IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON

Well, I'm yours for a dramatic and melancholy mellotron track, so the title track does it for me. Enough members have posted the obvious comparisons of certain tracks to "Court," so I won't bother. I give this one four stars (as I would Court) because its best tracks, Pictures of a City, the title track, and the whole Mars/Holst thing, while not as good as the best of Court, are right up there, and the weaker tracks (a relative term) are not quite as weak as those on Court.

While the band was in disarray in terms of personnel, there are still plenty of choice moments here. Lake's vocals are very strong, and Fripp is in usual form. Peter Giles plays some choice bass bits as well, especially on Pictures of a City. If Court is a 4.25-star, this is a 3.99-star.