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Emerson, Lake & Palmer [Limited]
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer [Limited]
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Greg Lake (vocals, guitar, bass instrument); Keith Emerson (keyboards); Carl Palmer (drums, percussion).
Recording information: Advision Studios, London, England.
When Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, and Carl Palmer left the Nice, King Crimson, and Atomic Rooster, respectively, they created the first prog-rock supergroup. ELP's 1971 debut was full of just as much bombast, technical facility, and brash classical-rock fusion as prog admirers could have hoped. A large part of the band's appeal was the keyboard mastery of Emerson, who shows both superhuman chops and sophisticated compositional abilities on the classically tinged instrumental "The Barbarian," which opens the album.
"Take a Pebble" and "Lucky Man" represent the more pop-oriented ballad side of the ELP sound, for which bassist and singer Greg Lake is chiefly responsible. The instrumental epics "The Three Fates" and "Tank" find all three musicians interacting at a furious level, throwing awe-inspiring licks around with uncanny ease, with plenty of octopus-armed drumming from Carl Palmer. Epic, ambitious, and overflowing with technical mastery, EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER paved the way for the prog rock phenomenon of the '70s.
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Rolling Stone (4/15/71, p.42) - "...This is such a good album, it is best heard as a whole..."
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 | The Ego Trip Begins
by buffoonery, 2/18/2004 |
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Pros: An innovative and listenable introduction to art rock
Cons: Soft parts of "Take A Pebble" and Emerson's ego get in the way
The Bottom Line: Art rock's first supergroup and second-most influential album, this is an important work that serious rock fans should own
Review: Somebody had to be prog rock's first supergroup. Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, and Carl Palmer were the
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| | Emershlakenbalmer!
by fartzarellah, 7/9/2003 |
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Pros: ac.
Cons: tipation.
The Bottom Line: Neato!
Review: If you say Emerson, Lake & Palmer ten times fast, it ends up sounding something like "Emershlakenbal
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| | Emerson, Lake & Palmer at their Finest!
by Ironcladd, 3/2/2003 |
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Pros: Incredible music in abundant quantity and quality.
Cons: None.
The Bottom Line: Emerson, Lake & Palmer's first album is outstanding!
Review: Emerson, Lake & Palmer at their Finest Emerson, Lake & Palmer is another of my 
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