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Brain Salad Surgery
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Track Listing
- Jerusalem
- Toccata
- Still...You Turn Me On
- Benny The Bouncer
- Karn Evil 9
- Brain Salad Surgery
- When The Apple Blossoms Bloom In The Windmills Of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine
- Excerpts From Brain Salad Surgery Flexi Disc
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #438 in Music
- Released on: 2008-02-26
- Number of discs: 1
- Running time: 58 minutes
Customer Reviews
Almost perfect but not quite
If you ignore the 'bonus tracks' which are far from a bonus other than for historical reasons, this album is a belter. Kicking off with a sublime version of William Blake's Hymn then going into Emerson's erratic interpretation of Ginastera's Toccata and then onto the rather mundane but plesant Still.... It's then followed by the 'humourous' Benny, leading to the EPIC Karn Evil 9. At 29 minutes, it's prog rock as you expect it!
What a scene, What a scene
Emerson Lake and Palmer; progressive rock's super virtuosos release and other album of showing off, and their best yet. A higher quality of structure and a certain tastefulness and `Brain Salad Surgery' is easily better than their previous `Trilogy,' album.
While still retaining their sense of humour and quintessential Englishness ELP's fourth studio album has a certain X-factor or secret ingredient that makes it a must have.
The awesome `Karn-Evil 9,' is second for second genius; and opener `Jerusalem,` is a classic. On this cd version the bonus tracks are also phenomenal!
If you want an ELP record make sure that its this one!
Three Magicians?
Wonderful album. I bought this on vinyl in 1982 after listening to "Works Vol I" at a friend's house. Early ELP, I discovered, is very different from the offerings on Works and it took a while to get used to it (especially the insanely off-the-wall Toccata). I now know every beat and lyric to this album and consider it to be my all-time favorite album; my "desert island disc". For me, it has to be played on vinyl as it wouldn't be the same without the pops and crackles (I have it on CD also but I've never played it!!). If you want an example of this band's work, this is the one to get. Every time I hear it, it sounds fresh and vibrant - absolutely fantastic!!
