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Emerson, Lake & Palmer's In the Hot Seat is an album, not unlike their 1978 album Love Beach, which was made for the wrong reasons, at a bad time, and probably shouldn't have been made at all. Speculation is that ELP was contractually obligated to record the third of a three-album deal at a time when Carl Palmer had required minor surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome and Keith Emerson had required major surgery for performance-induced damage to his right arm. Clearly, the band's head was not in the game and it shows. To call this a horrible album would be a bit unfair, many could only dream of playing like ELP on their bad days, but it does suffer from a lack of direction, heart, and perhaps most noticeably, a lack of production. Most of ELP's great albums were produced by Greg Lake but, for whatever reasons, this one was not. Producer Keith Olsen does not seem to have a feel for the ELP sound and the album lacks that big ELP sound. A track such as "Hand of Truth" might have worked with bigger production but it is halted by its own smallness. There are brief glimpses of the band's brilliance, and the track "Daddy," recorded about the disappearance of a young girl in upstate New York, will rip the heart out of any parent, but this album falls short on so many levels that not even the talents of three phenomenal musicians can save it.
© Marc Loren /TiVo
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Brian Foraker, Engineer - Keith Olsen, Producer - Keith Emerson, Composer, Instruments - Greg Lake, Composer, Vocals, Instruments - Carl Palmer, Drums - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist - K.Emerson, Composer - G.Lake, Composer
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2017 Leadclass Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Brian Foraker, Engineer - Keith Olsen, Producer - Keith Emerson, Keyboards, Instruments - Greg Lake, Composer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Instruments - Carl Palmer, Drums - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist - G.Lake, Composer
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2017 Leadclass Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Brian Foraker, Engineer - Keith Olsen, Producer - Keith Emerson, Keyboards, Instruments - Greg Lake, Vocals, Instruments, Bass - K Olsen, Composer - Carl Palmer, Drums - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist - K.Emerson, Composer - G.Lake, Composer
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2017 Leadclass Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Brian Foraker, Engineer - Keith Olsen, Producer - Keith Emerson, Keyboards, Instruments - Greg Lake, Vocals, Instruments, Bass - K Olsen, Composer - Carl Palmer, Drums - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist - G.Lake, Composer
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2017 Leadclass Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Brian Foraker, Engineer - Keith Olsen, Producer - Keith Emerson, Keyboards, Instruments - Greg Lake, Vocals, Instruments, Bass - K Olsen, Composer - Carl Palmer, Drums - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist - K.Emerson, Composer - B.Wray, Composer
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2017 Leadclass Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Brian Foraker, Engineer - Keith Olsen, Producer - B. Dylan, Composer - Keith Emerson, Keyboards, Instruments - Greg Lake, Vocals, Instruments, Bass - Carl Palmer, Drums - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2017 Leadclass Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Brian Foraker, Engineer - Keith Olsen, Producer - Keith Emerson, Keyboards, Instruments - Greg Lake, Vocals, Instruments, Bass - K Olsen, Composer - Carl Palmer, Drums - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist - K.Emerson, Composer - B.Wray, Composer
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2017 Leadclass Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
S. Diamond, Composer - Brian Foraker, Engineer - Keith Olsen, Producer - Keith Emerson, Keyboards, Instruments - Greg Lake, Vocals, Instruments, Bass - Carl Palmer, Drums - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist - S.Lorber, Composer
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2017 Leadclass Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Brian Foraker, Engineer - Keith Olsen, Producer - Keith Emerson, Keyboards, Instruments - Greg Lake, Vocals, Instruments, Bass - Carl Palmer, Drums - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist - G.Lake, Composer - B.Wray, Composer - K.Wechsler, Composer
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2017 Leadclass Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Brian Foraker, Engineer - Keith Olsen, Producer - Keith Emerson, Keyboards, Instruments - Greg Lake, Vocals, Instruments, Bass - Carl Palmer, Drums - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist - K.Emerson, Composer - G.Lake, Composer
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2017 Leadclass Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Keith Emerson, Composer - Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Greg Lake, Writer - Carl Palmer, Composer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2017 Leadclass Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Keith Emerson, Composer, Writer - Greg Lake, Composer - Keith Wechsler, Producer - Carl Palmer, Composer, Writer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Composer, MainArtist
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1997 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Keith Wechsler, Producer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1997 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Greg Lake, Composer, Writer - Keith Wechsler, Producer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1997 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Keith Wechsler, Producer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1997 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Peter Sinfield, Writer - Keith Emerson, Composer - Greg Lake, Writer - Keith Wechsler, Producer - Carl Palmer, Writer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Composer, MainArtist
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1997 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Keith Emerson, Writer - Aaron Copland, Composer - Greg Lake, Writer - Keith Wechsler, Producer - Carl Palmer, Writer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1997 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Keith Emerson, Composer, Writer - Greg Lake, Composer, Writer - Keith Wechsler, Producer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1997 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 - Keith Wechsler, Producer - Richard Fraser, Lyricist, Writer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Composer, MainArtist
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1997 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Keith Emerson, Composer, Writer - Greg Lake, Composer, Writer - Keith Wechsler, Producer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1997 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
M. Lewis, Writer - Meade Lux Lewis, Composer - Keith Wechsler, Producer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1997 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Gregory Lake, Writer - Greg Lake, Composer - Keith Wechsler, Producer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Composer, MainArtist - Lake Greg, Writer
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1997 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Keith Emerson, Composer, Writer - Greg Lake, Composer, Writer - Keith Wechsler, Producer - Carl Palmer, Composer, Writer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1997 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Keith Wechsler, Producer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1997 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Peter Sinfield, Composer - Robert Fripp, Composer - Leonard Bernstein, Composer - Ian McDonald, Composer - Greg Lake, Composer - Keith Wechsler, Producer - Michael Giles, Composer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer, MainArtist
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1997 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Album review
Emerson, Lake & Palmer's In the Hot Seat is an album, not unlike their 1978 album Love Beach, which was made for the wrong reasons, at a bad time, and probably shouldn't have been made at all. Speculation is that ELP was contractually obligated to record the third of a three-album deal at a time when Carl Palmer had required minor surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome and Keith Emerson had required major surgery for performance-induced damage to his right arm. Clearly, the band's head was not in the game and it shows. To call this a horrible album would be a bit unfair, many could only dream of playing like ELP on their bad days, but it does suffer from a lack of direction, heart, and perhaps most noticeably, a lack of production. Most of ELP's great albums were produced by Greg Lake but, for whatever reasons, this one was not. Producer Keith Olsen does not seem to have a feel for the ELP sound and the album lacks that big ELP sound. A track such as "Hand of Truth" might have worked with bigger production but it is halted by its own smallness. There are brief glimpses of the band's brilliance, and the track "Daddy," recorded about the disappearance of a young girl in upstate New York, will rip the heart out of any parent, but this album falls short on so many levels that not even the talents of three phenomenal musicians can save it.
© Marc Loren /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 25 track(s)
- Total length: 02:26:32
- Main artists: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Progressive Rock
© 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2017 Leadclass Limited, under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
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