The ALBUM OF THE DAYEMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER...Emerson, Lake And Palmer (1970)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)
This is the debut album from Emerson, Lake and Palmer, and it reached up to number 18 on the U.S. Billboard album chart. I thought I would check this one out as the track "Lucky Man" is a pretty cool song. but the rest of the record was actually a drag to listen to. The album is generally thought of as a classic but I'm just not hearing it. Perhaps it's because I'm not usually into this kind of sound, generally known as "art rock". There are instrumentals that seem to just linger on, some good drum work from Carl Palmer and at times the keyboard work reminded me of Ray Manzarek, but the album never really grabbed me or interested me with the exception of "Lucky Man", which, admittedly, could be because I was already familiar with that one. I actually don't like giving an album a bad review as I am not a musician but rather an avid listener and huge lover of music, but I would not be able to recommend this one. Your opinions and your own reviews are invited by clicking the comment button below.
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2 comments:
The album cover IS really kewl looking though.
ELP is actually one of my favourite bands because they pioneered in a few things... Emerson practically invented the synthesizers! I must admit I prefer their Brain Salad Surgery album, (very cool artwork there too, by the designer of Alien)but I find ELP to be a nice album. With most of the Monster bands of the 70's, I find their first 2 or 3 albums to be the best. The only album of ELP I find too long and dense is their double album Works I. (They have an awful thing called Love beach, but their fans prefer to pretend it never happened)
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