King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon (1970) [FLAC] {Mastered by Nimbus}
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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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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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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) |