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Lively, ambitious, almost entirely successful debut album, made up of keyboard-dominated instrumentals ("The Barbarian," "Three Fates") and romantic ballads ("Lucky Man") showcasing all three members' very daunting talents. This album, which reached the Top 20 in America and got to number four in England, showcased the group at its least pretentious and most musicianly -- with the exception of a few moments on "Three Fates" and perhaps "Take a Pebble," there isn't much excess, and there is a lot of impressive musicianship here. "Take a Pebble" might have passed for a Moody Blues track of the era but for the fact that none of the Moody Blues' keyboard men could solo like Keith Emerson. Even here, in a relatively balanced collection of material, the album shows the beginnings of a dark, savage, imposingly gothic edge that had scarcely been seen before in so-called "art rock," mostly courtesy of Emerson's larger-than-life organ and synthesizer attacks. Greg Lake's beautifully sung, deliberately archaic "Lucky Man" had a brush with success on FM radio, and Carl Palmer became the idol of many thousands of would-be drummers based on this one album (especially for "Three Fates" and "Tank"), but Emerson emerged as the overpowering talent here for much of the public.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Bela Bartok, Composer - Palmer, Writer - Emerson, Writer - Eddie Offord, Engineer - Keith Emerson, Composer, Keyboards, Instruments - Lake, Writer - Greg Lake, Composer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Production, Vocals, Instruments - Carl Palmer, Composer, Drums, Percussion - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Composer, MainArtist
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1970 2012 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Gregory Lake, Writer - Eddie Offord, Engineer - Keith Emerson, Keyboards, Instruments - Greg Lake, Composer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Production, Vocals, Instruments - Carl Palmer, Drums, Percussion - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Composer, MainArtist - Lake Greg, Writer
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1970 2012 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Eddie Offord, Engineer - Keith Emerson, Lyricist, Keyboards, Writer, Instruments - Leos Janácek, Composer - Greg Lake, Arranger, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Instruments - Carl Palmer, Drums, Percussion - Richard Fraser, Lyricist, Writer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Composer, MainArtist
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1970 2012 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Eddie Offord, Engineer - Keith Emerson, Composer, Keyboards, Instruments - Greg Lake, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Production, Vocals, Instruments - Carl Palmer, Drums, Percussion - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Composer, MainArtist
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1970 2012 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Emerson, Writer - Eddie Offord, Engineer - Keith Emerson, Composer, Keyboards, Writer, Instruments - Greg Lake, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Production, Vocals, Instruments - Carl Palmer, Composer, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Composer, MainArtist
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1970 2012 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Eddie Offord, Engineer - Keith Emerson, Keyboards, Instruments - Greg Lake, Composer, Production, Vocals, Instruments - Carl Palmer, Drums - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1970 2012 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Bela Bartok, Composer - Palmer, Writer - Emerson, Writer - Keith Emerson, Composer - Lake, Writer - Greg Lake, Composer - Steven Wilson, Remixer - Carl Palmer, Composer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Composer, MainArtist - Matt Wortham, Engineer
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2012 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Gregory Lake, Writer - Greg Lake, Composer - Steven Wilson, Remixer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Composer, MainArtist - Lake Greg, Writer - Matt Wortham, Engineer
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2012 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Keith Emerson, Lyricist, Writer - Leos Janácek, Composer - Greg Lake, Arranger - Steven Wilson, Remixer - Richard Fraser, Lyricist, Writer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Composer, MainArtist - Matt Wortham, Engineer
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2012 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Gregory Lake, Writer - Keith Emerson, Arranger - Modest Mussorgsky, Composer, Writer - Steven Wilson, Remixer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Composer, MainArtist - Lake Greg, Arranger - Matt Wortham, Engineer - Gregg Lake, Writer
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2012 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Keith Emerson, Composer - Steven Wilson, Remixer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist - Matt Wortham, Engineer
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2012 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Keith Emerson, Composer - Greg Lake, Composer - Steven Wilson, Remixer - Carl Palmer, Composer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist - Matt Wortham, Engineer
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2012 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Steven Wilson, Remixer - Carl Palmer, Composer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist - Matt Wortham, Engineer
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2012 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Keith Emerson, Composer, Writer - Greg Lake, Composer, Writer - Steven Wilson, Remixer - Carl Palmer, Composer, Writer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist - Matt Wortham, Engineer
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2012 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Gregory Lake, Writer - Greg Lake, Composer - Steven Wilson, Remixer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Composer, MainArtist - Lake Greg, Writer - Matt Wortham, Engineer
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2012 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Keith Emerson, Lyricist, Writer - Leos Janácek, Composer - Greg Lake, Arranger - Steven Wilson, Remixer - Richard Fraser, Lyricist, Writer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Composer, MainArtist - Matt Wortham, Engineer
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2012 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Keith Emerson, Composer, Writer - Greg Lake, Composer, Writer - Steven Wilson, Remixer - Carl Palmer, Composer, Writer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist - Matt Wortham, Engineer
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2012 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Keith Emerson, Composer, Writer - Greg Lake, Composer, Writer - Steven Wilson, Remixer - Carl Palmer, Composer, Writer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist - Matt Wortham, Engineer
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2012 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Album review
Lively, ambitious, almost entirely successful debut album, made up of keyboard-dominated instrumentals ("The Barbarian," "Three Fates") and romantic ballads ("Lucky Man") showcasing all three members' very daunting talents. This album, which reached the Top 20 in America and got to number four in England, showcased the group at its least pretentious and most musicianly -- with the exception of a few moments on "Three Fates" and perhaps "Take a Pebble," there isn't much excess, and there is a lot of impressive musicianship here. "Take a Pebble" might have passed for a Moody Blues track of the era but for the fact that none of the Moody Blues' keyboard men could solo like Keith Emerson. Even here, in a relatively balanced collection of material, the album shows the beginnings of a dark, savage, imposingly gothic edge that had scarcely been seen before in so-called "art rock," mostly courtesy of Emerson's larger-than-life organ and synthesizer attacks. Greg Lake's beautifully sung, deliberately archaic "Lucky Man" had a brush with success on FM radio, and Carl Palmer became the idol of many thousands of would-be drummers based on this one album (especially for "Three Fates" and "Tank"), but Emerson emerged as the overpowering talent here for much of the public.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:36:45
- Main artists: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Progressive Rock
© 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2016 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
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