Symphonic Prog Poll #10 Emerson Lake & Palmer
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Topic: Symphonic Prog Poll #10 Emerson Lake & Palmer
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Subject: Symphonic Prog Poll #10 Emerson Lake & Palmer
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 06:17
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Symphonic Prog album poll ends (for a while) with the legends of prog album.asp?id=1862 - Emerson Lake & Palmer (ELP). Choose best studio album and no one can choose Love Beach as its not included.... (too awful)
have fun choosing ------------- 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 06:20
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Thats not fair. You have In The Hot Seat there and that is their worst album. no vote on principle. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 06:26
Sorry...came over a bit angry there. Still.....no vote though. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 06:31
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I reckon In The Hot Seat is better than Love Beach (sorry Ian) but anyway, Trilogy is my favourite ELP album. You really should have included Pictures - even though it's live there was no studio version at the time of release (I'm not counting the version on In The Hot Seat either). |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 06:45
What is WRONG with you?
You really should have included Pictures - even though it's live there was no studio version at the time of release (I'm not counting the version on In The Hot Seat either). |
chopper wrote:Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 06:47
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Any of the first 3. (Not that black moon is really better than love beach, IMO). Trilogy was my first touch of EL&P so I go for it ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 06:50
| Have always loved Trilogy. Think it's one of or their most consistent album. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 06:54
I've often wondered!
Since High Voltage I've been on an ELP binge. I've listened to Love Beach and Hot Seat - apart from Canario I didn't think much of Love Beach, but Hot Seat wasn't too bad. The production is better and the songs generally stronger. Of course that's just my opinion.
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 07:21
| Tarkus by far |
Posted By: MonsterMagnet
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 08:30
| The first |
Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 09:10
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This is tough, but I have to go with Tarkus. Also, In the Hot Seat is about a thousand-times worse than Love Beach.
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 09:24
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And did those feet in ancient time, Walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen? Brain Salad Surgery, because:
1. My first experience with ELP.
2. Great opener Jerusalem, great suite Karn Evil.
3. Definitely the best cover art of all ELP albums.
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 09:47
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Woah, the masses are stirred! I knew i would get some flack but really people, settle, cool your jets and relax, its only a dang poll... .
Love Beach is nowhere near as good as In the Hot Seat which is also the pits but its a notch above the abyss that LoVe Bitch is. I guess it doesnt matter as both are not going to trouble the polls here. or are they..... -------------
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Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 10:07
Only if somebody feels like trollin'. ------------- |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 10:11
Trolls eh? They are lurking, I can feel their presence.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 10:14
Well I Like Love Beach. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 10:19
| I would usually vote Tarkus, but today I'll go with Trilogy. Tracks like The Endless Enigma and the title track deserve some credit too. |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 11:20
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Trilogy ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: VanVanVan
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 12:00
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To be honest, I'm not huge on any of them, but BSS gets my vote, if only for Karn Evil 9. ------------- "The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen |
Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 12:39
Bury the other topics why don'tcha. 
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Posted By: friso
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 13:35
| The debut. |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 13:48
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Where's the love for Love Beach? BSS for me. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 14:44
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Voted Brain Salad Surgery as its my favourite album by anyone not just ELP.
Love Beach is much better than In The Hot Seat. They were virtually cripples when they recorded ITHS , Emerson and Palmer both recovering from operations and nowhere near their best. Love Beach is just very cheesey ,not the most terrible crime that can be committed against music in my book.
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 14:46
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Trilogy has always been my favorite. Nothing particularly flashy about it, just a very decent album. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 15:39
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Brain Salad Surgery -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 15:58
This. Though you can take the word 'loved' and replace it for 'liked'.
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 16:00
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1. Brain Salad Surgery
2. Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3. Trilogy ------------- 
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Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 18:08
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Just difficult. Tarkus is one the their best tracks, but almost the rest of the album is nothing. Brain salad is a more balanced and has Karn evil. ELPowell has good moments too. I will go with Brain Salad Surgery |
Posted By: Klogg
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 18:38
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Love!... Nah... Never listened any ELP, can't vote
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Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 18:53
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Brain Salad Surgery is my fave ------------- 
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 14 2010 at 06:56
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BSS definitely deserves this but some great votes. Nothing post BSS though not surprising -------------
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 14 2010 at 09:03
| the debut-for me, it is an example of a perfect, flawless album |
Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: August 14 2010 at 13:43
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Trilogy is a great album. ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 14 2010 at 21:39
| I really like many songs from ELP, but none of their albums is really great for me. I guess my very favourite album as a "whole" is Pictures at an Exhibition. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 15 2010 at 02:42
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The votes are what I would have hoped for with a stready increase through the first 4 albums culminating in their master work.
They fell off a cliff after that. I don't think any other band suffered such a sharp decline as ELP. Sad.
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Posted By: Geizao
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 04:22
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Salad..... |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 04:36
I've never heard the infamous Love Beach. My curiosity is almost getting the better of me. I'm going to have to buy that..I mean..how bad can it be?..  The ELP album that gives me most listening plasure from start to finish is the debut album. Beyond that I like Tarkus, Trilogy and BSS. Hell, I even like Black Moon and ELPowell, in places, but generally find their albums a little patchy. I vote for the debut! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: b4usleep
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 04:44
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http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=64528
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Posted By: b4usleep
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 04:46
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I don't like the album but i am protesting the absence of Love Beach
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Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 04:57
| Voted for debut. |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 08:47
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the debut ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 09:02
I wouldn't say it's genuinely awful (though plenty obviously would!)  It's probably the title and ridiculous cover photo that sealed it's reputation. I actually like the title track, Canario and a lot of the second side which has some great playing on it.The real low point is probably Taste of My Love. If you can get through the lyrics of that without laughing incredulously you're a better man than I! Oh, I vote BSS by the way. ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: b4usleep
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 09:09
Too bad ------------- Really don't mind if you sit this one out. My words but a whisper, your deafness a shout. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 09:13
..I'm guessing ELP were being 'ironic' when they made that album, certainly when they posed for that cover... ?  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 09:21
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I'm not too sure about the irony - Greg Lake's big cheesy grin and chest hair doesn't seem overly ironic to me. I remember one review said it looked like they'd washed up on a desert island looking for a Bee Gees fancy dress party!
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 09:34
Not ironic. Keith Emerson fought Atlantic over that cover. They all hated it. As for the music. A tired burnt out ELP on the tail of a huge tour which was financially a disaster forced to make an album by the record company. They hated where they were and Greg and Carl scarpered leaving Keith to finish the album and promote it. Edit. Atlantic also wanted some hit singles, hence the "poppy" nature. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 09:36
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Did it chart highly..anywhere? ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 09:42
I wouldn't have thought so. But I did get to see ELP on TOTP because of it!  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 09:45
But why did they pose for it if they hated it - was the photographer holding them at gunpoint? Blacksword, I think the album scraped into the UK Top 40 for a week or two but way below where the previous original studio albums had charted. ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 09:48
Oh well, every cloud, hey... ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 09:52
Who knows how a photo will turn out? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 09:57
Not really. Given time apart they could have made a very nice album ( there was talk of getting back to basics I believe,but I may be thinking of another time).as it was this album finished the band. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 10:03
I suppose you have a point, though if you pose on a beach showing off your hairy chest and wearing a medallion it does seem quite obvious how the photo might turn out. ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 10:47
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Maybe their images were super-imposed on that beach! Perhaps the original photo's were taken back stage after a triumphant gig..or agaist some proggy sci-fi landscape... Second thoughts..probably not.. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: GY!BE
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 10:52
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Tarkkus: truly a masterpiece
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Posted By: Kojak
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 11:29
| Although I really love the first 4 albums, and listen to them all the time, as well as bits and pieces of the others, I think Trilogy is my favourite. |
Posted By: gb
Date Posted: September 11 2010 at 15:03
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If you like the first four or five ELP albums, then Black Moon is THE other one you should add to your collection.
And after that - buy Keith's more recent album with Marc Bonilla.
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Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: September 11 2010 at 15:39
An impossible task.  |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 11 2010 at 16:08
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The debut, closely followed by BSS.
But my overall favorite track is the Tarkus suite.
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: September 11 2010 at 16:20
What? Love Beach is my favorite!  Seriously, it's probably Trilogy for me. I don't really love it, but it's still better than their other albums IMO. -------------  Check out my YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/user/demiseoftime |
Posted By: Anthony
Date Posted: September 11 2010 at 17:09
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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". ------------- Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love (Introitus - The hand that feeds you) |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: September 12 2010 at 04:13
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Maybe somebody would vote for Love Beach. That´s a pity for not including it here. ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: September 12 2010 at 04:47
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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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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 12 2010 at 07:42
You don't like/rate Pirates then?
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Posted By: idoownu
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 16:16
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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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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: October 20 2010 at 18:28
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Great result and no surprises at all.... so far -------------
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Posted By: Lozlan
Date Posted: October 20 2010 at 19:05
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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. ------------- Certified Obscure Prog Fart. http://scottjcouturier.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - The Loose Palace of Exile - My first novel, The Mask of Tamrel, now available on Amazon and Kindle |
Posted By: Dr. Occulator
Date Posted: October 20 2010 at 19:09
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What! No 'Love Beach' in this poll!
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: October 21 2010 at 02:13
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My favourite is Tarkus, then Trilogy, then the debut.
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Posted By: Jazzywoman
Date Posted: October 21 2010 at 16:12
| Brain Salad Surgery = AMAZING |
Posted By: richardh
Date 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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Posted By: The Wrinkler
Date Posted: October 21 2010 at 17:19
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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 |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 13 2010 at 02:54
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BSS wins this I believe - any more votes before closure? -------------
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Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: December 08 2010 at 09:01
| Trilogy for me. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 08 2010 at 15:15
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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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Posted By: claugroi
Date Posted: December 08 2010 at 20:46
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Who voted for Black Moon ?! ------------- Symphonic Prog Master |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: December 08 2010 at 22:22
| My favourite is Pictures... |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 08 2010 at 22:36
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Trilogy by a small margin over BSS in my opinion. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date 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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Posted By: parapet
Date Posted: December 09 2010 at 01:50
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hey, where is Love Beach????? that's my favorit ------------- SMART preachers of our doom Telling us there is no room. Not enough for all mankind And the seas of time are running dry. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: December 09 2010 at 04:43
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the first 4 are all great but Brain Salad Surgery is the true masterpice. ------------- 
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Posted By: Pawn Heart
Date Posted: December 31 2010 at 07:36
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Trilogy/Tarkus.
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Posted By: kevin4peace
Date Posted: August 05 2011 at 01:53
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I'd say Tarkus. The Tarkus Suite is definitely their best single side. ------------- Nothing to say here. Nothing at all. Nothing is easy. |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: August 06 2011 at 00:11
Completely agreed. ------------- 
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Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: August 11 2011 at 14:54
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ELP should do a new album and call it Karn Evil 10. The computers that lost the battle in the Third Impression are rebuilt by their masters, and launch an attack on the human race via Twitter. This time they win. ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: September 14 2011 at 23:19
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Poll closed.
Brain Salad Surgery is the clear winner - will post results in upcoming top 10 Symphonic Albums blog. -------------
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Posted By: GoldenGod2112
Date Posted: September 14 2011 at 23:29
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ELP rules. mmmmmm
Just so great
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Posted By: Indy
Date Posted: January 18 2012 at 19:56
| The debut album has always impressed me for being a mission statement that reveals the major BALLS these guys had (the envious call it pretense)- The Three Fates may be ELP's most underappreciated piece. This bands virtuousity and inaccesabliity has made it my passion for nearly forty years. |
Posted By: claugroi
Date Posted: April 11 2014 at 07:30
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Black Moon. Sorry, did I say Black Moon ? I meant Trilogy. ------------- Symphonic Prog Master |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: April 11 2014 at 09:48
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Brain Salad Surgery - can't see how their debut is higher rated tbh, and this poll proves my point!
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Posted By: Kentucky_Hawkwindage
Date Posted: April 11 2014 at 16:43
| Hmmm-I'm going with Tarkus,even though i was inclined to go with the debut.But Tarkus has such a cool cover! |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: April 11 2014 at 19:50
Brain Salad Surgery------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: April 11 2014 at 20:26
| Brain Salad Surgery was the only ELP album that has stayed in memory since the day I heard it. |
Posted By: gr8dane
Date Posted: April 11 2014 at 20:43
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All around best album-Trilogy All around best album side -Tarkus ------------- Shake & bake. |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: April 12 2014 at 01:24
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Karn Evil 9 might be the best ( i.e.for me the most involved and structured, detailed) epic. Or Tarkus. Trilogy the most consistent album. But for me it's that superb debut - probably all that piano. Pictures should be there and I'd live to see a majority vote for Love Beach (which I have never heard...). Heard all he others but not that one... must be the great cover... ;) |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: April 12 2014 at 01:30
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I love BSS. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |