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Poll Question: The first four ELP studio albums
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2017 at 08:21
Emerson, Lake & Palmer   8/10
Tarkus   8.5/10
Trilogy   9/10
Brain Salad Surgery   10/10

All four are amazing!!! But BSS is my favorite.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2017 at 14:54
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2017 at 15:49
Brain Salad Surgery is my #1, with Tarkus trailing by an armadillo's hair.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2017 at 16:56
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 22 2017 at 01:21
Before I became a fully prog nut I heard Toccata and it blew me away.  Shame to lose Emerson and Lake last year. :(
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Wow. Is anyone else surprised that Trilogy surpassed the first album? 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2017 at 08:50
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2018 at 02:26
Trilogy is the only one I can put on anymore.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2018 at 02:56
Trilogy > Tarkus > Brain Salad Surgery > ELP (all very close though - tomorrow they might swap around again)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2018 at 03:44
Both Tarkus and Brain Salad Surgery are among my favourite albums. I love them both about equally so it's difficult to choose between them. However, I seem to be playing Tarkus more often at this time, so that gets my vote. But I do have a preference for Karn Evil 9 over Tarkus (track).
 
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2018 at 03:47
Between one and two for me. Tarkus today.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2018 at 04:22
Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Wow. Is anyone else surprised that Trilogy surpassed the first album? 

Perhaps not totally. It has the best lyrics of the 4 albums and it has a nice balance of all the 3 very talented guys. I also think its more 'arty'. Pity they couldn't replicate it in live shows , so many technical issues and Lake's voice dropped very quickly after that album.
The first album is quite fractured although I love Barbarian,Take a Pebble and Lucky Man the rest is either very dated or underpowered imo. Half a great album but then ELP were a bit like that. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2018 at 06:57
First album.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2018 at 07:02
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Wow. Is anyone else surprised that Trilogy surpassed the first album? 

Perhaps not totally. It has the best lyrics of the 4 albums and it has a nice balance of all the 3 very talented guys. I also think its more 'arty'. Pity they couldn't replicate it in live shows , so many technical issues and Lake's voice dropped very quickly after that album.
The first album is quite fractured although I love Barbarian,Take a Pebble and Lucky Man the rest is either very dated or underpowered imo. Half a great album but then ELP were a bit like that. 

not surprised either.. as I've often said.. suppose I did early on in the thread.  It is the easiest to digest of all the essential albums.  Doesn't have the high points the other albums have, but doesn't have the low points. A very consistent album..  I consider it the best of the 4.. but it is also my least favorite of them for just that reason. It is too consistent... I love ELP for the high points but even for the low points (with notable exception of Still You Turn Me On haha).  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2018 at 10:58
The debut album for me....a most remarkable beginning. 
I was happy to see that Lake didn't abandon Crimson to do some crappy work.
But the first 4 are all very good , and as always comes down to personal taste.
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