Track Listing

1. Jerusalem
2. Toccata
3. Still You Turn Me On
4. Benny The Bouncer
5. Karm Evil 9

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #120419 in Music
• Released on: 2006-11-20
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

ELP at it most innovative
Probably my favourite ELP album;

I got the original sampler flexi single from NME and bought the album as soon as i saved the money; as i was still at school, playing it in my music class won me no friends amongst the Bowie and Bolan brigade; I have both the LP and CD version in my collection and it is still played regularay

Jerusalem is very well known but i always found this version a little tinny, and arguably the weakest song on the album.

Toccata is a stunning piece which showed off Keith Emmerson's prowess as a keyboard maestro; avante garde and well ahead of its time with excellent synthesizer work it was a hard track to follow but Karn Evil 9 with its 3 distinct sections was an amazing piece that again showed the genius of Emmerson on 2nd Impression; 3rd Impression with the "computer" voice and "brass" synth sounds was ground breaking in electronic music

Benny The Bouncer was short and fun and Still You Turn Me On gave Greg Lake (never my favourite guitarist) a great opportunity to show off his accoustic skills

The heart of the CD is Emmerson's pulsating keyboards which admittedly
sometimes drown out the contribution of Lake and Palmer but overall a stunning album

ELP at the top
This is the quintessential ELP album. In 1973, nothing in the world could compare to this, true progressive rock, pushing back the boundries and taking music somewhere it had never been before. This is a special LP. "Tocatta" is still probably the most avante-garde piece of music you will ever hear: dense synthesizers clash with electronic drums to create something that demands to be listened to, this is not background music. Also the thirty minute "Karn Evil 9" which sees each member of the band pushing their talents to the edge as the song goes through three distinct sections, or "Impressions". Keith Emerson`s mind blowingly fast keyboard work is awe-inspiring. Unfortunately this work is so definitive and strong that ELP would struggle to follow it, good though some of their later albums are. Also the post punk period has seen ELP almost removed from rock history, aside from them being wrongly laughed at as pretentious buffoons. Yes, they were bombastic and over-the-top but they had rare talent and were the kind of artists that sadly no longer exist in rock music on such a grand scale. If you care about music more than trends and want to hear something different then this is the album for you.