Label: Victor Records (Japan), VICP-70148
Style: Symphonic Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 58:56
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 397 Mb
Charts: UK #4, AUS #9, CAN #17, GER #7, ITA #20, NED #4, NOR #18, JP #66, US #18. UK & US: Gold.
They
were not the first rock supergroup, a distinction I would accord to
Blind Faith. And their first album was not the first progressive rock
album by any means. But Emerson, Lake & Palmer was the first
progressive rock album recorded by a supergroup, which makes it an
important work in the annals of rock and roll. It also happens to be an
awesomely cool album that merges the better parts of The Nice and King
Crimson into arguably the truest vision yet of a classical/rock hybrid.
Keith
Emerson is the band’s grand sonic architect. He creates complex
classical arrangements and adaptations of classical composers (Bela
Bartok, Leos Janacek, J.S. Bach) on organ, piano and synthesizer. For
the opening of Take a Pebble, he even strums the strings of a grand
piano like a harp. He’s not quite a one-man band, but he does carry the
lion’s share of the music on his shoulders. Emerson was the main
attraction in The Nice too, but with ELP he was given even more space to
shine.
Greg Lake was previously the bass player and singer in King
Crimson, a group whose first album, In the Court of the Crimson King, is
universally recognized as one of the earliest and best examples of
progressive rock. Lake played a smaller role in Crimson, which was
Robert Fripp’s band from the beginning. In ELP, more emphasis was placed
on his wonderful voice and soulful balladry. As a bass player, he’s no
Jack Bruce, as a guitarist, no Robert Fripp, but as a singer you
couldn’t do much better.
Carl Palmer was arguably the least known of
the three, having appeared briefly with Arthur Brown and Atomic Rooster.
He and Emerson are the band’s two strongest musical contributors. Just
as Emerson’s playing had a decidedly English feel to it that leaned
heavily on pomp and circumstance, Palmer’s drumming often felt like a
marching boy gone mad, his disciplined rhythms played with mathematical
precision on snare, cymbals and assorted drums.
(full version: progrography.com/emerson-lake-palmer/review-emerson-lake-palmer-1970/)
01. The Barbarian (04:35)
02. Take A Pebble (12:38)
03. Knife Edge (05:10)
04. The Three Fates: Clotho (Royal Festival Hall Organ) / Lachesis (Piano Solo) /... (07:47)
05. Tank (06:53)
06. Lucky Man (04:49)
07. The Barbarian (Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival) (05:08)
08. Take A Pebble (Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival) (11:53)
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