Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Emerson, Lake & Palmer Artist: Lake & Palmer Emerson
Label: Japanese Import
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988002439195
ASIN: B00006S2PG


Release Date: 2003-02-04

Emerson, Lake & Palmer


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Tracks:

  1. Barbarian [Instrumental]
  2. Take a Pebble
  3. Knife Edge
  4. Three Fates: Clotho/Lachesis/Atropos
  5. Tank [Instrumental]
  6. Lucky Man

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Album Description

20-bit K2 remastered reissue of 1970 album packaged in a limited edition miniature gatefold LP sleeve. Victor. 2002.

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A stunning debut album from progressive rock's power trio.......2004-11-07

In 1970 keyboard player Keith Emerson of Nice and Greg Lake of King Crimson bolted from their groups and joined with drummer Carl Palmer from Atomic Rooster to form the most successful power trio in the history of progressive rock. Only Renaissance could be said to have more explicitly incorporated classical music into its sound that Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The trio were regarded as technical virtuosos on their instruments, to such a point that their performances surely could not match their reputations. Lake might not be as great a guitarist as the other two were on their instruments, but when I was a lad if you had given me my choice of any one's voice in rock and roll, I would have wanted to sing like Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake & Palmer also have some of the more interesting "what ifs" around in terms of their origin, since there were rumors of Jimi Hendrix joining the group and Steve Howe of Yes actually auditioned).

The self-tilted 1971 debut album (mostly recorded the previous year), made it to #18 on the Billboard album chart and is a mix of the bombastic synthesizer overkill that could dominate some of their early work (such as the first side of their next album, "Tarkus") and the subtle balance between Lake's vocals and Emerson's piano playing. The former is represented by the instrumental opening track, "The Barbarian," which sets up a radical shift to the former with "Take a Pebble." This song was ELP's first released single, and would become one of the improvisational standards of the group in concert. The "first side" ends with "Knife-Edge," based on a theme by Janacek I believe, and is one of the rare examples of balance between Emerson's synthesizer and Lake's vocals. You have to remember that the synthesizer was a new toy at that time and perhaps Emerson should be forgiven for taking it out so relentlessly at times on a test drive.

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