. In the Wake of Poseidon (including Libra's Theme) (7:58)
5. Peace - A Theme (1:15)
6. Cat Food (4:55)
7. The Devil's Triangle (11:37)
(i) Merday Morn
(ii) Hand of Sceiron
(iii) Garden of Worm
8. Peace - An End (1:53)
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Review
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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.
(Bruce Eder @ allmusic.com)
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