In The Wake Of Poseidon is King Crimson's second album. During the time that Poseidon was being recorded and released King Crimson went through some changes to their lineup found on their debut album, In The Court Of The Crimson King. These changes including the departure of Mike Giles and Ian MacDonald, later Mike Giles decided to rejoin the group and record on Poseidon. The final line-up included Robert Fripp on guitar, Greg Lake singing, Mike Giles on drums, Pete Giles on bass and Kieth Tippet playing piano and keyboards.

The album starts off with Peace - A Beginning which is pretty much a nothing track and just takes up time, but the next track, Pictures Of A City is absolutely amazing. It features a guitar and saxophone playing similar line and blend perfectly. The tracks does seem to sound a lot like 21st Century Schizoid Man from In The Court Of The Crimson King, but they are different enough for there not to be a problem. The vocals in Pictures and extremely powerful and well sung. The entire song is powerful and loud and keeps on changing which means that you can listen to all 8 minutes over and over and still enjoy the song.

Next is Cadence and Cascade, a acoustic song that is very soft and airy, the vocals are smooth and soothing. The change between Pictures and Cadence is abrupt but works very well. The flute provides a simple melody between verses. The title track, In The Wake Os Poseidon is another slower, acoustic song but is a little bit louder and more coarse. In the middle of the song strings come in and provide a dramatic feeling behind the mystical lyrics. By then end of teh song the energy picks up and the song becomes a very song that feels epic.

The next song on the album is Peace - A Theme which is nothing but guitar but provides a good introduction to Cat Food, KC's fist single. Cat Food has a prominent piano line that almost feels off or abstract but somehow works. Cat Food has a very funky attitude with different instruments jumping around the song but remains steady and tenacious. The songs often becomes a blur of seemingly random notes, but it always returns to its basic structure. This songs is truly Art Rock.

Next is a 3 part song called The Devil's Triangle.The Devil's Triangle begins as a string-based arrangement and slowly builds up, a piano enters and jumps from channel to channel, it quickly becomes more complicated and over-crowded. The song continues to change and build up and calm down.

The Wake Of Poseidon is a album that defiantly grows on you. The songs may not all be perfectly melodic but they all seem to work. I would definitely recommend this album to anyone who already has a Crimso album or two and wants to see what else there is.