Pictures at and Exhibition (ELP) Rating

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Okay, my tastes in ELPness are clearly very different from a lot of you judging by the answers in the poll.  I think Pictures is their best, along with their first album.  I also don't like BSS very much at all, I think it's just cheesy as hell.  

Poll Question: How would you rate P@aE by ELP (next to their studio albums)?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
It's their best work	2	[5.41%]
In the same league as Karn Evil 9 & Tarkus	7	[18.92%]
Not quite BSS, the debut, or Tarkus but better than Trilogy	3	[8.11%]
its at least better than the works; their 5th best album	20	[54.05%]
it's one of their worst	5	[13.51%]
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himtroy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 20 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1601	Posted: November 29 2009 at 14:07
	Okay, my tastes in ELPness are clearly very different from a lot of you judging by the answers in the poll. I think Pictures is their best, along with their first album. I also don't like BSS very much at all, I think it's just cheesy as hell.

Roj Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 02 2008 Location: Manchester, UK Status: Offline Points: 3126	Posted: November 30 2009 at 03:02
	Ok, I'll play too . 1. BSS (by some distance) 2. ELP 3. Pics 4. Trilogy 5. Tarkus So my vote is other - none of the options. All the top 5 have equally brilliant moments, it's just that Trilogy and Tarkus have real weak moments. For me, the top 3 are very consistent. Pics is a great album and I prefer the ELP version to Mussorgsky/Ravel. Phillistine . Edited by Roj M30 - November 30 2009 at 03:03

mohaveman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 22 2007 Location: Arizona USA Status: Offline Points: 409	Posted: November 30 2009 at 14:58
	Low vote. Never hit it with me.

SgtPepper67 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 17 2007 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 530	Posted: November 30 2009 at 18:50
	None of those options! It's not as good as BSS, Trilogy or Tarkus, maybe in the same league as the debut. I can't compare it with Works, I like that album a lot but it's very different than the previous albums.
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mohaveman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 22 2007 Location: Arizona USA Status: Offline Points: 409	Posted: December 09 2009 at 12:41
	I would rate it about 5-6 best

ten years after Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 07 2007 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 1008	Posted: December 10 2009 at 04:01
	My ratings for the ELP classics are: 1/ Trilogy (by some distance) 2/ Pictures at an Exhibition 3/ ELP 4/ Tarkus 5/ Brain Salad Surgery It surprises me that some people don't like Trilogy. IMO it is one of the greatest of prog albums. I wish they had chosen something a bit more interesting than Nutrocker as the encore for Pictures but otherwise it is a totally magnificent work and one of the best live albums of all. I agree with the earlier post which described BSS as cheesy. With the exception of Toccata, i felt they were working to a formula, albeit their own exceptional formula.