Symphonic Prog Poll #10 Emerson Lake & Palmer |
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Anthony
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Posted: September 11 2010 at 17:09 |
Why is "Love Beach" better than "In the hot seat"? The answer is simple: "In the hot seat" doesn't have an epic, "Love Beach" does. Unless, of course, you'd count the bonus track in the form of a studio recording of "Pictures at an exhibition".
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Gandalff
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Posted: September 12 2010 at 04:13 |
Maybe somebody would vote for Love Beach. That´s a pity for not including it here.
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: September 12 2010 at 04:47 |
The first five ELP albums represent for me the band's fertile creative peak which culminated in the uber stupendous Brain Salad Surgery (which earned my vote, natch)
Thereafter the trio admittedly went steadily downhill but the descent had one or two refuelling stops in the shape of Emerson's excellent Piano Concerto #1, Side 4 of Works Vol 1, Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman from (whisper) Love Beach and Black Moon (which I liked hugely) |
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richardh
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Posted: September 12 2010 at 07:42 |
You don't like/rate Pirates then?
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idoownu
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Posted: September 25 2010 at 16:16 |
1. Works Vol. 1 I Love (Beach) the whole thing.
2. Brain Salad Surgery
3. Trilogy
(just slightly differing from the crowd)
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: October 20 2010 at 18:28 |
Great result and no surprises at all.... so far
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Lozlan
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Posted: October 20 2010 at 19:05 |
I'll come out and confess it boldly: I actually sort of enjoy Love Beach. Not even remotely in the same way that I enjoy ELP in their prime, but that album does find itself listened to on occasion. I certainly enjoy it more than the cesspool that is In The Hot Seat.
Voted for Tarkus. |
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Dr. Occulator
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Posted: October 20 2010 at 19:09 |
What! No 'Love Beach' in this poll!
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clarke2001
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 02:13 |
My favourite is Tarkus, then Trilogy, then the debut.
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Jazzywoman
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 16:12 |
Brain Salad Surgery = AMAZING
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richardh
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 17:06 |
Gone Too Sone and Daddy are the only half decent moments and one of those had a session drummer and keyboard player backing Greg Lake.
Unsurpisingly the record company went over the edge of the cliff soon after.
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The Wrinkler
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 17:19 |
Brain Salad Surgery... I'll admit, Trilogy got me ready for BSS, so I would have voted for Trilogy... but the Karn Evil 9 suite is just too sweet!
Also the cover art for BSS is better than Trilogy |
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: November 13 2010 at 02:54 |
BSS wins this I believe - any more votes before closure? |
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Prog Geo
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Posted: December 08 2010 at 09:01 |
Trilogy for me.
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richardh
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Posted: December 08 2010 at 15:15 |
I wonder if there are any other bands who would have a such a heavy weighting of votes towards the first 4 albums as ELP. Talk about falling off the end of a cliff
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claugroi
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Posted: December 08 2010 at 20:46 |
Who voted for Black Moon ?!
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Dellinger
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Posted: December 08 2010 at 22:22 |
My favourite is Pictures...
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: December 08 2010 at 22:36 |
Trilogy by a small margin over BSS in my opinion.
Iván
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: December 08 2010 at 22:39 |
Well, there are excellent albums like Nursery Cryme or Trespass that don't have a single epic and they are great The problem is that Memoirs, despite being an epic (due to the length), is IMO the weakest song of Love Beach. Iván
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parapet
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Posted: December 09 2010 at 01:50 |
hey, where is Love Beach????? that's my favorit
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