TARKUS

Containg ELP's other epic, the title track "Tarkus" tells a story about war, but exactly what it is saying is a bit confusing. The entire song is amazing and and easy listen. Divided into 7 parts, four of them are instrumental, each with thier own unique sound. The other three parts coantian vocals which are some of the best I've heard from ELP. Each set of lyrics also contains different syles of vocals and it's own unique sound. It sounds more like you are listening to seven short songs rather than one long epic masterpiece

Then there's the controversial B-Side of the album, which really isn't all that bad. The only weak songs are "jeremy Bender" and "Are You Ready Eddy?", the latter of which is so short, it's not that bad to the end of the album.

"Bitches Crystal" and "A time and a Place" are both neat hard-rockers which fit well with the style of the album

"The Only Way"/"Infinite Space" is a mediocre song, but still has cool instrumentation.

5 stars for Side A and 3 for side B