Top 7 ELP Albums
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Topic: Top 7 ELP Albums
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Top 7 ELP Albums
Date Posted: November 29 2020 at 13:48
Welcome Back My Friends to the polls that never end. Come inside. Come inside. If you believe in The Power of Three, then you'll believe in the awesome Trilogy of Emerson, Lake & Palmer. If you include ELP's full Works, there were two short-lived offshoots of the dynamic Tarkus trio too: Emerson, Lake & Powell and Emerson, Berry & Palmer, otherwise known as "3". I've been In the Hot Seat recently for showing some love towards the much-maligned Love Beach album - an album which was about as welcome amongst ELP fans as an ominous Black Moon on the horizon. The cheesy Beach Gees album cover and album title admittedly looks and sounds like a third-rate reality TV show, and it probably is. I'm thinking "Love Island", which is close enough. Anyway, here's an opportunity to list your Top 7 ELP albums. Easy-peasy, lemon squeezy, you may say. After all, it's not Brain Salad Surgery. It's just a bit of fun. You can also include the live album Pictures at an Exhibition in your Top 7 listings too if you so wish.   Simply list your Top 7 ELP albums in order of preference and then I'll assign the usual system of points to your listings:- 1st album - 12 points 2nd album - 8 points 3rd album - 6 points 4th album - 4 points 5th album - 3 points 6th album - 2 points 7th album - 1 point Here's my ELP Top 7 to kick off with:- 1. Works Volume 1 (12 points) 2. Black Moon (8 points) 3. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (6 points) 4. Emerson, Lake & Powell (4 points) 5. Tarkus (3 points) 6. Pictures at an Exhibition (2 points) 7. Love Beach (1 point) ELP's Discography & Videography  1970: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LupA_HcmerhVcS72ZRm6z5f" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LupA_HcmerhVcS72ZRm6z5f  1970: Live at the Lyceum Theatre - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsLAtaXzZYNdphJ2K31sGlg" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsLAtaXzZYNdphJ2K31sGlg 1971: Tarkus - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuUWORoWOvppVVUM3zMjsQT" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuUWORoWOvppVVUM3zMjsQT 1971: Pictures at an Exhibition - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l_Bx3CuewS783jcXDvM9dpMU6s2ni3irM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l_Bx3CuewS783jcXDvM9dpMU6s2ni3irM  1972: Trilogy - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nbuBqLng1HncYf0TOEPHlJni91H64hynA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nbuBqLng1HncYf0TOEPHlJni91H64hynA 1973: Brain Salad Surgery - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k0hQMgNN7BQdyXhurRMojLEASGtZlbdGo" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k0hQMgNN7BQdyXhurRMojLEASGtZlbdGo 1974: Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lv08PZL5CkZsjxcHJy6ILWj" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lv08PZL5CkZsjxcHJy6ILWj 1974: California Jam - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvlDSW-XWwVXoVF_-v5U5Nj" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvlDSW-XWwVXoVF_-v5U5Nj 1977: Works Volume 1 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtbMMJU_ueOBFsKScckwbjp" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtbMMJU_ueOBFsKScckwbjp 1977: Works Volume 2 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtyTIWpaQ-4akV2z3B9c3RL" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtyTIWpaQ-4akV2z3B9c3RL 1977: Live in Montreal - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lt48UNkRvvhF-HpmWCpEM5U" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lt48UNkRvvhF-HpmWCpEM5U 1978: Love Beach - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kumBk-OR6rpI8Zh9kO77yqYhDu4UnI8YE" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kumBk-OR6rpI8Zh9kO77yqYhDu4UnI8YE 1979: Works Live in Concert - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LubGEipGTTCOJXyJnyDqiAw" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LubGEipGTTCOJXyJnyDqiAw 1986: Emerson, Lake & Powell - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtKb2sKbN9e7RqzfFtnb3k0" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtKb2sKbN9e7RqzfFtnb3k0 1988: 3 (Emerson, Berry & Palmer) - To the Power of Three - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvwwylCrJEuChC68BBpb9pt" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvwwylCrJEuChC68BBpb9pt 1992: Black Moon - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvKlKtnIef2L-sKwWozM6Dh" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvKlKtnIef2L-sKwWozM6Dh 1993: Live at the Royal Albert Hall - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lu1SH2fMU-LN405jSagHGzD" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lu1SH2fMU-LN405jSagHGzD 1994: In the Hot Seat - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsRElYTXER7YSEMhEIOmP3D" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsRElYTXER7YSEMhEIOmP3D 1997: Live at Montreux - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtwKNdYm3zjUe82cvjEujZ" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtwKNdYm3zjUe82cvjEujZ _ 2010: 40th Anniversary Reunion Concert - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lvg7UZ6rYE9plyqgOM1ocJC" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lvg7UZ6rYE9plyqgOM1ocJC |
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: November 29 2020 at 14:22
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1. Brain Salad Surgery 2. Trilogy 3. Tarkus 4. Emerson, Lake & Palmer 5. Pictures at an Exhibition 6. Works Volume 1 7. Emerson, Lake & Powell ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 29 2020 at 14:29
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Tarkus Pictures Trilogy BSS ELPowell debut Works I |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: November 29 2020 at 15:56
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Well that's pretty much their whole collection now isn't it? Ok, being a fanboy, I'll play along. 1 Trilogy
2 Tarkus 3 Emerson, Lake & Palmer 4 Brain Salad Surgery 5 Welcome Back My Friends... 6 Pictures at an Exhibition 7 Works Volume 1
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Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: November 29 2020 at 19:06
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1) Trilogy 2) Emerson Lake and Palmer 3) Tarkus 4) Brain Salad Surgery 5) Pictures at an Exhibition . . . . 6) Works Vol 1 7) Black Moon
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: November 29 2020 at 19:47
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Brain Salad Surgery Trilogy Emerson, Lake and Palmer Welcome Back My Friends.... Pictures at an Exhibition Works Vol. 1 Tarkus ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 02:43
You actually rate Love Bitch higher than Trilogy and BSS?
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Psychedelic Paul wrote:Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 02:51
wow, I've just seen that list. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 02:54
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1. Tarkus 2. Trilogy 3. Brain Salad Surgery 4. Emerson, Lake & Palmer 5. Works Volume 1 6. Pictures at an Exhibition 7. Black Moon ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 03:13
I'm surprised nobody else had pointed it out!
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 03:23
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^ Yes, Love Beach is far more listenable and easy on my ears than Brain Salad Surgery and Trilogy, although I know many here will disagree with me, but that's okay. I'm accustomed to being ridiculed for my bizarre album rankings by now.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 03:27
Love Beach is ELP's answer to Yes' Heaven & Earth. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 03:29
 it's awesome ELP answered in 1978 to Yes's album from 2014. They time travelled and thought to themselves - let's make a better album then H&E.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 03:30
That's a good analogy, because Heaven & Earth happens to be one of my favourite Yes albums.
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Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 03:32
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1. Brain Salad Surgery 2. Emerson, Lake & Palmer 3. Tarkus 4. Pictures At An Exhibition 5. Trilogy 6. Works, Volume 1 (very flawed but I have a soft spot for it nonetheless) 7. Works, Volume 2 (not a big fan of this one actually, but it's still miles better than anything they made afterwards) I can see why people would genuinely enjoy Love Beach and I think that's totally fine, but it doesn't have anything I like about the band and I personally don't see anything in it that hasn't been done much better by other artists.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 03:43
I know, that's why I said it. If anything, Love Beach is probably more derided than H&E, but that's as much for the cover as the content. At least Yes had a Roger Dean cover.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 03:44
Come on, did you think that giant machine Keith used to play was just a keyboard? It was actually a cleverly concealed time machine.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 03:45
obviously
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 04:04
I had a feeling when I ran this ELP poll that I'd be the only one with Love Beach in my Top 7, and that's certainly proving to be the case so far.
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Posted By: Earl of Mar
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 04:18
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Trilogy BSS ELP 1st Album Tarkus Works 1 Pictures Works 2 List is studio only. |
Posted By: Umeda
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 05:25
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Oh man, I can't help but laugh when people call it "Love Bitch" hahahaha. Since I haven't listened to enough albums, I won't post here, but still, their debut album is essential IMHO. ------------- Not for rent. To any God or government. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 05:32
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This is how the Top 7 looks so far after nine rounds of voting:- 1. Trilogy (69 points) 2. Brain Salad Surgery (62 points) 3. Tarkus (52 points) 4. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (50 points) 5. Pictures at an Exhibition (29 points) 6. Works 1 (28 points) 7. Emerson, Lake & Powell (14 points) 8. Black Moon (10 points) 9. Welcome Back My Friends (7 points) 10. Works 2 (2 points) 11. Love Beach (1 point)
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 07:17
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Tarkus Debut s/t Brain Salad Trilogy Works v 2 ELPowell Pictures ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 07:45
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Top 7 update with Holy Moly's votes added:- 1. Trilogy (73 points) 2. Brain Salad Surgery (68 points) 3. Tarkus (64 points) 4. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (58 points) 5. Pictures at an Exhibition (30 points) 6. Works 1 (28 points) 7. Emerson, Lake & Powell (16 points) 8. Black Moon (10 points) 9. Welcome Back My Friends (7 points) 10. Works Volume 2 (5 points) 11. Love Beach (1 point)
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 08:00
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The top 4 are as I would have predicted although not necessarily in that order - I would have put a small amount of cash on BSS being top. For what it's worth my 7 would be 1. Trilogy 2. BSS 3. WBMFTTSTNE 4. Tarkus 5. s/t 6. Pictures 7. Works 1
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 08:12
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^ I would have put money on no one but me voting for the Love Beach album, and I would've won! Here's the latest Top 7 with your votes added:- 1. Trilogy (85 points) 2. Brain Salad Surgery (76 points) 3. Tarkus (68 points) 4. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (61 points) 5. Pictures at an Exhibition (32 points) 6. Works 1 (29 points) 7. Emerson, Lake & Powell (16 points) 8. Welcome Back My Friends (13 points) 9. Black Moon (10 points) 10. Works Volume 2 (5 points) 11. Love Beach (1 point)
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 09:02
why are you shocked people dislike Love Beach? They are (and I am, too) appalled by the lyrics. And the cover, too.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 09:18
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^ I actually like the cheesy Beach Gees album cover, although in all honesty, I'd sooner listen to the real Bee Gees.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 09:18
I actually just played it again - Canario is an acceptable number but as for the rest of it, suffice to say I won't lose any sleep if I never hear it again. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 10:24
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^ On a positive note, at least Love Beach has more points than In the Hot Seat and the Emerson, Berry & Palmer "3" album.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 10:31
yes, but In the Hot Seat is ELP's worst and EBP is not considered an ELP album, just a spin-off.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 10:45
That's something we both agree on then, because I think In the Hot Seat is ELP's worst album too.  I've included the "3" (Emerson, Berry & Palmer) album in ELP's discography for the same reason I included Emerson, Lake & Powell, as they're both closely-related to ELP.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 10:58
ELPowell is considered a ELP album if you check the band's page.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 11:08
The Emerson, Berry & Palmer "3" album is also listed on ELP's band page on Wikipedia.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 11:10
I don't find wiki as reliable source of information. Who do you care more for, PA or wiki? Make up your mind.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 11:26
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^ That's where we disagree then - no surprise there - as I think the Emerson, Berry & Palmer "3" album should be listed alongside Emerson, Lake & Palmer's albums.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 11:29
they have a separate page, the band has a different name after all. When they picked Cozy Powell as their drummer, it also mattered I guess it started with P, they still were ELP.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 11:35
The Emerson, Lake & Powell album is listed amongst ELP's albums on ProgArchives, so on that basis, I think Emerson, Berry & Palmer's album should be listed there too, regardless of having different band initials. After all, if the "3" album hadn't been listed amongst ELP's albums on Wikipedia, then I would've missed the album entirely - although maybe that's not such a bad thing, bearing in mind it's not a great album.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 11:39
the band is called "3", so it has a separate page. what's so hard to understand?
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 11:40
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^ Well, they should have called themselves Emerson, Berry & Palmer, then it would have made things a whole lot simpler for all of us, especially me.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 11:43
was it Berry difficult?
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 11:46
Yes, it's as difficult as Brain Salad Surgery.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 11:58
oh, so not so difficult.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 14:13
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1. Emerson, Lake and Palmer Pictures at an Exhibition Tarkus Welcome Back My Friends.... Trilogy Works Vol. 1 7. Brain Salad Surgery |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 14:37
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Top 7 update, with Sean Trane's votes added:- 1. Trilogy (88 points) 2. Brain Salad Surgery (77 points) 3. Tarkus (74 points) 4. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (73 points) 5. Pictures at an Exhibition (40 points) 6. Works Volume 1 (31 points) 7. Welcome Back My Friends (17 points) 8. Emerson, Lake & Powell (16 points) 9. Black Moon (10 points) 10. Works Volume 2 (5 points) 11. Love Beach (1 point)      |
Posted By: Spacegod87
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 22:03
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1. Emerson, Lake and Palmer 2. Tarkus 3. Brain Salad Surgery 4. Trilogy 5. Pictures at an Exhibition 6. Works Vol. 1 I don't have an opinion on the rest. ------------- Levitating downwards, atomic feedback scream. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 22:26
1. Tarkus 2. Brain Salad Surgery 3. Trilogy 4. Works Volume 1 5. Pictures At An Exhibition 6. Welcome Back My Friends 7. Emerson, Lake And Palmer ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: November 30 2020 at 22:52
Just a suggestion but when you rank bands it would be wise to qualify your opinions with the words, "At this point of time", because your views and tastes generally change over time according to the number of times you play a piece of music, what other music you play over time and personal taste in particular music. Nothing at all wrong with preferring Love Beach to Trilogy except to set in stone a preference for Love Beach over Trilogy.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 01:09
None of my rankings and ratings are set in stone, but I'll stick with them for the time being. I remember being disappointed with the technically demanding Brain Salad Surgery album when I first heard it back in the 1970's and I'm still not a big fan of the album over 40 years later. Regarding Love Beach, I only heard the album for the first time last week, and I may grow to love the album even more over time. Then again, maybe I won't.
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 02:05
Here we are again "Love Beach" the honest truth is side two is excellent the first side is awful imho. But ah different strokes for different folks...  ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 02:25
After all the bad things I'd heard about ELP's much-derided Love Beach album, I was surprised to find myself actually liking the album, but I'm in general agreement with you: the Officer and a Gentleman suite on Side Two is much better than the Pop songs on Side One.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 04:56
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Top 7 update with GeekFreak and SpaceGod87's votes added:- 1. Trilogy (98 points) 2. Tarkus (94 points) 3. Brain Salad Surgery (91 points) 4. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (86 points) 5. Pictures at an Exhibition (46 points) 6. Works Volume 1 (37 points) 7. Welcome Back My Friends (19 points) 8. Emerson, Lake & Powell (16 points) 9. Black Moon (10 points) 10. Works Volume 2 (5 points) 11. Love Beach (1 point)
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 04:58
ok Paul, you can stop crying about Love Beach, or you'll run out of emoticons, or I'll post the cheesy and awful lyrics and ruin it for you.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 05:03
^ Don't worry. I've already come to the conclusion that Love Beach isn't going to be shown much love around here, and no amount of crying is going to change that. 
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 05:10
(sings) "We can make it to love beach. Where pirate moons, throw silver spoonsAcross the waves to you." |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 05:14
oMG! |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 05:22
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^ They sound like the lyrics to a Bee Gees song, but in a good way, not in a bad way. Cheesy lyrics are one of my guilty pleasures. After all, who can forget Barry Manilow's "Bermuda Triangle, You gotta see it from my angle."
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 05:28
those are bad, not cheesy, like a poem with crappy metaphors.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 06:28
Here's a nice love song for you from the Love Beach album.   |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 06:44
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ELP have what I consider to be one of the all-time worst lyrics, and that's on BSS - "Every day a little sadder, a little madder, someone get me a ladder".
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Posted By: Spacegod87
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 07:05
Oh no...oh Barry, why? ------------- Levitating downwards, atomic feedback scream. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 08:29
I never would've guessed that abysmal lyric is from ELP's Brain Salad Surgery. It sounds "badder" than a Barry Manilow lyric.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 08:50
"Quick, I need something that rhymes with sadder and madder" "How about ladder?" "That makes no sense in the context of the rest of the sentence" "F*ck it, bung it in anyway" "Ok"
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 10:16
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Only the first 4 studio are really worthy listening to for me anyway and the first is the one I go to most of the time. 1.ELP 2.Tarkus 3.BSS 4.Trilogy ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 10:41
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Top 7 update, with DrWu23's votes added:- 1. Trilogy (102 points) 1. Tarkus (102 points) 3. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (98 points) 4. Brain Salad Surgery (97 points) 5. Pictures at an Exhibition (46 points) 6. Works Volume 1 (37 points) 7. Welcome Back My Friends (19 points) 8. Emerson, Lake & Powell (16 points) 9. Black Moon (10 points) 10. Works Volume 2 (5 points) 11. Love Beach (Only 1 point, but it deserves more) |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 13:10
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The top three are really interchangeable but I'll go for: 1. Brain Salad Surgery 2. Trilogy 3. Emerson, Lake and Palmer 4. Works Volume 1 5. Tarkus 6. Pictures at an Exhibition 7. Works Volume 2------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 13:20
So many what ifs about that lyric. They could have gone with "Could it get any badder" or "I need to evacuate my bladder". As another thought is War Pigs by Black Sabbath the only song that manages to rhyme the same word, albeit with different meanings?
Generals gathered in their masses, Just like witches at black masses ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 13:55
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Top 7 update, with Cactus Choir's votes added:- 1. Trilogy (110 points) 2. Brain Salad Surgery (109 points) 3. Tarkus (105 points) 4. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (104 points) 5. Pictures at an Exhibition (48 points) 6. Works Volume 1 (41 points) 7. Welcome Back My Friends (19 points) 8. Emerson, Lake & Powell (16 points) 9. Black Moon (10 points) 10. Works Volume 2 (6 points) 11. Love Beach (only 1 point, but it deserves more) |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 15:07
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1. Brain Salad 2. Tarkus 3. ELP 4. Trilogy 5. Welcome Back.. 6. Works Vol. I 7. LOVE BEACH ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! http://www.last.fm/music/Exerior" rel="nofollow - EXERIOR Experimental tech/death/progmetal from Norway! |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 01 2020 at 15:26
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^ Thanks for doubling up the number of points for Love Beach. 1. Brain Salad Surgery (121 points) 2. Trilogy (114 points) 3. Tarkus (113 points) 4. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (110 points) 5. Pictures at an Exhibition (48 points) 6. Works Volume 1 (43 points) 7. Welcome Back My Friends (22 points) 8. Emerson, Lake & Powell (16 points) 9. Black Moon (10 points) 10. Works Volume 2 (6 points) 11. Love Beach (2 points!)  |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 02 2020 at 05:07
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1. Brain Salad Surgery 2. Emerson, Lake & Palmer 3. Pictures at an Exhibition 4. Tarkus 5. Trilogy6. Welcome Back My Friends 7. Works Vol. 1 ------------- 
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 02 2020 at 05:19
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Top 7 update with Someone Else's votes added:- 1. Brain Salad Surgery (133 points) 2. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (118 points) 3. Trilogy (117 points) 3. Tarkus (117 points) 5. Pictures at an Exhibition (54 points) 6. Works Volume 1 (44 points) 7. Welcome Back My Friends (24 points) 8. Emerson, Lake & Powell (16 points) 9. Black Moon (10 points) 10. Works Volume 2 (6 points) 11. Love Beach (2 points!)    |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 02 2020 at 09:03
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Uh...you have the placings wrong there...just saying... ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 02 2020 at 09:19
Are you saying Love Beach should be in the Top 7?
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: December 02 2020 at 09:22
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Here are mine: 1. Emerson, Lake & Palmer 2. Brain Salad Surgery 3. Tarkus 4. Trilogy 5. Pictures at an Exhibition 6. Works Volume 1 7. Works Volume 2
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 02 2020 at 09:43
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Top 7 update with Crimson Mellotron's votes added:- 1. Brain Salad Surgery (141 points) 2. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (130 points) 3. Tarkus (123 points) 4. Trilogy (121 points) 5. Pictures at an Exhibition (57 points) 6. Works Volume 1 (46 points) 7. Welcome Back My Friends (24 points) 8. Emerson, Lake & Powell (16 points) 9. Black Moon (10 points) 10. Works Volume 2 (7 points) 11. Love Beach (2 points!) |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: December 02 2020 at 10:39
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My list would be: 1. Brain Salad Surgery 2. Tarkus 3. Emerson, Lake & Palmer 4. Works I 5. Pictures at an Exhibition and if a live album is allowed: 6. Welcome Back My Friends... 7. Trilogy (without live album it would possibly be Black Moon on 7 and Trilogy on 6) Love Beach would not even be in my top 20 ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 02 2020 at 10:50
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^ Top 7 update with Love Beach still stranded on the beach with just 2 points. 1. Brain Salad Surgery (153 points) 2. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (136 points) 3. Tarkus (131 points) 4. Trilogy (122 points) 5. Pictures at an Exhibition (60 points) 6. Works Volume 1 (50 points) 7. Welcome Back My Friends (26 points) 8. Emerson, Lake & Powell (16 points) 9. Black Moon (10 points) 10. Works Volume 2 (7 points) 11. Love Beach (2 points!) |
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: December 02 2020 at 13:36
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1. Emerson, Lake, and Powell 2. Black Moon 3. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer 4. Brain Salad Surgery 5. Trilogy 6. Works, Volume II 7. Works, Volume I
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 02 2020 at 13:51
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^ It's good to see I'm not the only one who likes the Black Moon album more than Brain Salad Surgery & Trilogy. 1. Brain Salad Surgery (157 points) 2. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (142 points) 3. Tarkus (131 points) 4. Trilogy (125 points) 5. Pictures at an Exhibition (60 points) 6. Works Volume 1 (51 points) 7. Emerson, Lake & Powell (28 points) 8. Welcome Back My Friends (26 points) 9. Black Moon (18 points) 10. Works Volume 2 (9 points) 11. Love Beach (2 points!) |
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: December 02 2020 at 16:57
Black Moon = vastly underrated! I will always love that album!
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 05:39
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Sorry been tied up recently , so not sure if I've already entered a selection. If not then 1. Brain Salad Surgery 2. Trilogy 3. Tarkus 4. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer 5. Pictures at An Exhibition 6. Works Volume One 7. Black Moon the live triple is great but it does repeat what is already on albums ,mostly. anyway Black Moon deserves recognition , an excellent late release
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 06:06
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Top 7 update with RichardH's votes added:- 1. Brain Salad Surgery (169 points) 2. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (146 points) 3. Tarkus (137 points) 4. Trilogy (133 points) 5. Pictures at an Exhibition (63 points) 6. Works Volume 1 (53 points) 7. Emerson, Lake & Powell (28 points) 8. Welcome Back My Friends (26 points) 9. Black Moon (19 points) 10. Works Volume 2 (9 points) 11. Love Beach (2 points) - Still stranded on the beach with only two points. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 06:31
your shock makes no sense to me.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 06:43
I'm shocked and disappointed that there's not much love here for Love Beach, when it's more commercially-appealing and more listenable (to my ears) than either Brain Salad Surgery or Trilogy, which aren't even in my Top 10 ELP albums.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 06:52
I don't know why you're shocked, Love Beach is generally regarded as one of the low points of prog, let alone ELP's output. I'm more shocked that their two best albums aren't in your top 10. Trilogy is one of the great wonders of prog and not particularly hard to get into.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 06:53
disappointed?! The lyrics alone make some cringe as does the album cover. Even the band was not fond of it, they had contracts to honor so they made this. I am surprised you defend it so much when there's not much to defend.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 06:58
In my time as a member of the forum I can't think of any other prog album that gets quite as much stick as Love Beach. Not even Heaven & Earth.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 07:00
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^^ Yes, disappointed. Love Beach turned out to be a much better album than I expected, after all the bad things I'd heard about it, in just the same way as Genesis' Calling All Stations album turned out to be much better than I expected too, after you recommended the album to me yesterday.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 07:03
I didn't recommended it, all I said is it's a decent album. Love Beach would probably get more respect if the lyrics to most songs were not so cringy.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 07:07
Well, when you said Calling All Stations is a decent album, I took that as a recommendation for the album.
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 08:04
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1st album - Brain Salad Surgery 2nd album - Trilogy 3rd album - Pictures at an Exhibition 4th album - Tarkus 5th album - Black Moon 6th album - Works Volume 1 7th album - Works Volume 2 ------------- 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 08:07
their debut? No?
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 08:15
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Top 7 update with Exit the Lemming's votes added:- 1. Brain Salad Surgery (181 points) 2. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (146 points) 3. Tarkus (141 points) 3. Trilogy (141 points) 5. Pictures at an Exhibition (69 points) 6. Works Volume 1 (55 points) 7. Emerson, Lake & Powell (28 points) 8. Welcome Back My Friends (26 points) 9. Black Moon (22 points) 10. Works Volume 2 (10 points) 11. Love Beach (still stranded on the beach with only 2 points, but it deserves more love ) |
Posted By: Umeda
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 09:08
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Ok finally; 1. Emerson, Lake & Palmer; 2. Brain Salad Surgery; 3. Tarkus; 4. Trilogy; 5. Welcome Back My Friends; 6. Emerson, Lake & Powell; 7. Works, Volume 1. Really hard to decide which one for the fourth position, Tarkus or Trilogy.  And I'm surprised on how well BSS is doing over the debut. ------------- Not for rent. To any God or government. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 09:50
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Top 7 update with Umeda's votes added. ^ I'm surprised Brain Salad Surgery is currently leading the poll too. Top 7 update with Exit the Lemming's votes added:-
1. Brain Salad Surgery (189 points) 2. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (158 points) 3. Tarkus (147 points) 4. Trilogy (145 points) 5. Pictures at an Exhibition (69 points) 6. Works Volume 1 (56 points) 7. Emerson, Lake & Powell (30 points) 8. Welcome Back My Friends (29 points) 9. Black Moon (22 points) 10. Works Volume 2 (10 points) 11. Love Beach (2 points) |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 14:54
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1. Brain Salad Surgery 10/10 2. Trilogy 10/10 3. Tarkus 9.5/10 4. ELP 9/10 5. Pictures At An Exhibition 8.5/10 6. Works Vol. 1 6.5/10 7. Works Vol. 2 5/10 I know you wanted my ratings on there too!!! ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 15:13
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^ Yes, it's never too late to vote. 1. Brain Salad Surgery (201 points) 2. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (162 points) 3. Tarkus (153 points) 3. Trilogy (153 points) 5. Pictures at an Exhibition (72 points) 6. Works Volume 1 (58 points) 7. Emerson, Lake & Powell (30 points) 8. Welcome Back My Friends (29 points) 9. Black Moon (22 points) 10. Works Volume 2 (11 points) 11. Love Beach (lovelorn and stranded like a beached whale on just 2 points)  |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 23:04
The debut has some great tracks (Barbarian, Knife Edge & some of Tank) but much of the material betrays the same flaws that revealed themselves 7 years later during the band's death throes i.e. the problems of satisfying such a disparate trio of personalities as ELP
were manifest as early as this 1970 album.
The inclusion of 'solo' tracks can be interpreted two ways: as an
expediency to placate a record label anxious to meet the voracious
demand for product before sufficient group material had been worked up
or, ELP as an ego massage parlor. Coming full circle at the demise of their career on the 1977 Works album, the symmetry is complete, with each member getting a side
each of a double album.
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Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: December 08 2020 at 00:34
I don't think most people come to a prog website when they're looking for something with commercial appeal
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