TRILOGY

Of the four first classic ELP albums, this is the one I have spent most time on. This is also the album which has given me most rewards. Even more.......ehh.....gulp...... than Brain Salad. And I never ever thought I would utter those words. But this album is simply stunning from beginning to the end and it has overtaken Brain Salad as my most beloved ELP album.

Trilogy starts with the hymn like opening of The Endless Enigma # 1. Fantastic hypnotic music. Fugue is brilliant too before the second part of The Endless Enigma brings it all home.

From The Beginning starts nicely as a slowburning accoustic guitar based song and then develops nicely with some nice moog. An excellent minimalistic song. Less is more ! The Sheriff is one of those throw-away folk hall ELP songs. They normally include one each album and The Sheriff is by far the best one. It is actually a very good song. No, I am not drunk and I am not married. I actually mean it. Hoedown is one of the signature ELP tracks and also included on the beloved the Welcome To The Show live album. Keith Emerson goes berskerk again in a jungle of moog and various sounds. An excellent song, reworked from an Aaron Copland piece of music. The title track is also an excellent signature ELP track where Keith Emerson gets a workout. How ELP ! Living Sin is perhaps the least loved track here. It has a thumbing hammond organ as the main instrument and some excellent drumming from Palmer and a pretty tiresome vocal by Lake. Abaddon's Bolero is another signature ELP track based on a classical piece of music and ELPised by Keith Emerson. An excellent track.

The conclusion I draw is that this is a brilliant album. Everything here captivates me and I almost falls into a trance. I really love ELP and their insane approach to music. Insanity is the new sanity. ELP is my type of music. This album is my type of drugs & life. Keith Emerson is God and I proclaim myself as a Trilogy worshipper. Nothing less than the full house of stars will suffice here.

5 stars

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