PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

Emerson Lake & Palmer

Symphonic Prog

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Thufir Hawat

Pictures at an Exhibition, a review

Pictures at an Exhibition is a lot better than most people think. For one is has almost everything characteristic to a prog album, synthesizers, organ and so on. I dose lack electric guitar though as the entire album was recorded live at a concert which featured artists such a Jimi Hendrix. The Promenade theme is extensively throughout the album (there are three songs called Promenade and each uses the theme. It is safe to say that Keith Emerson is the dominative force in the album (as usual.)

There are a few song which showcase synthesizers making very strange ripping and farting sounds, The Gnome is a classic example of this. Also there is one very beautiful song where Greg Lake is on Acoustic guitar, it is one of the best song on Pictures at an Exhibition. The digital remaster features a 15 minute song which includes highlights of the album, what's more it is studio recorded and it has amazing sound quality which made me think how much better the entire album would have sounded if it was studio recorded.

When everything is taken into account there are few that this album lacks in as a progressive work, for one there is very little (if no electric guitar) in the album. Apart from that it is a very progressive album and I can now say that it is ELP's best album. Nutrocker is an excellent and emotion close to the album, one of the best ending song I've ever heard and it puts the album in perspective, five stars better than Tarkus and Brain Salad Surgery. If you have dismissed Pictures at an Exhibition as a boring and uninteresting album I beg you give it another try, it took my three months to recognize its brilliance and now I love.

Thufir Hawat | 5/5 | 2006-2-4

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