IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON

I had always wanted to listen to King Crimson. Reviewers said they were one of the first progressive rock bands, and one of the most innovative. I found a box set with the first three studio albums in it for only $17, so I bought it. After listening to In The Court of the Crimson King, I was surprised. King Crimson didn't sound like progressive rock to me. They sounded like a light rock band with some (not very many) progressive elements. Despite this, I still decided to put in this CD and see how it sounded.

This CD starts the same way as Court in the way that there is a great track at the beginning of the disc. Pictures of a City is one of my favorite progressive rock songs. I wasn't sure where the album was going to go after this awesome rock song. I was half expecting it to turn into a bunch of slow songs like the first CD. Well, I was wrong. To my surprise, there were actually some pretty awesome songs after the opening.

The title track, Cat Food and The Devil's Triangle are all excellent pieces of music. There are elements of jazz mixed in with this, making the music more progressive than their previous album. I actually enjoyed listening to it.

If you are thinking about listening to King Crimson, this is a good place to start. It shows their jazz fusion style, and doesn't have slow song after slow song like their first album.